Giro d’Italia presented this Monday in Rome 108th edition from what is known as ‘Corsa Rose’ (Rosa Race), the longest of the three 2025 Grand Tours with 3413 km and altitude gain of 52500 meters. on a journey that will begin andin Albania on May 9 and will end in Rome on June 1.
🗺️ This is the 2025 Giro d’Italia route!👇
🗺️ It’s Giro d’Italia 2025!👇#GirodItaly pic.twitter.com/cVT1Msio3u
— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) January 13, 2025
Contenders for ‘Maglia Rose you already know this, besides Tadej Pogacar strives to give them some choice as they have chosen for their season Vuelta and Tour de France, significantly complicating its presence in Italy– they will have to challenge the longest race of big dates campaign to inherit the crown of the Slovenian beast.
There will be 3413 kilometers in this issue.with an elevation gain of 52,500 meters (10,000 more than the previous one), 38 kilometers of gravel and 42.3 kilometers for the time being, divided into 2 stages for the enjoyment of sprinters as shown in Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone in Rome.
🚨 The road to glory begins NOW!
📈 52 500 m D+
🪨 38 km of gravel roads
⏱️ 42.3 km time trial
⛰️ Cima Coppi: Colle delle Finestre
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This is the 2025 Giro d’Italia route! 👇
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🚨 The road to glory begins ORA!📈 52 500 m D+
🪨 38 km from Strijd Sterrate
⏱️ 42.3… pic.twitter.com/XKOd9SESEW— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) January 13, 2025
The Corsa Rosa will depart for the fifteenth time from abroad 3 stages in Albania and will end in Rome, which will host the race for the seventh time.
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— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) January 13, 2025
There will be 6 stages suitable for sprinters, 8 mid-mountain and 5 high mountainsincluding the legendary Mortirolo Passwith a height of 1852 meters, and the most difficult of all, the climb to Colle delle Finestre, mountain pass in Cot Alps, in the Italian region of Piedmont, with a peak of 2178 meters.
May 13 from Italy
After the first three stages in Albania and on the first rest day, scheduled for Monday, May 12, the race resumes with three flatter stages promoting sprints.
The second day of rest will be Monday, May 19. The second week of competition will begin with travel to Tuscany. It will be time trial from Lucca to Pisa which will begin the second stage, which is a re-run of the 1977 time trial won by the Norwegian Knut Knudsen.
After the last day of rest comes decisive weekthe most complex of which is known as “tappone trentino”: five consecutive ascents of maximum demand and the finish is uphill Valentine’s Day (Brentonico, north) on Monte Baldo overlooking Lake Garda.
Then there will be two stages for men’s classification. last decisive days.
First of Biella to Champoluc (northern Italy), short but with a very difficult slope of 4950 meters. Second, from Verres – Sestriere (north), is longer and will consist of a main course with Finestre Hill (8 km of dirt road) and Sestrierewhich has celebrated its 20th anniversary every year in a row since its introduction in 2025.
The end will be, as in the two previous issues, by center of Rome.
Women’s Giro
There was also a presentation Women’s Giro d’Italia which will take place from July 6 to July 13.
🗺The 2025 Women’s Giro d’Italia route is ready, are you?🚴♀️
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🗺The women’s Giro d’Italia 2025 route is coming soon, and you?🚴♀️ #GirodItaliaWomen pic.twitter.com/PmZK7Bz9wM— Women of the Giro d’Italia (@girowomen) January 13, 2025
Corsa Rosa will start at Bergamo with an individual time trial on July 6 and ending on Sunday the 13th. Imolain it Hippodrome Enzo and Dino Ferrari.
Along the route, athletes will experience a number of stages. two uphill finishes, falling from a height of 14,000 meters and only 939.6 km.
Tonale Pass This will be the most difficult stage. This is a high mountain pass in northern Italy across the Rhaetian Alps, between the northern cities of Lombardy and Trentino, with a summit at 1883 meters.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias

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