2014 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11 in the Fundación bus fire in Colombia. 2014 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11 The 2014 Giro d'Italia began on 9 May, and stage 11 occurred on 21 May. The 2014 edition began with a team time trial in Belfast. The first three stage of the Giro began in Northern Ireland, while the Giro returned to Italy on 13 May, after the first rest day. Due to an uncleared landslide in the town of Polla, the stage was lengthened from its original itinerary of , to a distance. On this stage, members of the team wore a white cockade,
2015 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11 Contador stayed in pink ahead of the first rest day. The second week of the Giro started with an entirely flat stage that is expected to end in a bunch sprint. The riders are taken across the Adriatica coastal road and located in the middle of the stage is the fourth category climb of Monte di Bartolo which is only 4.8 kilometers long with an average gradient of 3.5 per cent. From there on, the stage is entirely flat until the finish in Forlì. The last time Forlì hosted a Giro stage finish was in 2006 when Robbie McEwen won