Giro d'Italia 2025: The most important facts in brief
- Date: 09.05. - 01.06.2025
- 7 moderately difficult stages
- 6 flat stages
- 6 mountain stages
- 2 individual time trials with a total of 42.3 kilometres
- The route of the women's Giro d'Italia
- The start list
- The favourites in the TOUR-Check
- The mountain stages in detail
- The German starters at the Giro
- To the live ticker
- Results at a glance
All stages with elevation profiles at a glance
Stage 1 | Friday, 9 May | Durrës - Tirana | 160 kilometres | 1800 vertical metres
Stage 2 | Saturday, 10 May | Tirana - Tirana | 13.7 kilometres (individual time trial) | 150 vertical metres
Stage 3 | Sunday, 11 May | Vlora - Vlora | 160 kilometres | 2800 vertical metres
Stage 4 | Tuesday, 13 May | Alberobello (Pietramadre) - Lecce | 189 kilometres | 800 vertical metres
Stage 5 | Wednesday, 14 May | Ceglie Messapica - Matera | 151 kilometres | 1550 vertical metres
Stage 6 | Thursday, 15 May | Potenza - Naples | 227 kilometres | 2600 vertical metres
Stage 7 | Friday, 16 May | Castel di Sangro - Tagliacozzo | 168 kilometres | 3500 vertical metres
Stage 8 | Saturday, 17 May | Giulianova - Castelraimondo | 197 kilometres | 3800 vertical metres
Stage 9 | Sunday, 18 May | Gubbio - Siena | 181 kilometres | 2500 vertical metres
Stage 10 | Tuesday, 20 May | Lucca - Pisa | 28.6 kilometres (individual time trial) | 150 vertical metres
Stage 11 | Wednesday, 21 May | Viareggio - Castelnovo Ne' Monti | 186 kilometres | 3850 vertical metres
Stage 12 | Thursday, 22 May | Modena - Viadana | 172 kilometres | 1700 vertical metres
Stage 13 | Friday, 23 May | Rovigo - Vicenza | 180 kilometres | 1600 vertical metres
14th stage | Saturday, 24th May | Treviso - Nova Gorica/Gorizia | 195 kilometres | 1100 metres of ascent
Stage 15 | Sunday, 25 May | Fiume Veneto - Asiago | 219 kilometres | 3900 vertical metres
Stage 16 | Tuesday, 27 May | Piazzola sul Brenta - San Valentino (Brentonico) | 203 kilometres | 4900 vertical metres
Stage 17 | Wednesday, 28 May | San Michele All'Adige (Fondazione Edmund Mach) - Bormio | 155 kilometres | 3800 vertical metres
Stage 18 | Thursday, 29 May | Morbegno - Cesano Maderno | 144 kilometres | 1800 vertical metres
Stage 19 | Friday, 30 May | Biella - Champlouc | 166 kilometres | 4950 vertical metres
Stage 20 | Saturday, 31 May | Verres - Sestriere | 205 kilometres | 4500 vertical metres
Stage 21 | Sunday, 1 June | Rome - Rome | 143 kilometres | 600 metres altitude gain
The route of the Giro d'Italia 2025 in detail
The 108th edition of the Tour of Italy once again offers plenty of mountains. A total of more than 50,000 metres in altitude await the riders. However, the highlights in the high mountains only await in the last third of the tour. Although the first of a total of three real mountain finishes will take place on stage 7 in Tagliacozzo, it is unlikely to create any major gaps in the classification. The two individual time trials on stages 2 and 10 and the ride over around 30 kilometres of gravel on the way to Siena on stage 9 are more likely to do so.
Fans will probably have to wait until stage 16, which ends in San Valentino (Brentonico), for the first big battle in the mountains. The two decisive mountain stages are the 19th and 20th. Stage 19 is a wild rollercoaster ride through the Aosta Valley and also the queen stage with 4950 metres of climbing, before the Cima Coppi (the highest point of the Giro) awaits on the following day with the Colle delle Finestre. It is also the only summit at an altitude of over 2000 metres. It is possible that the organisers wanted to play it safe and avoid possible stage shortenings due to capricious weather and a similar chaos as this year. in the direction of the Umbrail Pass avoid at all costs.
The first week
The Giro d'Italia starts in Albania and thus for the 16th time in its history abroad. However, there has never been as much background noise before a Grande Partenza as this year. The announcement of the route and therefore the start had been delayed. The event planned for November was officially postponed due to technical problems. According to media reports, there were disagreements between the Giro organiser RCS and the Albanian government. The organisers later denied this. The start will take place in the western Albanian coastal town of Durres. The riders will face 160 kilometres with a tough 1800 metres of climbing to the capital Tirana, where they will have to complete a circuit twice. The first wearer of the pink jersey is unlikely to be a pure sprinter, but rather a rider of the calibre of Wout van Aert.
The second day continues with an individual time trial, which includes a short climb, before a demanding stage over the Qafa e Llogarasë awaits on the last day in Albania on Sunday, which could already sort out the classification riders for the first time. A rest day follows and the Giro d'Italia crosses over to southern Italy. Three stages await there, which should suit the sprinters. Stage seven features the first mountain finish in Tagliacozzo. Except for the last three kilometres or so, the climb is a rolling hill, probably not enough to create large gaps. Stage 8 is a hilly section, predestined for breakaways. Before the second rest day, the peloton has to cross five gravel sectors on the white roads of Tuscany - around 30 kilometres of gravel in the direction of Siena.
The second week
After the second rest day, an almost flat individual time trial over 28.6 kilometres awaits, which will suit the strong rouleurs. The following 11th stage to Castelnovo Ne' Monti is only classified as a medium-difficulty stage, but has 3850 metres of climbing to offer. On stage 12, the sprinters should get their chance again, the following day in the direction of Vicenza could be something for breakaways or puncheurs, before another sprint finish can be expected on the detour to Nova Gorica in Slovenia. The following day, the riders will head over Monte Grappa to Asiago. However, the mountain giant will be taken early in the stage, which means that a breakaway group will probably prevail here.
The third week
The big finish also awaits in the third week of this Giro, which begins with a tough mountain finish in San Valentino (Brentonico). The following day, the riders head over the Tonale Pass and the Mortirolo to Bormio - but both mountains are still relatively far away from the finish. Stage 18 could be something for the sprinters. The battle for the pink jersey will be decided on stages 19 and 20. The 19th stage does not end with a mountain finish, but at 4950 metres it has the most vertical metres of all the stages and three 1st category mountains on the ride through the Aosta Valley. The 20th stage then leads over the legendary Colle delle Finestre with its gravel road to Sestriere, before the Giro d'Italia 2025 ends with a flat stage in Rome on 1 June.
