2025 Giro d’Italia Route: After the 108th edition of the Giro dItalia started in Albania on Friday 9th of May, the race travels back to Italy today to begin the proper stages of the season’s first Grand Tour. This years Italian Grand Tour starts relatively easily, then moves to the traditionally very tough final week. Here’s a refresher on the stage routes and profiles of the 2025 Giro d’Italia.# Read the ‘PEZ Rider Preview’ HERE. #Giro d’Italia 2025 | The RouteThe 2025 Giro dItalia has La Grande Partenza in Albania on Friday (don’t forget). The Balkan country is becoming a tourist hot spot for Western Europeans, but these first stages will be no holiday for the sprinters. The first stages in Albania are not super difficult, but there is quite a bit of climbing. The Giro boss said at the Giro presentation: We have broken the clich of the opening stage for sprinters. The first stage has a challenging final lap. The time trial has a tough section halfway through and several technical bends, and the third stage already has an important climb with the Qafa E Llogaras.Giro’25 route mapAfter the opening days in Albania, the peloton moves to the heel of Italy, where there are a few transition stages and the first mountain finish. In the second weekend, on Sunday there is a spectacular gravel stage in Tuscany, and this is when the 2025 Giro d’Italia really gets going. In the second week, there are transition stages in Tuscany…
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