1971 Giro d'Italia
Route and stages

1971 Giro d'Italia

Section Title: Route and stages
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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

P	20 May	Lecce to Brindisi	62.2 km (39 mi)	Team time trial	Salvarani

1	21 May	Brindisi to Bari	175 km (109 mi)	Plain stage	Marino Basso (ITA)

2	22 May	Bari to Potenza	260 km (162 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Enrico Paolini (ITA)

3	23 May	Potenza to Benevento	177 km (110 mi)	Plain stage	Ercole Gualazzini (ITA)

4	24 May	Benevento to Pescasseroli	203 km (126 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Guerrino Tosello (ITA)

5	25 May	Pescasseroli to Gran Sasso d'Italia	198 km (123 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Vicente López Carril (ESP)

6	26 May	L'Aquila to Orvieto	163 km (101 mi)	Plain stage	Domingo Perurena (ESP)

7	27 May	Orvieto to San Vincenzo	220 km (137 mi)	Plain stage	Felice Gimondi (ITA)

8	28 May	San Vincenzo to Casciana Terme	203 km (126 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Romeno Tumellero (ITA)

9	29 May	Casciana Terme to Forte dei Marmi	141 km (88 mi)	Plain stage	Marino Basso (ITA)

10	30 May	Forte dei Marmi to Pian del Falco di Sestola	123 km (76 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	José Manuel Fuente (ESP)

11	31 May	Sestola to Mantua	199 km (124 mi)	Plain stage	Marino Basso (ITA)

1 June	Rest day

12	2 June	Desenzano del Garda to Serniga di Salò	28 km (17 mi)	Individual time trial	Davide Boifava (ITA)

13	3 June	Salò to Sottomarina di Chioggia	218 km (135 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Patrick Sercu (BEL)

14	4 June	Chioggia to Bibione	170 km (106 mi)	Plain stage	Patrick Sercu (BEL)

15	5 June	Bibione to Ljubljana (Yugoslavia)	201 km (125 mi)	Plain stage	Franco Bitossi (ITA)

16	6 June	Ljubljana (Yugoslavia) to Tarvisio	100 km (62 mi)	Plain stage	Dino Zandegù (ITA)

17	7 June	Tarvisio to Großglockner (Austria)	206 km (128 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Pierfranco Vianelli (ITA)

18	8 June	Lienz (Austria) to Falcade	195 km (121 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Felice Gimondi (ITA)

19	9 June	Falcade to Ponte di Legno	182 km (113 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Lino Farisato (ITA)

20a	10 June	Ponte di Legno to Lainate	185 km (115 mi)	Plain stage	Giacinto Santambrogio (ITA)

20b	Lainate to Milan	20 km (12 mi)	Individual time trial	Ole Ritter (DEN)

Total	3,567 km (2,216 mi)

Sentence(s)

The second stage of the 1971 Giro d'Italia was the longest of the race at 260 km (162 mi).

final_sentence: The second stage of the 1971 Giro d'Italia was the longest of the race at 260 km (162 mi).