Stage 18: Mendrisio - Varese 147km
A lumpy world's tester
Giro visits two world championship circuits
Stage 18 profile (RCS Sport)
Look out for Paolo Bettini or other world championship hopefuls on this 147-kilometre stage that starts and ends with circuits both this year's and next year's world's circuits.
Mendrisio, host of a Giro stage departure in 1989, will see the riders off with one circuit on the 2009 World Championships' 13.4-kilometre parcours. While the host of the 2008 World Championships, Varese, will welcome the riders with two circuits on the 17.4-kilometre course that will be used this September.
