It's May, the classics season is behind us, so it's already time to turn to the Grand Tours ... and more precisely to Italy for the Giro d'Italia or Tour of Italy. The 2025 edition kicks off this Friday, May 9, in Durrës, Albania, and a total of 3443.3 km are on the program for the 184 riders representing the 23 teams at the start of this Giro d'Italia 2025.

After the Grand Départ from Albania with 3 stages including a time trial, the race has a first rest day before resuming in the south of Italy. It then gradually climbs northwards, where it will first explore the eastern side over 5 stages, before visiting the north-west over 3 stages. This is followed by the now customary but still rather incomprehensible transfer to the city of Rome, where a loop stage will bring this 108th edition of the Giro d'Italia to a close!

In this article you'll find all the details of this route, with OpenStreetMap maps, stage profiles and time- and route schedules. The route of the Giro d'Italia 2025 will no longer hold any secrets for you!

Abandonment of 3 types of sprints to retain only 2

Last year saw the introduction of 3 types of sprints, with points sprints (for the cyclamen jersey points classification), bonus sprints and Intergiro sprints (for the Intergiro classification, which had made a comeback after being discontinued in 2006 and is now coming to a halt once again). This year we'll have two types of sprint:

• the classic intermediate sprints, which award points for the cyclamen jersey points classification (as at the finish of the road stages)
• the Red Bull KM , sponsored by the eponymous company, which has become the equivalent of the bonus sprint we've known for some years in the Tour de France, once per stage (on the 19 road stages), rather in the final part. As it passes, bonus seconds will be awarded to the first 3 riders: 6, 4 and 2 seconds respectively (at the finish it's 10 seconds for the winner). The preceding kilometer will be decorated in the sponsor's colors, but it's the crossing of the sprint line that counts, not what happens during that kilometer.
  
  >> More explanations here.

The Grand Depart of the 2025 Giro d'Italia in Albania 🇦🇱

For the first time in its history, the Giro d'Italia will start in Albania 🇦🇱, for this 15th Grand Depart abroad. 3 stages will take place in Albania, starting with a road stage between Durrës - the country's second-largest city and main port - and the capital, Tiranë. The second stage will be an individual time-trial in the streets of the capital, while the 3rd and final stage of the Grand Départ takes place in a loop around the seaside resort of Vlorë.

The Giro d'Italia 2025 route on OpenStreetMap, stage profiles and time- and route schedules

Let's visit the different stages of the Giro d'Italia 2025 one by one and in detail:

1/ Friday 9 May 2025 - Durrës (Durazzo) 🇦🇱 > Tiranë (Tirana) 🇦🇱 - 160 km

This first stage of the Giro d'Italia will start from the port of Durrës and head south via Kavajë and Progozhinë before heading east to Elbasan, where the second intermediate sprint will take place, relatively soon after the first in Papër. From Elbasan, the riders then head north towards the country's capital, via a 2nd category difficulty, Gracen. Close to the finish, but before arriving on the final circuit, they will compete in the Red Bull KM in Sauk. They will then cross the finish line once (in the opposite direction) before heading for a final circuit to the east of the finish town, which contains a 3rd category difficulty at Surrel. After completing this first lap of the circuit, they will turn shortly after the finish line to cross it again in the opposite direction and complete a second lap of the circuit and thus the ascent of this difficulty. When they return to Tiranë, it will be for good, and the first wearer of the overall leader's pink jersey will be determined.

Below you'll find the time schedule, profile and OpenStreetMap map for the 1st stage of the Giro d'Italia 2025. Click on images to enlarge.

2/ Saturday 10 May 2025 - Tiranë (Tirana) 🇦🇱 > Tiranë (Tirana) 🇦🇱 - individual time trial - 13.7 km

This second stage features an individual time trial in the streets of Tiranë. The course is almost entirely flat, but its difficulty lies more in the technical side, as it contains numerous bends, several of them 360°. There is one tiny bump in the course, where the intermediate timing point has been placed, while the finish in Tiranë, this time solo, is in exactly the same place as the day before.

Below you'll find the time itinerary, profile and OpenStreetMap map for stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia 2025. Click on images to enlarge.

3/ Sunday 11 May 2025 - Vlorë (Valona) 🇦🇱 > Vlorë (Valona) 🇦🇱 - 160 km

After a first transfer, the Giro d'Italia is a master in this field, the riders will find themselves at the start of the 3rd stage of this Giro d'Italia 2025 in Vlorë, still in Albania, and this stage will take place in a loop to have a finish a few hundred meters north of the start (surprising, if you do a loop stage, you usually put the start and finish in the same place). The riders begin this stage by heading a short way north, before making two quick right-hand turns and finding themselves on the southern descending part of the stage. They then pass through the Gjorm sprint and the q. Shakellës (4th category) climb before arriving at the southernmost point of this stage, near Qeparo on the seafront. From here they climb back up towards the finish, following the seafront. Very soon, and this time exceptionally far from the finish, they find the Red Bull KM in Himarë, followed by the sprint in Gjilekë and the serious climb to Qafa e Logarasë (2nd category). Passing through Orikum, they then continue their way up north to the finish in Vlorë, which is a little further north of the start line, which they cross just before ... let's hope no rider is fooled into thinking the finish is at the start!

Below you'll find the time itinerary, profile and OpenStreetMap of the route for stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia 2025. Click on images to enlarge.

R1/ Monday 12 May 2025 - rest in Lecce

After the 3 days of racing in Albania, the Giro d'Italia 2025 peloton moves to the southern part of Italy and rests in Lecce (not a very big transfer, but as it's done by boat, an extra rest day has been planned, hence the start of the race on a Friday). Surprisingly, the rest day will be in Lecce, as this is the finish of stage 4, and to get to the start will require a 115 km transfer.

4/ Tuesday 13 May 2025 - Alberobello (Pietramadre) > Lecce - 189 km

Stage 4 will be the first stage of the Giro d'Italia 2025 to take place in Italy. The stage will start at the foot of the boot in Alberobello (Pietramadre), a UNESCO World Heritage site famous for its trulli, dry-stone houses with cone-shaped roofs covered in limestone loam.

After setting off from this very special backdrop, the Giro d'Italia 2025 peloton briefly heads west, but after passing through Noci, it's only after around ten kilometers that the riders turn right and climb towards Putignano (4th category), then pass through Castellana Grotte, arrive at the seaside town of Polignano a Mare, where there's an intermediate sprint, before following the seafront through Fasano and on to Ostuni, where the Red Bull KM will be held.

They then head back inland via Ceglie Messapica and Francavilla Fontana, before heading for the foot of the boot via Torre Santa Susanna and the intermediate sprint at San Pancrazio Salentino, where there are some 50 km left to the finish in Lecce, almost 25 of them on a final circuit where they cross the finish line once, before doing the circuit a second time before finally heading for the finish of this stage.

Below you'll find the timetable, profile and OpenStreetMap map for stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia 2025. Click on images to enlarge.

5/ Wednesday May 14, 2025 - Ceglie Messapica > Matera - 151 km

They'll have already passed through here the day before, but this time it's the starting point for this 5th stage: Ceglie Messapica, and this time they'll begin their move away from the foot of the boot. First to Martina Franco, where they turn west to the sprints of Massafra and, a little further on, Marina di Ginosa. From there, they move away from the Gulf of Taranto via the Red Bull KM in Bernalda, and a little further up the climb to Montescaglioso (4th category). They then head for Matera, where they reach the finish line to the north after circling the town to the west.

Below you'll find the time- and route schedule, profile and OpenStreetMap map of the route of stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia 2025. Click on images to enlarge.

6/ Thursday, May 15, 2025 - Potenza > Napoli - 227 km

At 227 kilometers from Potenza, this 6th stage will be the longest of the Giro d'Italia 2025, heading northwest. The road soon rises, but this first difficulty does not count towards the best climber classification. After the descent, and with the next climb already underway, the riders arrive at the first intermediate sprint, at Muro Lucano, and then continue their climb towards the foot of the first referenced difficulty of this stage, that of Valico di Monte Carruozzo (2nd category, 19.9 km at 3.8% with a maximum of 11%).

After skirting the Lago di Conza, they contest the intermediate sprint at Lioni, pass through Cassino Irpino, Atripalda and Avellino before arriving at another difficulty, that of Monteforte Irpino (3rd category). They then continue on the same line, passing through Nola, and contest the Red Bull KM in Brusciano, before taking a rather surprising, almost flat detour north of the finish city, before heading right for the finish line at Napoli
Below you'll find the time itinerary, profile and OpenStreetMap map of the route of stage 6 of the Giro d'Italia 2025. Click on images to enlarge.

7/ Friday May 16, 2025 - Castel di Sangro > Tagliacozzo - 168 km

Stage 7 won't be easy, and the climb to Roccaraso (3rd category) begins right at the start in Castel di Sangro. After passing over a plateau, a long descent follows, in which the riders will compete for the Sulmona sprint, and when they finally reach the bottom, a new climb awaits them a few kilometers further on, that of Monte Urano (2nd category, 4.5 km at 9.4% with a maximum of 14%). Here again, after the descent, the next climb already begins, even if it's not at the top of this one that points will be awarded for the best climber classification. After a short dip, the riders climb again, reaching the summit of Vado della Forcella (21.6 km at 3.6% with a maximum of 9%). Then there's the staircase descent before the Red Bull KM at the foot of the final climb to Tagliacozzo. Then there's an 11.9 km 1st category climb at 5.5% (with a maximum of 14%) to reach Marsia above Tagliacozzo.

Below you'll find the hourly itinerary, profile and OpenStreetMap map of the route of stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia 2025. Click on images to enlarge.

8/ Saturday May 17, 2025 - Giulianova > Castelraimondo - 197 km

Stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia 2025 will be a rather long stage, and starting at the seaside in Giulianova, the road is bound to rise (the only way is up!), and this is clearly the case in this stage, if only because of the serious 1st category difficulty at the halfway point.

First the riders will find the intermediate sprint at Roccafluvione, and then they will be almost at the foot of the first difficulty of the day, that of Croce di Casale (3rd category), and the same will be true of the intermediate sprint at Sarnano. This time, however, the riders find themselves at the foot of a first-category difficulty, with a 13.1-km climb at 7.4% (with a maximum of 14%) ahead of them, the Sassotetto climb. With this climb, their troubles are still not over, as they continue fairly quickly on to the Montelago climb (3rd category), and as they approach the finishing town they find the Red Bull KM at Castel Santa Maria. They will then be 19.6 kilometers from the finish line, as the stage turns around to the north, to pick up one last difficulty, the 4th category Gagliole climb. 6.5 kilometers further on, they will cross the finish line at Castelraimondo (probably not all in a bunch, and therefore not at all in a bunch sprint).

Below you'll find the time itinerary, profile and OpenStreetMap map of the route of stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia 2025. Click on images to enlarge.

9/ Sunday, May 18, 2025 - Gubbio > Siena - 181 km

Stage 9 will start in Gubbio, and will be marked by a sort of wall to climb after just under 50 km, and by the white roads usually found on the Strade Bianche route. 5 white roads await the riders, before the finish, which is also identical to that of the Strade Bianche. First, after just under 50 km, the riders will contest the intermediate sprint at Mercatale, and will then reach the foot of the 3rd category La Cima climb. Some 30 km after the descent of this climb, they reach another intermediate sprint, that of Sinalunga, and continue on to San Giovanni d'Asso, where they arrive in the white roads zone. Following part of the Strade Bianche return route, they pass over no less than 5 white roads, covering a distance of no less than 29.6 kilometers. The 3rd of these is uphill, to San Martino in Grania (4th category). And as with the Strade Bianche, the finish will be in Siena, on the famous Piazza del Campo.

Below you'll find the time schedule, profile and OpenStreetMap of the 9th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2025. Click on images to enlarge.

R2/ Monday May 19, 2025 - rest in Pisa

After all these stages, the riders will be able to rest again, this time in Pisa.

10/ Tuesday May 20, 2025 - Lucca > Pisa - individual time trial - 28.6 km

The routes of the following stages will be published as they become available, but find out below how you might be able to see them first!

NEW: velowire prepares its mobile app!

In the velowire mobile app you'll find all the publications, the UCI cycling calendar with information on all the races, their stages and results, photos and videos, as well as a section dedicated to cycling race maps. The latter will be exclusive to the mobile app, and you'll also have the option of being geolocated on the map, so you'll know exactly where you are in relation to the race! What's more - and this will also be the case for the stages of the Giro d'Italia 2025 - the maps will often be available a little faster in the app in the "Maps" section than on the site. Stages 1 to 9 are already available there! For stages 10 and beyond of the Giro d'Italia 2025, they will be published in the app as they are produced, while this article will be updated in packets of additional stage. So don't hesitate to download the velowire app directly from the Play Store on Android, or find the detailed presentation of the velowire app for more information ... and to find out when the iOS version will become available !ATTENTION: the app is still undergoing testing and has not yet been officially released. There are some known limitations, which will be corrected shortly.

The Giro d'Italia 2025 on TV

To be able to follow the race for the pink jersey on TV, you'll be able to do so on the following channels:

In Europe, the race will be available:

• in Italy on RAI2, RAI Sport HD, Discovery+ and Eurosport
• in Spain on EITB
• in Belgium on RTBF, VRT, VTM, RTL and LN24
• in the Netherlands on NOS
• Switzerland on SRG
• Slovenia on Planet TV
• throughout Europe on Discovery+ and Eurosport

And outside Europe :

• Southwest Asia on Discovery+ and Eurosport
• Canada on FloSports
• in the USA on Max
• Japan on JSports
• in New Zealand, the Middle East, Egypt and North Africa on SuperSport
• Australia on SBS
• in South America on DirecTV and Claro
• in Colombia on Caracol TV, Claro, DirecTV, RCN and RTVC
• in China on Zhibo TV
• in Africa on StayLive and SuperSport

door Thomas Vergouwen
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