Giro d'Italia 2024, Stage 14: Castiglione delle Stiviere → Desenzano del Garda
Individual time trial, 18 May 2024. 31.2 km with 250 m of climbing.
The route stored for this stage does not match the official course exactly: it measures 33.3 km against the official 31.2 km. The distance and climbing above are the official figures; the profile and the gradient figures measured on it come from the stored route, so read them as indicative of the terrain rather than an exact reproduction of the stage.
- Distance
- 31.2 km
- Climbing
- 250 m
- Highest point
- 156 m
- Steepest km
- 3.7% at km 12
- Start
- Castiglione delle Stiviere 109 m
- Finish
- Desenzano del Garda 67 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 13:00 and 17:00 local time: 5 km/h from the south-east, gusting to 16 km/h on average. Mostly dry, with rain recorded at some points.
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
- Direction
- South-east 115°
- Average gust
- 16 km/h
- Temperature
- 22°C 21 to 22°C
Historical weather for 18 May 2024, sampled at 10 points along the route and pre-computed before the app shipped. It is not a live forecast and the app makes no weather calls. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0).
Riding it
A individual time trial of 31.2 km with 250 m of climbing, so not a pure power test: 1.4 km of the route rises at more than 3%.
The high point is 156 m at km 5. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 3.7%, at km 12. It finishes on flat or gently rolling road.
In ProPace the stage runs with this wind along the route, resolved into headwind, tailwind and crosswind at each point, and the app puts your own numbers on it against the pro reference. The reference profile and how the simulation works are set out in How much slower than a pro are you?