Giro d’Italia 2025
MAY 9 – JUN 1

The Giro d’Italia – one of cycling’s prestigious Grand Tours – first set
out from Milan in 1909, inspired by the success of the Tour de France.
The 2025 race begins in Durrës, the coastal gateway to Albania,
before taking in the capital, Tirana, and proceeding to 15
Italian regions, Slovenia and the Vatican City.
Primož Roglič and emerging talent Juan Ayuso
are favourites to compete for the iconic maglia rosa
in a battle between generations over 21 gruelling days


ROUTE 2025
Total race distance
3,443.3km


1 START: May 9, Durrës
2 
Tirana, ALBANIA
3 
Valona
4 
Lecce
Alberobello
Ceglie Messapica
5 
Matera
Potenza
6
Napoli
Castel di Sangro
7 
Tagliacozzo
Giulianova
8
Castelraimondo
Gubbio
9
Siena
Pisa
10
Lucca
Viareggio
11
Castelnovo ne’ Monti
Modena
12
Viadana
Rovigo
13
Vicenza
Treviso
14
Nova Gorica, Slovenia 
Fiume Veneto
15
Asiago
Piazzola sul Brenta
16
San Valentino
San Michele all’Adige
17
Bormio
Morbegno
18
Cesano Maderno
Biella
19
Champoluc
Verrès
20
Sestrière
21 FINISH: Jun 1, Rome
ITALY

Stage 1
Start
Finish
Start / finish
Rest day
Individual time-trial
Mountain stage
Hill stage
Flat stage

2025 edition features breathtaking
landscapes and legendary climbs,
boasting over 52,000m of total
elevation gain. Stage 20 boasts
highest point – the Cima Coppi –
on fearsome Colle delle Finestre
with 8km of 9% gravel roads


Overall
leader: Pink
Awarded to Giro
winner. Worn by race
leader at start of each
stage – calculated by
totalling each day’s
finishing
time

King of the
Mountains: Blue
Held by rider
who proves to be
best climber, with
more severe climbs
offering most
points

Points
leader: Purple
Fastest sprinters
compete for points
at end of each stage –
points adjusted by
terrain, flat stages
awarding most
points

Best
young rider:
White
Awarded to highest
placed rider aged
under 25. Prize
returned in 2007
after 12-year
hiatus


Five-time Grand Tour winner
Primož Roglič
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe

ELITE LINE-UP: Red Bull set to field world class
team – captained by Primož Roglič – including
2022 Giro winner Jai Hindley and climbing
talent Daniel Martínez, runner-up in 2024


2025 season: Most victories by team	General classification and stage wins – data as of May 1

UAE Team Emirates XRG		35
Lidl – Trek			15
Team Visma – Lease a Bike	13
Soudal Quick-Step		12
INEOS Grenadiers		10
Red Bull			9


Adam Yates
British rider for UAE Team Emirates XRG
supporting Ayuso’s bid for glory

Roglič only rider from
so-called “Big Four” set to
tackle Italian route – 2024
winnner Tadej Pogačar and
rival Jonas Vingegaard
(inset, left) eye
Tour de France-Vuelta
double, while Remco
Evenepoel (inset, right)
continues rehabilitation


RACE LEGENDS: Only three riders to have conquered Giro five times,
while Italian Mario Cipollini holds record for most stage wins (42)
 
Alfredo
Binda ITA
1925, 27, 28,
29, 33

Fausto
Coppi ITA
1940, 47, 49,
52, 53

Eddy
Merckx BEL
1968, 70, 72,
73, 74


Giro d’Italia editions: 107

Italy
44 riders

Rest of the world
28 riders

69 
38
Belgium (7 wins), France (6),
Spain (4), Switzerland, Russia (3),
Great Britain, Colombia, Slovenia,
Luxembourg (2), Sweden, Ireland,
United States, Canada,
Netherlands, Ecuador,
Australia (1)


BUILDING DYNASTIES: Enduring Slovenian compatriots Roglič
and Pogačar have shared nine of 18 Grand Tour victories since 2019

	Giro d’Italia		Tour de France		Vuelta a España
2019	Richard Carapaz ECU	Egan Bernal COL		Primož Roglič SLO
2020	Tao Geoghegan Hart GBR	Tadej Pogačar SLO	Primož Roglič SLO
2021	Egan Bernal COL		Tadej Pogačar SLO	Primož Roglič SLO
2022	Jai Hindley AUS		Jonas Vingegaard DEN	Remco Evenepoel BEL
2023	Primož Roglič SLO	Jonas Vingegaard DEN	Sepp Kuss USA
2024	Tadej Pogačar SLO	Tadej Pogačar SLO	Primož Roglič SLO
2025 	May 9 – June 1 		July 5-27 		August 23 – September 14


Breakthrough star
Juan Ayush

UAE Team
Emirates XRG
Makes Giro d’Italia
debut after winning
Tirreno-Adriatico
race in March


STAGE 20: Profile

Start:
Verrès 360m
Corio 607m
Colle del Lys 1311m
Colle delle Finestre 2178m
Finish:
Sestrière 2033m
km 	69.2 	115.7	177.5	205


STAGE
BREAKDOWN
Stage 	Date 	km
1	May 9	160
2	10	13.7
3	11	160
4	13	189
5	14	151
6	15	227
7	16	168
8	17	197
9	18	181
10	20	28.6
11	21	186
12	22	172
13	23	180
14	24	195
15	25	219
16	27	203
17	28	155
18	29	144
19	30	166
20	31	205
21	Jun 1	143


Maglia Rosa – race leader’s pink jersey – introduced in 1931
by Armando Cougnet, sports journalist at La Gazzetta dello Sport
to help spectators identify race leader. It has since been
worn by total of 280 different riders


HIGHEST NUMBER OF DAYS IN MAGLIA ROSA 
Eddy Merckx (1968-70, 1972-74)
77
Alfredo Binda (1925, 1927-29, 1931, 1933)
60
Francesco Moser (1976-77, 1979-82, 1984-85)
57
Gino Bartali (1936-37, 1939, 1946-47)
50
Giuseppe Saronni (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985-86)
49


2024 winner
Tadej Pogačar

Trofeo Senza Fine
‘The Trophy
with No End’


Sources: Giro d’Italia, Gracenote 
Pictures: AP, Getty Images, Wikimedia Commons, Twitter 
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