In a change from this year’s Giro d’Italia it has been announced that every stage of the 2013 edition (with the obvious exception of the Time Trials) will once more feature time bonuses. Unlike the 2012 race, which removed these crucial bonuses across the five mountain stages, the top three riders of each day will be awarded 20, 12 and eight seconds, depending on position.
The 2013 Giro will begin in Naples (May 4) and finish 3,405.3km later on May 26 in Brescia; the route leaves Italy only once, for Stage 15, when riders head across the boarder to tackle the fearsome Col du Galibier, one of the classic climbs of the Tour de France. The Giro will consist next year of: 7 stages with sprint finishes, 5 stages over mid-height mountains, 5 stages over high mountains, 2 individual Time Trials and one Team Crono Time Trial.
