Sunday 21st May 2023 : Optional early arrival day
(Coming Soon)
Arrive today and book an extra night pre-tour. Please make your own way to the hotel.
Monday 22nd May 2023 : Giro rest day and arrival day.
As the riders of the 2023 Giro d’Italia enjoy their final rest day, we will welcome you at Venice Marco Polo airport. Our head guide, Giro d’Italia stage winner Andrea Ferrigato, and the Sportive Breaks team, will be at the airport awaiting your arrival.
Our transfer will then leave the airport at 11.00. Please ensure that you arrive in plenty of time before our departure time.
Bikes
If you are travelling with your own bike, then we will transport your bike and bike box or bag for the duration of the tour. When we move to the next hotel, there’s no need to re-pack your bike. Alternatively, we also offer bike rental for the duration of the tour. Bikes can be stored at the hotel.
This afternoon and early evening, our tour leaders and bike mechanics are available to help you.
Our hotel
Sport & Wellness Hotel Cristallo is located high up in Levico Terme, in a quiet area near the spas and Imperial Park. The hotel has a spa, a garden with swimming pool, and a panoramic terrace. The hotel also features a wellness area and pool.
Guided Warm Up Ride
This afternoon Andrea will offer an optional guided bike ride in this beautiful area. The hotel’s proximity to the lake offers a great opportunity to discover the area by bike.
Later this evening we will gather for an evening meal together at the hotel restaurant. After dinner you are free to head into town to explore.
Tuesday 23rd May : Stage 16 – Sabbio Chiese > Monte Bondone Mountain stage
After breakfast we have a great day lined up for both cyclists and spectators.
Guided ride – 75km with 2565m of ascent
Andrea will lead a group ride that takes us over the Passo Sommo to Serrada. After a lunch break in Aldeno we will ride Monte Bondone. We will cross the official Giro d’Italia finish line and we have the amazing experience of taking photos on the official winner’s podium before awaiting the arrival of the Giro riders in comfort in the hospitality area. The experience is open to spectators as well.
After the stage finish, we will transport you back to the hotel where the evening meal awaits.
Cross the Finish Experience
Feel like a pro for the day and cross under the official finish line of an actual Giro stage. We will guide you over the final kilometres of the stage and you will cross under the finish line before we take photos on the winner’s podium.
Finish Hospitality
Finish hospitality offers a superb vantage point along the finishing straight. Non-stop catering and open bar service are included. Plasma TV screens broadcast the race until the riders come into view live.
Wednesday 24th May : Stage 17 – Pergine Valsugana > Caorle Sprint Stage
Today we will enjoy the start of the Giro in Pergine Valsugana from the Start Hospitality area. After today’s guided ride in the area, we will check out of the hotel and transfer to Cortina d’Ampezzo.
Guided ride - 100km with 2350mt ascent
We will ride from Baselga di Pinè to Alleghe in the afternoon and climb the Passo Rolle before transferring to Cortina d’Ampezzo where we will be staying for the next three nights.
Start Hospitality
Every day, in the start town, the Start Village offers a Hospitality Area at the start. Guests watch the riders get ready and witness the sign-on ceremony whilst enjoying drinks and snacks.
Thursday 25th May : Stage 18 – Oderzo > Val di Zoldo Mountain Stage
Today we will take a break from the Giro d’Italia to do some cycling in this beautiful region. We will take you on a classic Dolomites loop that includes Passo Falzarego, Passo Valparola and Passo Campolongo. The ride is 86km long with 2500mt ascent. We will have a lunch break in Corvara
Hotel and evening meal in Cortina
Friday 26th May : Stage 19 – Longarone > Tre Cime Lavaredo Mountain Stage
Today our guided ride will take in Passo Giau and Tre Cime di Lavaredo (55km and 2550m ascent). We will await the arrival of the riders at Misurina lake where will also stop for lunch.
Final night at the hotel in Cortina
Saturday 27th May : Stage 20 – Departure from Venice or Rome extension
With today's Giro stage being far away we will miss this one. It will give the riders a 750km transfer to get to Rome on Saturday night or Sunday morning.
Instead we offer two options today:
Rome extension. Morning transfer today to Venice and 4hr train journey to Rome. Bike boxes and luggage will be transported by us. Collection from the train station followed by two nights hotel in the centre of Rome. Evening meal at in Rome.
Departure from Venice. 2h.30min transfer from Cortina to Venice Airport. Expected arrival at 12.00 for flights that depart after 14.00 If you would like to leave the tour at Venice instead of coming with us to Rome, please click here
Option to add an additional night at our hotel in Venice
Sunday 28th May : Stage 21 > Roma
Leonardo Finish line Experience in Rome
The Giro d’Italia offers several restricted-access enclosed hospitality areas, along the final straight, from where you can enjoy the end of the race from a front row seat. The finish line marks the end of the competitive efforts of the day. All around, the essence of the Giro d’Italia: fun, joy, entertainment. A hearty mix of celebration and passion.
TASTE THE JOY OF VICTORY
After collecting your pass, you will have access to your selected Hospitality Area, reserved for the top stars – a superb vantage point along the final straight – offering in-suite non-stop finger food/open bar service. Plasma TV screens will broadcast the race until the riders come into view live.
Leonardo is the top level finish area hospitality, a multi-story privileged truck, close to the finish line.
Included with finish hospitality experiences:
- Guest reception, and collection of the pass for the reserved hospitality area
- Access to a sheltered hospitality area with a unique vantage point on the finish line
- Non-stop catering/ open bar service
- Live stage broadcast on plasma TV screens
Monday 29th May 2023: Departure
As we bid you farewell, we will offer an airport transfers to Rome Fiumicino Airport at 09.00. For those who are departing later there are good public transport links from the city centre out to the airport.
