Blockhaus
The Giro's Blockhaus finish: 13.6 km at 8.4% from Roccamorice into the Majella, with almost 10 km above 9% before it eases just before the line at 1665 m.
- Start: Roccamorice
- Length: 13.6 km
- Elevation gain: 1,142 m
- Average gradient: 8.4%
- Max gradient: 14%
- In 1967 a 21-year-old Eddy Merckx won here, his first Grand Tour stage win.
- The name goes back to a wooden blockhouse built around 1863 to fight brigandage.
- Recent winners here: Nairo Quintana (2017), Jai Hindley (2022) and Jonas Vingegaard (2026).
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