# Stage 12: Imperia → Novi Ligure · Giro d'Italia 2026

Thursday, May 21 (2026-05-21) · 175 km · Sprint Stage · Start 13:05 local

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A transition stage from the Ligurian coast toward Novi Ligure should be one of the clearer mid-race chances for the sprinters.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 57 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Colle Giovo** — Cat 3, at km 107.5, 11.5 km long, avg 4.2%, 483 m gain
- **Bric Berton** — Cat 3, at km 123, 5.5 km long, avg 6%, 330 m gain

## Intermediate sprints

- **Stella** — intermediate sprint at km 100.7

Total elevation gain: 1633 m · Max elevation: 760 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:44–17:14.

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