The Giro-E 2021, billed as the only stage event in the world reserved exclusively for electrically-assisted bikes, will start in Turin on May 8 and arrive in Milan on May 30.
The format, created by RCS Sport, organizer of the Giro d’Italia, reaches its third edition this year. The event takes place on the roads of the Giro d’Italia, running in parallel with the iconic Grand Tour and offers participants a Corsa Rosa experience. Event experiences include:
- The sign-on at the start;
- The possibility to conquer of one of the six jerseys
- The awards ceremony on the podium
- Hospitality at the end of each stage; and
- The opportunity to ride alongside cycling legends, champions of other sports and leading figures of the cycling industry.
The 2021 edition doubles up on its title sponsors with the entry of ENIT-Agenzia Nazionale Turismo alongside Enel X. The Giro-E will have the same number of stages as the Giro d’Italia: 21, the last of which being a final ITT.
A total of 1,540km will be covered, with an average of 73.3km per stage. The vertical elevation will be 25,500m (around half of that achieved by the professionals, who will reach 47,000m during the Giro).
Among the most awaited stages is Stage 14 (Maniago-Monte Zoncolan) with 2,700m of vertical elevation, and Stage 16 (Canazei-Cortina D’Ampezzo) with 2,200m of vertical elevation that includes Passo Giau and Pordoi, the Cima Coppi of the 2021 Giro.
Overall, there will be six stages that reach more than 2,000m of vertical elevation: ‘a true spectacle for grimpeurs’.
The Giro-E aims to promote the use of electrically-assisted bikes in everyday life for more sustainable mobility and to consequently reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and polluting emissions. It’s an aim that unites the Giro-E with another important project of the Corsa Rosa: Ride Green.
Now in its sixth edition, this initiative was created to reduce the environmental impact of the Giro and of the Giro-E. Every year the events carry out separated waste collection through a traceability and monitoring system, to safeguard the areas crossed by the Giro.
‘Technology, ecology, sustainable mobility: the Giro-E 2021 will bring these important messages on a journey from the first capital of Italy and its economic capital, passing through the great mountains, the hills where the best wines in the world are made and the masterpiece of the Belpaese which is its province.’
