Call us: 617-242-7845 | Email us: hello@sportivebreaks.us
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Call us: 617-242-7845 | Email us: hello@sportivebreaks.us
Starts Thursday, May 16, 2024
Sportive Breaks are your Official Tour Operator for the 2024 Giro d’Italia. We offer unforgettable VIP Hospitality experiences and Giro d’Italia cycling and spectator tours with hotels, transport, daily support, and VIP experiences all included. Our 10 night/ 11 day tour to ride and watch the 2024 Giro d’Italia is now available.
Experience all the key stages of the final week of the 2024 Giro d’Italia as we travel from Lake Garda to Bormio at the foot of the Stelvio, Alta Badia and Veneto where we will finish our tour in Bassano del Grappa.
Your tour leader is Giro d’Italia stage winner Andrea Ferrigato who has designed the tour and will look after you with his team.
Spread your payments: Our interest-free payment plan allows you to spread out payments for your booking. *Selected products. Terms and Conditions apply.
Watch the Battle for Pink from up close: Join us for the exhilarating final stages of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. Witness the battle for Pink unfold across the final week of racing.
Quality hotels: Our team has chosen quality hotels that are good for stage access. We will be based in the following locations; Lake Garda, Bormio, Alta Badia, Feltre, Bassano del Grappa and Rome (optional)
VIP access and hospitality: As an official Giro partner, we have exclusive access to VIP experiences which we have included and are vehicles have accreditation stickers that give us access to places other tour operators simply can’t go.
Daily ride options: Our daily rides are planned by Giro d’Italia stage winner Andrea Ferrigato. Choose from several ride options, each of which start or finish with an exciting official Giro d’Italia VIP experience each day where cyclists and their supporters can join together.
Non-Cycling spectators: You don’t have to be a cyclist to get close to the action. With our vehicle access and VIP experiences you’ll have a front row seat.
Bike rental available: No need to bring your own bike. We offer rental of a Giant TCR Advanced Pro 1 for the duration of the tour.
10 nights in excellent hotels
Daily breakfasts and 8 dinners included
Airport transfers to/from Venice Marco Polo Airport at set times
Bike Rental – Giant TCR Advanced Pro
For cyclists and spectators
Start Village, Cross the Finish Experience, Finish Hospitality included
*Not guided. Please make your own way in Rome from the train station to the hotel.
Giant TCR Adv Pro 1 Disc, Carbon wheels, mechanical Ultegra 32/34 cassette.
Meet your tour guides at Venice Marco Polo airport and get your tour off to a relaxed start.
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 12.00pm. Please ensure that you arrive in plenty of time before our departure time.
Group transfer details here – Link
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.
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 dinner together at the hotel restaurant. After dinner you are free to head into town to explore.
Join us on a guided and supported ride in the area. Our hotel is located on the shores of Lake Garda. This is a beautiful part of Italy with lots of great roads to explore.
We offer a warm up ride along the lake with a coffee break in Peschiera del Garda and return to the hotel.
To end the day we invite you to explore the hotel and its surroundings. This is a beautiful area with lots to explore.
It’s our first encounter with LIVE Giro action today. We offer a guided ride to Desenzano del Garda from our hotel.
Once there, we will have a great experience for both cyclists and spectators. Our status as official Giro d’Italia Tour Operator gives us access to official Giro Hospitality.
Finish hospitality offers a superb vantage point along the finish straight. Non-stop catering and open bar service are included. Plasma TV screens broadcast the race until the riders come into view live.
After the stage we will head back to the hotel for dinner.
Early start this morning as we leave Garda for the next stop on our tour; Bormio. The transfer will take about 3.5 hours.
The stage finish is in Livigno today, located 22 miles from Bormio.
Depending on the weather we offer two options today:
After the stage finish we will take you to our hotel in Bormio where we will stay one night.
As the riders enjoy their rest day in Livigno, we will ride the famous Passo Stelvio today. We will ride from Bormio to Merano and then transfer to Badia.
We expect to get to the hotel just before dinner.
After breakfast we guide you around one of Europe’s most beautiful routes. We will ride the Sella Ronda Loop to the finish line of today’s Giro stage in Cristina di Val Gardena.
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 miles 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 finish straight. Non-stop catering and open bar service are included. Plasma TV screens broadcast the race until the riders come into view live.
After watching the riders finish, we will transfer back to our hotel in Alta Badia.
Ride from Alta Badia to Passo Brocon in time for the arrival of today’s Giro stage.
Finish Hospitality
Finish hospitality offers a superb vantage point along the finish straight. Non-stop catering and open bar service are included. Plasma TV screens broadcast the race until the riders come into view live.
After the stage we will transfer to the next hotel on our tour in Feltre. Here we stay on a bed and breakfast basis to allow you to eat out the next couple of nights.
Today we will enjoy the start of the Giro in Fiera di Primiero from the Start Village.
Every day, in the start town, the Start Village offers a VIP Area at the start. Guests watch the riders get ready and witness the sign-on ceremony while enjoying drinks and snacks.
Our daily ride will take us from Feltre to Fiera di Primiero and back.
This evening you are free to go out for dinner.
Ride from Feltre to Bassano del Grappa. There is an amazing bike path along the valley. We will then ride the Foza Climb, ride on the Asiago plateau, and down to Bassano for a typical spritz on the Alpini bridge.
Decisive stage of the Giro if there are close gaps in the GC. After a rather flat approach featuring the Muro di Ca’ del Poggio, the riders will climb the Monte Grappa twice, both from the Semonzo side. After the second descent, the race continues straight to the finish.
We will ride Monte Grappa today ahead of the riders and enjoy watching the decisive stage of the 2024 Giro d’Italia from the roadside. We are close to Andrea’s home today so we will have a party to celebrate the days we have spent together on our Giro tour.
In the evening, we’ll enjoy our final dinner together. Our team is available to assist you with packing bikes away for travel tomorrow.
As we bid you farewell, we will offer airport transfers to Venice Airport.
Today’s final Giro stage in Rome is far away. It will give the riders a transfer by plane to get to Rome.
We offer two options today:
Transfer and transport options here – Link
The 2024 Giro d’Italia winner will be crowned after a sprint stage on the uncomfortable roads of Rome. The setting could not be more iconic with the Fori Imperiali ruins and the Colosseum as a backdrop.
The 2024 Giro d’Italia will most likely be decided in the Dolomites. We expect a spectacular and eventful, final week. Stage 15 to Livigno is the longest of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. Starting at Lake Garda, the route will lead riders into the Swiss Alps and finish with a high altitude climb in Livigno – the Mottolino. We will ride the Stelvio on the rest day before we watch the riders tackle the climb on stage 16 the day after. Stage 17 sees a double ascent of the Brocon Pass. After two easier days, the penultimate stage features a double ascent of Monte Grappa, before a downhill and finish in the valley. Monte Grappa is very difficult at 18.2km and 8.1%. The riders will climb and descend the way they came up before climbing again. Monte Grappa will be the deciding stage in the battle for the pink jersey.
Join us a couple of days before the final rest day of the 2024 Giro d’Italia and be part of our tour that takes in the final stages of the Italian Grand Tour. From the shores of Lake Como to the Stelvio and the Dolomites, you will be in the heart of the ‘Battle for Pink’. Our tour is designed by Giro d’Italia stage winner Andrea Ferrigato who will also be your lead guide for the tour. Andrea and his team of local drivers, mechanics and cycling guides will show you all the best parts of the Italian Alps and Dolomites. Exclusive official Giro d’Italia hospitality experiences are included with your tour.
Through our official partnership with the 2024 Giro d’Italia we include exclusive VIP and Hospitality experiences with our tour.
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 while enjoying drinks and snacks.
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.
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.
We offer a guided ride each day. We have Andrea as your bike guide on the road with you. We also have a support vehicle with driver who is also a mechanic. We will either transport everyone to a location from where we will start the daily rides, or we will ride straight out from the hotel. We offer vehicle support for the riders and the spectators will be transported to the day’s hospitality venue or to a vantage point to watch the race.
On days where we move on to another hotel, we will transport luggage, bike boxes and bikes and we will offer an adapted itinerary depending on the day’s logistics.
Riders and spectators are reunited to enjoy the hospitality and VIP experiences together. We attempt to keep hotel changes and transfers to a minimum.
Our tour starts either at Venice Marco Polo Airport or you can meet us at the first hotel on our tour in Desenzano del Garda.
On departure we provide transport to Venice Marco Polo airport or to Venice high speed train station. Trains leave Venice’s Santa Lucia train station several times per hour for Rome Termini station.
Our tour is suitable for both cyclists of any level and non-cycling spectators. The hotels we stay at are in excellent locations with the world-renowned Italian cuisine we all enjoy so much.
Our daily, guided rides give cyclists the opportunity to ride some of the most beautiful climbs that feature on this year’s Giro d’Italia.
The inclusion of exclusive Giro d’Italia Hospitality experiences elevates this tour to another level. Spectators can enjoy Giro culture in style and comfort.
We offer the largest selection of European Gran Fondo and Cyclo-Sportive events.
Our interest-free payment plan allows you to spread out payments for your booking. *Selected products. Terms and Conditions apply.
We have a team of highly experienced professionals who have been organizing cycling trips for more than 25 years.
We know the routes and we know the roads. We know how the event works and the best hotels for the start and finish. We organize everything for you; transfers, bike transport, additional fuel stops, local guides, mechanical support and more.
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