# Stage 9: Cervia → Corno alle Scale · Giro d'Italia 2026

Sunday, May 17 (2026-05-17) · 184 km · Mountain Stage · Start 12:35 local

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The stage climbs into the Apennines and finishes at Corno alle Scale, another early chance for the general classification to move.

**Stages shaped like this went to the breakaway or a solo attacker 16 of 28 times — 6 from the day's break, 10 late attacks.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Querciola** — Cat 3, at km 167.4, 11.5 km long, avg 4.3%, 495 m gain
- **CORNO ALLE SCALE** — Cat 1, at km 184, 10.8 km long, avg 6.1%, 659 m gain

## Intermediate sprints

- **Marzabotto** — intermediate sprint at km 125.2

Total elevation gain: 1991 m · Max elevation: 1469 m

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

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