Profiles & Route 2025 Giro d'Italia - 3 days in Albania, mini Strade Bianche; Finestre and Mortirolo headline mountain stages

The profiles for the 2025 Giro d'Italia have been officially revealed! The Corsa Rosa is the first Grand Tour of the season and this year it will include a start in a nation that will for the first time in it's history host a Grand Tour, Albania; and also several mountain stages in it's second half whilst the first half will feature some tricky stages including one that goes through a lot of the Strade Bianche course.

The route will feature it's traditional 21 stages, the first 3 of which in the eastern European nation. From there on there is a small across-the-sea journey back to Italy, where the route will slowly move north through the west coast via cities like Napoli, Siena and Pisa. In the Alps the race will be decided with a combination of mountain stages of different styles, featuring explosive days, long mountains and also high altitude.

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Stage 1

Durazzo - Tirana, 164 kilometers

The first stage of the race will take place between Durazzo and Tirana. There will be three categorized climbs, one long one in the middle of the stage and two ascents of the Surrel ascent. There will then be a downhill into the finish, a day that could potentially see many different riders succeed.

Stage 2 (ITT)

Tirana - Tirana, 13.7 kilometers

The second day of the race will be an individual time-trial and an interesting one. 13.7 kilometers in distance and it will not be flat, as in the city of Tirana there will be an explosive ascent halfway through.

Stage 3

Valona - Valona, 160 kilometers

Stage 3 is another very open day. The first half of the stage is not too difficult but there are some hard climbs on the second half that may see some GC fighting, a breakaway battle, outsider attacks or some sprinter teams trying to control the peloton as best as possible.

Stage 4

Alberobello - Lecce, 187 kilometers

The race returns to the mainland through Alberobello with the first pure day for the sprinters. No major difficulties into Lecce and the sprinters will with no doubt be in the spotlight on this day.

Stage 5

Ceglie Messapica - Matera, 145 kilometers

A short stage with a very interesting finale, where in true Giro form, the organizers leave way for multiple scenarios. The finale into Matera is slightly uphill and comes after a few hills. We could have a reduced bunch sprint or a late attack succeeding here.

Stage 6

Potenza - Napoli, 210 kilometers

Satge 6 will finish in Napoli, following the success of recent years. However, after a few hilly stages, there is a more flat approach this time around. The stage will be long, 210 kilometers in total, but the fast men have no difficulties in the final kilometers to stop them.

Stage 7

Castel di Sangro - Tagliacozzo, 168 kilometers

Stage 7 will feature the first summit finish of the race. In the Appeninnes, the riders take off and immediately start climbing. It's not a brutal day, but it will be important to test the form of the pink jersey contenders. The riders will be saving their leggs until the final ascent to Tagliacozzo which will be just over 12 kilometers long at 5.5%. However, the final 2 kilometers average 10% and will be quite difficult. If riders do not have their best form they risk losing meaningful time and entering the key days already with a lot of pressure on their shoulders.

Stage 8

Giulianov - Castelraimondo, 197 kilometers

Stage 8 is a true Giro classic, with plenty climbs of different lengths and gradients, a day well suited to a breakaway but where a lot can happen. We have difficult ascents on this day, but will the GC riders risk it before what is one of the key stages of the race?

Stage 9

Gubbio - Siena

Stage 9 will be one of the key moments of the race, as the riders take on a 'mini Strade Bianche'. This will be a day where the overall classification will be tested in a terrain they are not favoured in - where crashes, splits and tactics are often key. It will feature climbing and the pressure will be on so expect the pink jersey contenders to be around the front, but there will simultaneously be a lot of riders aiming for a prestigious stage win.

The riders will tackle dozens of kilometers of gravel roads (30 in total), plenty short and steep climbs and will be ending the stage in the city of Siena, which also hosts the finale of Strade Bianche, with the famous ascent of the Via Santa Caterina included.

Stage 10 (ITT) 

Lucca - Pisa, 28.6 kilometers

The second and final time-trial of the race, of moderate length. It will be flat, but the Giro organizers did not plan on making a traditional day against the clock. The 28 kilometers will be enough to create differences, however amongst the best things should stay relatively similar.

Stage 11

Viareggio - Castelnuovo Ne Monti, 185 kilometers

Stage 11 is a very tricky one, it can be for the GC men but it depends on their mentality. Right after the time-trial, there may be risks taken here. The stage features a brutal ascent early on of the San Pellegrino in Alpe which is over 14 kilometers long at 8%, one of the hardest in the race. But if the trigger isn't pulled, then likely we have a day for the breakaway whilst the GC riders will be marking each other in the hilly finale into Castelnuovo Ne Monti.

Stage 12

Modena - Viadana, 172 kilometers

The sprinters may have it their way once again on the 12th day of the race. From Modena to Viadana there aren't many obstacles, and it should be an important day in the fight for the Maglia Ciclamino.

Stage 13

Rovigo - Vicenza (Monte Berico), 180 kilometers

The riders return to the famous Monte Berico on stage 13. It's a day for the classics riders whilst the GC men have to be fully aware of their surroundings. There are no long climbs on this day, but there will be plenty tension in the finale with the short and steep final ascent creating the threat of gaps.

Stage 14

Treviso - Nova Gorica, 186 kilometers

The race heads abroad once again, but curiously with a day that should suit the sprinters. There is no meaningful climbing with the start in Treviso, whilst the riders climb slightly into the border with Slovenia. There should be a bunch sprint taking place in Nova Gorica later on.

Stage 15

Fiume Veneto - Asiago, 214 kilometers

Giro fans will remember this finale, which hosted the finale of the final mountain day of the 2017 Giro d'Italia. A successful combo on that day, and the race directors are hoping to see similar action on the final day of the second week, featuring the fearful Monte Grappa and the climb to Dori en route to a rolling finale in Asiago.

Stage 16

Piazzola sul Brenta - Brentonico (San Valentino), 199 kilometers

Stage 16, the first day of the final week, will be brutal. Five categorized climbs but the race should really explode on the final ascent to San Valentino, 17 kilometers long at 6.5%. There will be lots of climbing and it's a day for the pure climbers to make the difference.

Stage 17

San Michele all'Adige - Bormio, 154 kilometers

Much had been rumoured of this stage, but an ascent of the Passo dello Stelvio will not be present. Instead Bormio hosts the finale of an interesting stage which is not as dangerous for the GC as we usually have in the city. We will have climbs of the Passo del Tonale (14.8Km; 6.2%) and the Passo del Mortirolo (but not through it's hardest side, being 12.8Km at 7.6%) before a technical descent and then a hilly finale with still plenty kilometers ahead. A lot can happen on this day, there will certainly be thoughts of tactical moves.

Stage 18

Morbegno - Cesano Maderno, 144 kilometers

Stage 18 will be the penultimate opportunity for the sprinters, however this late in the race there will be a lot of riders looking to attack the first half of the day to try and form a strong breakaway. Into Cesano Maderno, we should have a thrilling day of action amongst many riders.

Stage 19

Biella - Champoluc, 156 kilometers

Stage 19 will take place in the Valle d'Aosta and truly it will feature what the region has the most, technical climbs and descents, all of them long and steep but very similar in it's characteristics. It's trully a very difficult day with climbing right from the start, but then also three very long and difficult ascents on the Col Tzecore, Col de Saint Pantaleon and finally Col de Joux, each of them 16 kilometers in length and averaging around 7%. A day of endurance and where in the final week huge differences can be created. Before arriving in Champoluc there will still be another small ascent to Antagnod.

Stage 20

Verres - Sestriere, 203 kilometers

The queen stage? Many will say that exactly, it's a day with an easy start but the Giro organizers have saved the best for last. In 2018 over these climbs we saw the race turned on it's head as pink jersey Simon Yates cracked and Chris Froome stormed to the race lead with a huge solo attack. The riders climb the Collle del Lys and then tackle the insanely difficult Colle delle Finestre, an hour-long ascent which averages 9% for over 18 kilometers, 7 of which in gravel. It's going to decimate the peloton this late in the race, and antecedes the summit finish in Sestriere, as was the case in several previous editions.

Stage 21

Roma - Roma, 141 kilometers

Thew race will finish with a flat stage in Rome, 141 kilometers with the sprinters having their final shot at glory.

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