# Stage 18: Fai della Paganella → Pieve di Soligo · Giro d'Italia 2026

Thursday, May 28 (2026-05-28) · 171 km · Hilly Stage · Start 13:15 local

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A lumpy route out of the mountains toward Pieve di Soligo should suit a breakaway if the GC teams save energy for the last two mountain stages.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 60 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Fastro** — Cat 3, at km 87.7, 3.2 km long, avg 4.1%, 131 m gain
- **Muro di Ca’ del Poggio** — Cat 4, at km 161.7, 1.1 km long, avg 12.3%, 135 m gain

## Intermediate sprints

- **Guia** — intermediate sprint at km 135.4

Total elevation gain: 1515 m · Max elevation: 564 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:33–17:18.

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