# Stage 6: Paestum → Napoli · Giro d'Italia 2026

Thursday, May 14 (2026-05-14) · 142 km · Sprint Stage · Start 13:50 local

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A shorter stage to Napoli should give the fast finishers a clear target if the peloton controls the breakaway.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 59 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Cava de’ Tirreni** — Cat 4, at km 40.1, 7.1 km long, avg 2.7%, 192 m gain

## Intermediate sprints

- **Brusciano** — intermediate sprint at km 92

Total elevation gain: 501 m · Max elevation: 204 m

Best viewing window (local time): 16:43–17:13.

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