Giro d'Italia 2009: Stage 5 | Bicycling in Italy

Giro d'Italia 2009: Stage 5

Wednesday, May 13th: San Martino di Castrozza to Alpe di Siusi

Author:	Bicycling Magazine
Date:	5 May 2009 5:47:50 PM
Activity:	Bicycling ActivitySearchBicycling
State:	Italy (ITA)
Distance:	77.56 mi (Change units)
Elevation:	Total Gain: 22631 ft Total Loss: 21407 ft Net Change: 1224 ft
Difficulty:	8 / 10
Tags:	Giro d'Italia 2009, Italy
Rating:	1 rating(s) Rate it

The first of several short, hard stages in this Giro, this day’s ride leads into the Dolomites proper. There’s just one climb, but it’s a killer: the finish atop 1,844-meter Alpe di Siusi. Riders will climb just shy of 5,000 feet in 25km. At 6 percent, the average grade isn’t terrible, but that includes about 7km of low-angle road, and the steepest sections are at the top.

Why It’s a Must-See: The favorites will be eager to test each other’s fitness. And our bet is that at least one hopeful will make an early bid here for the maglia rosa. Smart money is on LPR Brakes’s Danilo Di Luca, an aggressive rider on a weak team.

Editor's Note: Map route approximated from information provided by the Giro d'Italia. Actual route may vary slightly.

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Tracks

Giro d'Italia: Stage 5

Dist: 77.56 mi	Points: 2007	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

Distance	Instruction		Distance to next
0.25 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at SS50	Then go 0.08 mi
0.33 mi	Turn Right	Turn right toward SS50	Then go 0.03 mi
0.37 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at SS50	Then go 0.07 mi
0.44 mi	Turn Left	Turn left toward SS50	Then go 0.26 mi
0.70 mi	Bear Left	Slight left toward SS50	Then go 0.17 mi
0.87 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at SS50	Then go 3.91 mi
4.78 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Località Passo Rolle/SS50 Continue to follow SS50	Then go 2.19 mi
6.97 mi	Turn Left	Turn left to stay on SS50	Then go 10.80 mi
17.77 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Via Roma	Then go 0.01 mi
17.78 mi		Continue on Via Trento	Then go 0.11 mi
17.89 mi		Continue on Via Fiamme Gialle	Then go 0.79 mi
18.68 mi		At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto SS48	Then go 0.38 mi
19.06 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on SS48 Go through 1 traffic circle	Then go 1.54 mi
20.60 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Via Parti del Cioto	Then go 0.12 mi
20.73 mi		Continue on Via Pontolaia	Then go 0.40 mi
21.13 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Via Templari	Then go 0.09 mi
21.22 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Via Segato	Then go 0.24 mi
21.46 mi		Continue on Via Ancona	Then go 0.08 mi
21.54 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Via Giantrettel	Then go 0.07 mi
21.61 mi	Turn Left	Turn left to stay on Via Giantrettel	Then go 0.13 mi
21.74 mi		Continue on Via Venzan	Then go 0.21 mi
21.94 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Via Nazionale/SS48 Continue to follow SS48	Then go 1.28 mi
23.22 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Via Socce	Then go 0.08 mi
23.31 mi		Sharp right at Via Arlazza	Then go 0.01 mi
23.32 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Via Santa Libera	Then go 0.61 mi
23.93 mi		Continue on Località Piera	Then go 0.13 mi
24.06 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at SS48	Then go 0.24 mi
24.30 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on SS48	Then go 1.70 mi
25.99 mi		At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Piazza Dodici Partigiani/SS48 Continue to follow SS48	Then go 0.71 mi
26.70 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Via Nazionale/SS48	Then go 0.08 mi
26.78 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on Via Nazionale/SS48 Continue to follow SS4	Then go 9.08 mi
35.87 mi	Turn Right	Turn right	Then go 0.04 mi
35.91 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at SS48	Then go 4.68 mi
40.59 mi		Continue on SP127/Traminerstrasse Continue to follow SP12	Then go 1.92 mi
42.51 mi		At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto SP14	Then go 1.25 mi
43.77 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on SP14	Then go 0.65 mi
44.42 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at SP14/Strada del Vino Continue to follow SP14	Then go 5.05 mi
49.47 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at SS42	Then go 0.03 mi
49.51 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at SS42/Strada del Vino Continue to follow SS42	Then go 0.17 mi
49.68 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on SS42	Then go 0.16 mi
49.84 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at SS42/Strada di Circonvallazione	Then go 0.92 mi
50.77 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on SS42/Strada di Circonvallazione Continue to follow SS42	Then go 1.80 mi
52.56 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Bozner Strasse/SS42 Continue to follow SS42	Then go 0.52 mi
53.08 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on SS42	Then go 0.72 mi
53.81 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on SS42	Then go 0.65 mi
54.46 mi		At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit onto Meraner-Strasse	Then go 0.11 mi
54.57 mi		Continue on Drususallee	Then go 0.24 mi
54.80 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Europaallee	Then go 0.03 mi
54.83 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Drususallee	Then go 1.44 mi
56.27 mi		Continue on Drususbrücke	Then go 0.02 mi
56.30 mi		Continue on Marconi-Strasse	Then go 0.20 mi
56.49 mi		Continue on Giuseppe-Verdi-Platz	Then go 0.01 mi
56.51 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on Giuseppe-Verdi-Platz	Then go 0.12 mi
56.63 mi		Continue on Garibaldistrasse	Then go 0.18 mi
56.81 mi		At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto Bahnhofplatz	Then go 0.02 mi
56.83 mi		Continue on Rittner-Strasse	Then go 0.39 mi
57.22 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Brenner-Strasse	Then go 0.18 mi
57.40 mi		Continue on Rentscher-Strasse	Then go 0.65 mi
58.05 mi		Continue on Ponte Rivellone	Then go 0.03 mi
58.08 mi		Continue on Rentscher-Strasse	Then go 0.47 mi
58.55 mi		Continue on Brennerstrasse	Then go 0.52 mi
59.06 mi		Enter the traffic circle	Then go 1.68 mi
60.74 mi	Bear Right	Slight right	Then go 0.17 mi
60.91 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at SS12	Then go 1.00 mi
61.92 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on Fraktion Blumau/SS12	Then go 0.06 mi
61.98 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Fraktion Blumau/SP24 Continue to follow SP24	Then go 3.11 mi
65.09 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Fraktion Prösels/SP24	Then go 0.24 mi
65.34 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at SP24	Then go 1.34 mi
66.68 mi	Bear Left	Slight left toward Bachtröglweg	Then go 0.33 mi
67.01 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Bachtröglweg	Then go 0.24 mi
67.25 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Località Zona Artigianale	Then go 0.02 mi
67.27 mi	Turn Left	Turn left at Sankt-Anton-Strasse/SP24 Continue to follow SP24	Then go 2.80 mi
70.08 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on Schlernstrasse/SP24 Continue to follow SP2	Then go 0.67 mi
70.75 mi	Bear Left	Slight left to stay on Via Rosegarten/SP24	Then go 1.11 mi
71.86 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Fraktion St. Valentin/SP25	Then go 0.30 mi
72.15 mi	Bear Right	Slight right at Fraktion St. Valentin	Then go 0.05 mi
72.21 mi	Turn Right	Turn right at Fraktion St. Valentin/SP25	Then go 2.46 mi
74.67 mi	Turn Left	Turn left to stay on Fraktion St. Valentin/SP25 Continue to follow SP2	Then go 1.80 mi
76.47 mi	Turn Left	Turn left to stay on SP25	Then go 0.53 mi
77.01 mi	Bear Right	Slight right to stay on SP25	Then go 0.42 mi
77.43 mi	Bear Left	Slight left at Località Compatsch/SP25