following the second, and last, rest day on 27 may, the riders will face what has been dubbed as the queen stage of the race. the stage, which will start in lovere, will include several categorized climbs, including the passo del mortirolo, before finishing in ponte di legno. initially, the stage was meant to feature the passo di gavia, which was last featured in 2014, in a stage won by nairo quintana (), who later won the overall classification, however the climb was ultimately removed from the route two days before the stage was run due to snow and poor weather conditions. mortirolo was first included in the race in 1990, and has since then made many appearances in the race, most recently on the 16th stage at the 2017 won by nibali. the race is scheduled to finish with a 17 km time trial in verona on 2 june.