2014 Giro d'Italia five different categories, named A to E. The category of a stage determines the points given for the points classification, and for the maximum time allowed for cyclists to finish the stage. Category A is reserved for the flattest stages, while category D is for the stages with the highest mountains. Category E is for time-trial stages. It started in Belfast on 9 May 2014 and traveled across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. There were three rest days instead of the usual two and the race started on a Friday. In the 2014 Giro d'Italia, four different
2009 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21 stage, to Mount Vesuvius, it was Pellizotti who finished the Giro third overall. The Giro concluded, as it had in 2008, with another individual time trial, this time in the city of Rome. Despite a dramatic and much-replayed crash in the stage's final kilometer, Menchov preserved his overall lead through this stage and thus, the conclusion of the Giro, winning his third career Grand Tour. 21 May 2009 — Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore, (individual time trial) The first individual time trial (ITT) of the 2009 Giro was a difficult one, long with quite a lot of climbing. There were two