# Stage 3: Plovdiv / Пловдив → Sofia / София · Giro d'Italia 2026

Sunday, May 10 (2026-05-10) · 175 km · Rolling Stage · Start 13:05 local

Page: https://parcours.sh/stage/giro-2026-stage-3
Race: https://parcours.sh/race/giro-2026
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The Bulgarian start wraps up with a stage into Sofia. The route profile should suit resilient sprinters or late attackers depending on the final approach.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 61 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Borovets Pass** — Cat 2, at km 103.2, 9.2 km long, avg 5.4%, 497 m gain

## Intermediate sprints

- **Dolna Banja** — intermediate sprint at km 85.8

Total elevation gain: 1320 m · Max elevation: 1340 m

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

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