Milan-Turin 2025: The most important facts in brief
- Date: Wednesday, 19 March 2025
- Start: 11:50 a.m.
- Finish: ~ 15:46-16:12
- Distance: 174 kilometres
- Start: Rho, Goal: Turin (Superga)
- UCI category: Pro Series
The 106th edition of the traditional Milan-Turin race is scheduled for 19 March 2025. It is the oldest one-day race in cycling still in existence today and was first held in 1876. After four years, the classic returns to its traditional profile and promises to be a real challenge for the climbing specialists in the peloton with a distance of 174 kilometres and a double climb to the Basilica Superga.
The favourites for Milan-Turin 2025
Defending champion Alberto Bettiol from Team XDS Astana will start the race with start number 1. However, the Italian, who triumphed last year, faces strong competition. The favourites include former winners such as Diego Ulissi (XDS Astana Team), who was successful in 2013, and Michael Woods (Israel - Premier Tech), winner in 2019. Up-and-coming talents such as Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) and established greats such as Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates - XRG), Richard Carapaz (EF Education - EasyPost) or Marc Hirschi and Michael Storer (both Tudor Pro Cycling Team) are also considered potential contenders for victory.
The route
The start is in Rho, a municipality in the greater Milan area, while the finish, as in previous editions, is at the famous Basilica of Superga. The first half of the route takes the riders over largely flat terrain through the Po Valley. After the start in Rho, the peloton passes the towns of Magenta, Novara and Vercelli before crossing the Po. The decisive part of the race begins in San Mauro Torinese. From here, the route follows the Po along the Corso Casale before tackling the first climb to the Basilica Superga. After a technically demanding descent via Rivodora, the riders return to San Mauro to face the final climb to the finish. This final climb is 4.1 kilometres long with an average gradient of 9.1 per cent, with gradients of over 10 per cent at the top.
Challenging Superga final ascent as the key to success
The last five kilometres of the race, which are completed twice (with the exception of the final 600 metres), begin in Corso Casale in Turin. From here, the climb to the Basilica Superga starts with an average gradient of 9.1 per cent. A section in the middle of the climb is particularly challenging with a maximum gradient of 14 per cent. Long passages with a gradient of 10 per cent also challenge the riders. 600 metres before the finish, a sharp left-hand bend awaits the pros, followed by an 8.2 per cent steep ramp. The last bend 50 metres before the finish line leads onto the seven-metre-wide home straight.
Milan-Turin 2025: TV broadcast & live stream
In Germany, Milan-Turin 2025 will be organised by 14:00-15:45 with Eurosport 2 will be broadcast. A live stream of the race is available at Discovery Plus (with costs)
