These three Giro d'Italia 2016 stages look particularly brutal

The Giro d'Italia features ten climbs that reach over 2000m of altitude and nine of them come in just three stages

The Giro d'Italia organisers are well known for designing unrelenting mountain stages, such is the topography on offer across the country, but they seem to have surpassed themselves for the 2016 route.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.