# Stage 8: Chieti → Fermo · Giro d'Italia 2026

Saturday, May 16 (2026-05-16) · 156 km · Hilly Stage · Start 13:15 local

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A punchy Adriatic-side stage should favor classics-style riders, with positioning and repeated climbs likely to matter late.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 54 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Montefiore dell’Aso** — Cat 3, at km 107.3, 10 km long, avg 3.6%, 360 m gain
- **Monterubbiano** — Cat 4, at km 119.2, 4.7 km long, avg 5.8%, 273 m gain
- **Capodarco** — Cat 4, at km 149, 2.5 km long, avg 6.3%, 158 m gain
- **FERMO** — Cat 4, at km 156, 3.5 km long, avg 6.2%, 217 m gain

## Intermediate sprints

- **Cupra Marittima** — intermediate sprint at km 96.3

Total elevation gain: 1591 m · Max elevation: 370 m

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

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