A really tough start to the challenge. Once the team has negotiated the capital, 117km and several inclines take them to the beautiful Lake Bolsena for the night.
Another really tough day will begin at Bolsena and finish in SanGimignano. 167km is a huge distance but will be made easier by the beauty of Tuscany and 3 of Italy’s finest vineyards, Orvieto, Montepulciano and Chianti.
A well earned rest day whilst England take on Italy back in Rome.
Leaving San Gimignano for the coast today. Luckily today’s 135km is mostly flat apart from a tough climb around Lucca, approximately half way to the destination of La Spezia.
´King of the Mountains´ day today! A REALLY tough start is rewarded with a relatively flat afternoon’s cycle past Genova to Arenzano. Total distance is 139km.
Flat, flat, flat all the way today and an awful lot of coastline. The journey from Voltri covers 121km to San Remo, where a bus is waiting to take the team 100km or so over the border to Mandelieu for start of Stage 2