Stages for the 3,395.5km Tour of Italy 2009 were announced Saturday:

Stages
1) May 9: Venice Lido (team time-trial, 20.5 km)
2) May 10: Jesolo to Trieste (156 km)
3) May 11: Grado to Valdobbiadene (200 km)
4) May 12: Padova to San Martino di Castrozza (165 km)
5) May 13: San Martino di Castrozza to Alpe di Siusi (125 km)
6) May 14: Bressanone to Brixen Mayrhofen (Austria) (242 km)
7) May 15: Innsbruck (Austria) to Chiavenna (244 km)
May 16: Morbegno to Bergamo (208 km)
9) May 17: Milan- Milan Milano Show (100 km)
May 18 – rest day
10) May 19: Cuneo to Pinerolo (250 km)
11) May 20: Turin v Arenzano (206 km)
12) May 21: Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore (individual time-trial, 61.7 km)
13) May 22: Lido di Camaiore to Florence (150 km)
14) May 23: Campi Bisenzio to Bologna-San Luca (174 km)
15) May 24: Forli to Faenza (159 km)
16) May 25: Pergola to Monte Petrano-Cagli (237 km)
May 26 – rest day
17) May 27: Chieti to Blockhaus (79 km)
18) May 28: Sulmona to Benevento (181 km)
19) May 29: Avellino to Vesuvius (164 km)
20) May 30: Naples to Anagni (203 km)
21) May 31: Rome to Rome (individual time trial, 15.3 km)