This Giro features a start in Sicily, stage finishes or starts in Amalfi, Venice, Genoa and Pisa (the four former naval powers featured on the jack of the Italian marine), finishes on the Mortirolo, Zoncolan, Monte Bondone, Tre Cime, Alp Anarosa, Fregarolo and Mottarone.

There are 8 flat stages, 3 hilly stages, 2 hill/mountain stages, 6 mountain stages and 2 individual time trials(aggregated 97km).

1 Siracusa-Messina 166km flat A flat and easy first stage with a sprint finish in Messina
2 San Nicolò-Praia a Mare 195km flat Flat sprinter stage with a little bit of a hill before the finish
3 Sapri-Amalfi 195km hill A demanding stage with a steep finish in the hills of Amalfi
4 Napoli-Foggia 163km flat A flat stage from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Adriatic Sea
5 Foggia-Pescara 177km flat Very flat stage along the Adria coast
6 Pescara-Montelupone 196km hill Very hilly stage with a steep finish in Montelupone
7 Perugia 26km ITT hill Hilly individual time trial in Perugia
Rest Day
8 Arezzo-Livorno 174km flat Back to the West, flat sprinter stage
9 Pisa-Fregarolo 191km hill/mountain Finish on the Passo Fregarolo on 1194m
10 Genova-Cuneo 188km flat Hilly stage with a flat finish
11 Cuneo-Sestriere 175km mountain Big mountain stage with a visit to France, Cima Coppi on the Col Agnel (2731m)
12 Pinerolo-Mottarone 180km hill/mountain Flat stage with a finish on the Monte Mottarone
13 Varese-Alp Anarosa 177km mountain Flat start again, but a hard finish with the Passo dello Spluga and a finish on 2329m
14 Chur-Aprica 156km mountain Demanding mountain stage with the Passo dal Güglia, Passo del Bernina, Passo del Mortirolo and the finish in Aprica
15 Grosio-Monte Bondone 186km mountain Mortirolo again, Passo del Tonale, Passo Campo Carlo Magno and the finish on the Monte Bondone, a classic
Rest Day
16 Trento-Tre Cime 171km mountain The stage goes from Trento(190m) to Tre Cime(2234m) and crosses Passo Pordoi, Passo di Falzarego and Passo Tre Croci on the way
17 Cortina d’Ampezzo-Monte Zoncolan 193km mountain A hilly stage with a hard finish on the Zoncolan
18 Arta Terme-Trieste 163km hill Flat stage with a steep finish
19 Aquileia-Venezia 183km flat Completely flat sprinter stage
20 Padova-Cremona 174km flat The same again
21 Piacenza-Milano 71km ITT flat Long individual time trial to finish the Giro