# Stage 5: Praia a Mare → Potenza · Giro d'Italia 2026

Wednesday, May 13 (2026-05-13) · 203 km · Hilly Stage · Start 12:15 local

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A long route toward Potenza should start to expose the riders to more demanding southern Italian terrain.

**Stages shaped like this went to the breakaway or a solo attacker 11 of 19 times — 3 from the day's break, 8 late attacks.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Prestieri** — Cat 3, at km 27, 13 km long, avg 5%, 650 m gain
- **Montagna Grande di Viggiano** — Cat 2, at km 154, 6.6 km long, avg 9.1%, 601 m gain

## Intermediate sprints

- **Francavilla in Sinni** — intermediate sprint at km 68.4

Total elevation gain: 3069 m · Max elevation: 1402 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:30–17:15.

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