2026 Giro d’Italia Stage 21 Preview

Stage 21 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia is a 131km circuit stage starting and finishing in Rome, serving as the race's grand finale. The author reflects critically on this year's edition, feeling it lacked sufficient difficulty to produce meaningful general classification battles. He references the 2022 Torino stage won by Simon Yates as an example of the exciting racing he believes the Giro should return to, criticising the trend of softening the race to attract riders targeting a Giro/Tour double.