# Stage 4: Catanzaro → Cosenza · Giro d'Italia 2026

Tuesday, May 12 (2026-05-12) · 138 km · Hilly Stage · Start 13:40 local

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After the first rest day and transfer to Italy, the race resumes in Calabria with a short, awkward stage that could reward aggressive racing.

**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

- **Cozzo Tunno** — Cat 2, at km 95, 14.5 km long, avg 5.9%, 856 m gain

## Intermediate sprints

- **San Lucido** — intermediate sprint at km 80.5

Total elevation gain: 1388 m · Max elevation: 946 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:28–17:13.

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