Giro d’Italia 2023 - Stage 15 (Seregno - Bergamo) - Route, profile, animation

“Sunday 21 May Stage 15 is a kind of Lombardy Tour of the Giro. After four intermediate climbs, a crisp finale awaits the riders in Bergamo. After the short and steep Colle Aperto they plunge towards the finish line. The race is 195 kilometres long. The first stage is on slightly hilly roads. This changes after 27 kilometres when the climb to San Gregorio is tackled. This climbs 6.3% over 3.1 kilometres. It is the warm-up for the first official climb, the Valico di Valcava. The 11.6 kilometre climb takes the riders to the highest point of the day at 1,336 metres above sea level. The average gradient is 8%, while the steepest section at 17% appears after 8 kilometres. After that, the gradient does not drop below 10% for kilometres. A long descent and 20 kilometres on the flat precede the climb to Selvino, a village northeast of the finish. The climb is 11.1 kilometres long and has an average gradient of 5.6%. Immediately after the descent, another task awaits the riders with the Miragolo San Salvatore. This is good for 5.2 kilometres of climbing at 7%. With just under 60 kilometres to go, the riders pass Bergamo for the first time before heading straight for the first climb of the day, the Valico di Valcava. This time it doesn’t go all the way up, but the riders turn off just before reaching 1,000 metres in Roncola Alta. The climb to the mountain village is 10 kilometres long and climbs an average of 6.7% on this stretch. From Roncola Alta, the riders descend to the Brembo. They cross the river and continue towards Bergamo. They do not ride directly to the finish, but make a detour to the Città Alta, the old town of Bergamo. It is located on a hill and to get there you have to climb the Colle Aperto. This is a 1.6 kilometre climb with a 7.9% gradient and round cobbles as an added attraction. The final act is a 3-kilometre descent to Città Bassa, the new part of Bergamo, where a high-speed finale is to be expected.“ ( & Routes ’n’ Maps ’n’ Flags) Route data: Creating cycling stage animations requires a lot of work and computing power. You are welcome to support me with a donation: