Table 1. Stage features, climatic conditions, and study design of the 2010 and 2012 GiroBio events.
| GiroBio 2010 | GiroBio 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Day | Stage | Kind of Stage | Length (km) | Difference in Height (m) | BloodDrawn | External Temperature °C (start-finish) | Stage | Kind of Stage | Length (km) | Difference in Height (m) | Blood Drawn | External Temperature (°C) (start-finish) | |
| −2 | / | / | / | / | T1 | 22.0 | / | / | / | / | T1 | 22.0 | |
| −1 | / | / | / | / | / | 19.4 | / | / | / | / | / | 22.0 | |
| 1 | 1 | LM | 111.6 | 2820 | / | 19.4–21.0 | 1 | F | 144.0 | 1556 | / | 23.0–31.0 | |
| 2 | 2 | F | 168.9 | 3615 | / | 23.0–29.0 | 2a | F | 75.6 | 642 | / | 25.0–30.0 | |
| 2b | TT | 12.1 | 0 | / | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | F | 155.5 | 198 | / | 25.0–29.0 | 3 | LM | 193.3 | 2886 | / | 23.0–28.0 | |
| 4 | 4 | HM | 154.2 | 3028 | / | 24.0–29.0 | 4 | LM | 168.4 | 2703 | / | 24.0–9.0 | |
| 5 | 5 | LM | 184.1 | 2818 | / | 21.0–21.0 | 5 | LM | 156.0 | 2136 | / | 22.0–23.0 | |
| 6 | T2 | 23.0 | Rest | / | / | / | T2 | 20.0 | |||||
| 7 | 6 | F | 148.2 | 69 | / | 19.0–26.00 | 6 | LM | 163.8 | 2331 | / | 20.0–24.0 | |
| 8 | 7 | TT | 30.5 | 493 | / | 22.0–26.0 | 7 | F | 147.1 | 1126 | / | 24.0–24.0 | |
| 9 | 8 | LM | 170.9 | 3300 | / | 21.0–22.0 | 8 | HM | 168.2 | 5190 | T3 | 25.0–21.0 | |
| 10 | 9 | LM | 153.0 | 2367 | T3 | 17.0–21.0 | 9 | HM | 123.0 | 4990 | / | 27.0–34.0 | |
| Tot | 1276.9 | 18168 | 1351.5 | 23560 | |||||||||
The table summarizes the features of the two races. F: Flat, TT: Time-trial, LM: Low Mountain, HM: High Mountain; T1: Pre-race blood drawn, T2: mid-race blood drawn, T3: end-race blood drawn. The reported environmental temperatures refer to 8∶00 a.m. (time of blood sampling) for the pre-race and rest days and to the start and finishing time for each day of a stage.