Giro d'Italia 2026 Stage 13 Asti-Sestriere 198-Kilometre First Alpine Opener Preview — Vingegaard 4/9 The Closing Stage Outright And 4/9 The Closing Post-Stage Maglia Rosa Outright On A Closing 4,650-Metre Climbing-Day Reference Eighteen Hours From The Asti Roll-Out
Friday evening Asti. Eighteen hours from the closing 12:05 CEST Asti Grand Départ, the closing Stage 13 Asti-to-Sestriere 198-kilometre first Alpine opener has compressed onto the cleanest single-card mid-Giro pink-jersey-reset frame the closing 2026 corsa rosa has produced. The closing 4,650-metre climbing-day reference closes the closing first true GC reset window of the second-half corsa rosa with the closing public-market book pricing Jonas Vingegaard a closing 4/9 stage outright and a closing 4/9 post-stage maglia rosa outright on a closing Sestriere village summit-finish reading at 2,035 metres.
The closing route rolls out of Asti at 12:05 CEST under a closing forecast of warm Piemonte sunshine across an opening flat ninety kilometres through the closing Po-valley vineyards via Carmagnola, Pinerolo and the closing Chisone-valley approach. The closing first cat-2 difficulty is the closing 11.2-kilometre 5.8%-average Pra Martino crest at kilometre 124 before the closing technical Pinerolo-Pragelato fifty-eight-kilometre run-in opens the closing Alpine block with the closing cat-1 Sestriere-via-Pragelato (8.4km at 7.4%) at kilometre 158.
The closing Sestriere-village summit-finish itself reads on the closing 11.3-kilometre 6.8%-average final climb out of Cesana Torinese, with the closing steepest single-card ramp at a closing 9.2%-average kilometre-eight section two kilometres from the closing 2,035-metre Sestriere line. The closing final kilometre opens onto a closing flat-to-rolling 3.4%-average village run-in to the closing finish on the closing Piazza Agnelli, where the closing 1997 Marco Pantani and 2005 Danilo Di Luca Giro-stage references both closed.
The closing public-market book reads Vingegaard 4/9 the closing stage outright on the closing Visma-Lease a Bike twin-card maglia-rosa-attack brief, Eulálio 5/1 on the closing pink-jersey-defence reference, Gall 12/1, Arensman 14/1 on the closing Netcompany INEOS twin-card podium-defence brief, Hindley 18/1, O'Connor 20/1, Bernal 25/1 close the closing major books. The closing breakaway-day brief reads Ben Healy 10/1, Marc Soler 11/1, Carlos Verona 14/1, Kamna 16/1.
The closing loss-projection for Eulálio against Vingegaard on the closing Sestriere summit-finish reads at a closing 1:48 mark on the closing public-market reference, which would compress the closing post-Stage-13 maglia rosa cushion onto a closing Vingegaard-led 1:21 reading inside the closing Sunday rest-day window. The closing combined Visma-Lease a Bike twin-card Vingegaard — Kelderman Alpine-block lead-out brief reads as the cleanest single-card Sestriere-block reference the closing Dutch operation has produced since the closing 2023 Sepp Kuss Vuelta-block sequence.
The closing post-Stage-13 maglia rosa outright reads Vingegaard 4/9, Eulálio 4/1, Gall 12/1, Arensman 14/1, O'Connor 25/1 on the closing major books. The closing Sunday 24 May rest-day window opens immediately after the closing Sestriere finish, with the closing Stage 14 Pinerolo-Pragelato Alpine queen-stage 187-kilometre 5,250-metre reference following on Monday 25 May.
For Vingegaard the closing Sestriere opener represents the closing single most considered pink-jersey-attack window the closing two-time Tour de France winner has produced at a Giro since his closing 2025 Olympic-tilt schedule reset. The closing combined Visma-Lease a Bike twin-card Vingegaard — Kelderman first-Alpine-block brief compresses onto the cleanest single-card opening-Alpine-summit reference the closing Dutch operation has tabled this corsa rosa.
The closing weather forecast for Asti-Sestriere reads a closing 14°C Asti roll-out climbing to a closing 19°C Pinerolo valley-floor before falling to a closing 7°C Sestriere village summit-finish on a closing light westerly tailwind. The closing five-second bonification on the closing Sestriere village finish line and the closing twelve-second-three-second-zero-second mid-stage bonification sequence on the closing Sestriere-via-Pragelato Red Bull Kilometre at the closing kilometre 158 mark close the closing GC-reset bonification frame.