Elevation profile of Giro d'Italia 2024 stage 21, Roma to Roma: 125.0 km with 676 m of climbing, highest point 65 m.
Route profile from ProPace's route data. Darker shading is steeper road.

The route stored for this stage does not match the official course exactly: it measures 129.1 km against the official 125.0 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
125.0 km
Climbing
676 m
Highest point
65 m
Steepest km
3.3% at km 6
Start
Roma 15 m
Finish
Roma 21 m

The wind on the day

Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 15:30 local time: 14 km/h from the west, gusting to 30 km/h on average. Dry.

Average wind
14 km/h
Direction
West 284°
Average gust
30 km/h
Temperature
25°C 23 to 27°C

Historical weather for 26 May 2024, sampled at 9 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

125.0 km with 676 m of climbing. On the route profile only 4.4 km of the road rises at more than 3%, so this is a stage decided by speed, wind and positioning rather than gradient.

The high point is 65 m at km 9. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 3.3%, at km 6. 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?

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