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At 209 km from Porto Sant’Elpidio to Porto Sant’Elpidio stage 6 offers the riders another long, demanding stage over a relentlessly lumpy course, with only three categorised climbs but more than 20 distinct hills, at least 6 of which include gradients of 15 % or more.

The worst of them? The 365-metre climb at Sant’Elpidio al Mare, which averages 19.8 % and touches, at the top, no less than 27 %. As if that was not enough, the peloton faces the climb three times. So, a long, technical and gruelling stage that will make even the best climbers suffer.