# Stage 2: Burgas / Бургас → Veliko Tarnovo / Велико Търново · Giro d'Italia 2026

Saturday, May 9 (2026-05-09) · 221 km · Rolling Stage · Start 11:50 local

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A long second day heads inland across Bulgaria. The length and rolling finale should make this more selective than a routine sprint stage.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 56 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Byala Pass** — Cat 3, at km 116.3, 7.7 km long, avg 4.6%, 354 m gain
- **Vratnik Pass** — Cat 3, at km 134.1, 9.1 km long, avg 4.4%, 400 m gain
- **Lyaskovets Monastery Pass** — Cat 3, at km 210.6, 3.9 km long, avg 6.8%, 265 m gain

## Intermediate sprints

- **Sliven** — intermediate sprint at km 100.4

Total elevation gain: 2125 m · Max elevation: 917 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:29–17:14.

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Data by Parcours (https://parcours.sh) — elevation profiles, key climbs and watch windows for the 2026 WorldTour season.