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Giro d'Italia 2025

The latest news and race results from the Giro d'Italia, including race reports, expert analysis, start lists, video highlights and previews.

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Dates: May 9 to June 1
Stages: 21
Rest days: 2
Length: 3,413.3 km (2,121 mi)
Edition: 108th
Time trial kilometers: 42.3km
Start: Durazzo (Albania)
Finish: Rome (Italy)

Latest Giro d'Italia News

6 years ago

Kuss’ support for Roglic unwavering as Giro approaches climax

With three decisive stages remaining, American Sepp Kupp believes his team leader can turn the race around


6 years ago

Tactical masterclass: the old-school thinking behind Movistar’s Giro dominance

Forget the power meters, say backroom staff, Movistar's performance at the Giro is the result of great team spirit and thinking on their feet


6 years ago

Landa unfazed at riding shotgun again

Mikel Landa says he's committed to helping Richard Carapaz win this Giro. But he won't be passing up opportunity to gain time either


6 years ago

Movistar bat away transfer rumors as team zeroes in on Giro

Landa, Carapaz and Quintana have all been linked with moves to rival teams


6 years ago

Lessons learned, Warbasse seeks to repay team in Giro

Larry Warbasse is hoping to thank his French teammates with a breakaway stage victory in the final week of the Giro d'Italia


6 years ago

Nibali locks horns with Carapaz for Giro showdown

As Primoz Roglic fades in the 2019 Giro d'Italia, the battle for pink is increasingly becoming a match between Vincenzo Nibali and Richard Carapaz


6 years ago

A matter of time: Exposed Roglic succumbs to the inevitable

Having lost nearly one and half minutes in stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia, Primoz Roglic's chances of winning the race have taken a battering. But all is not lost yet


6 years ago

Bookwalter forced to abandon Giro, Yates plugs on

American rider withdraws from Giro d'Italia for health reasons. His departure leaves a hole in Simon Yates' Mitchelton-Scott team


6 years ago

Final week hero: Could Yates do a Froome?

Simon Yates was the victim of a final week ambush in the 2018 Giro. This year, he's the most likely candidate to instigate such a move


6 years ago

Senza Gavia: Who’s favored in new stage route without the Giro’s giant?

The removal of the 8,640-foot Gavia Pass from the Giro d'Italia will alter the dynamic of stage 16. While some riders will miss the high altitude, others will see opportunity on the punchier new route


6 years ago

Nibali’s ‘nastiness’ coming to fore as Giro enters final week

Nibali inspired by Contador's ruthless pursuit of victory as he hunts down Roglic.


6 years ago

Carapaz growing more confident by the day

After placing fourth in the Giro last year, the Ecuadorian has become a hot favorite to take the maglia rosa in 2019.


6 years ago

Roglic unravels: a pee break, a bike change, a crash

Roglic forced to finish the stage on a bike too small for him when team car got caught at the back of the caravan.


6 years ago

Nibali calls truce with Roglic in fight for Giro title

"He rode well, he worked with us, unlike the previous days and that's good, we're all playing it in the same way," said Nibali, having accused Roglic of racing negatively the day before.


6 years ago

Risk of avalanche, icy roads forces Giro to remove Gavia climb

A risk of avalanches and icy roads has forced organizers to remove the Gavia from this year's Giro.


6 years ago

Roglic now faces different kind of pink jersey

With Carapaz backed by the powerful and experienced Movistar team, things suddenly have become more complicated for Roglic.


6 years ago

Carapaz pickpockets the pink jersey in daring raid

After a slow start to this year's Giro, Movistar capitalizes on Roglic and Nibali's deadlock, moving Carapaz into pink and Landa back into striking distance.


6 years ago

Ineos Version 3.0: Pavel Sivakov and their new generation of talent

A year after Chris Froome blew up the Giro d'Italia, the team brings youth to plant the seeds for the future


6 years ago

Nibali blasts Roglic for uncooperative attitude

As their apparent rivalry deepens at the Giro d'Italia, Vincenzo Nibali invites Primoz Roglic to photograph his 'bag of trophies'


6 years ago

Landa promises more attacks as bold tactics invigorate Giro

Long range attacks and aggressive racing have given the Giro d'Italia a serious shake-up in the mountains


6 years ago

Giro d’Italia stage 13: Zakarin wins as GC reorders

Mikel Landa makes gains on Roglic, as Polanc keeps pink and Yates suffers


6 years ago

Dombrowski: ‘To win a stage would be huge’

Joe Dombrowski is back in good form and hopes to fulfill a dream of winning a stage at the Giro d'Italia


6 years ago

Carthy, Bennett fly EF flag in first mountain battle

Sean Bennett enlivened the break and Hugh Carthy moved into the Giro d'Italia's white jersey on Thursday. What does the future hold for this pair?


6 years ago

Superman López fires warning shot

Miguel Angel Lopez recovers 28 seconds on stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia after attacking with Mikel Landa. But, having suffered loses earlier in the race, his gains are also psychological


6 years ago

Good enough is just fine for Roglic right now

The Giro's opening mountain stage saw 'virtual' leader without helpers


6 years ago

Commentary: How serial opportunists have seized their chances at the Giro

In an opening 11 stages of the Giro that were largely flat and dominated by sprints, there was a small band of opportunists who made their mark by other means


6 years ago

Podcast: Soggy Giro; Lindsay Goldman on growing women’s cycling

On this week's The VeloNews Podcast, Fred and Andy discuss the Giro d'Italia and Tour of California. Plus, interviews with Brent Bookwalter and Lindsay Goldman


6 years ago

Bad weather will add difficulty to Giro mountain stages

As the race heads towards the Alps, rain and cold are forecast to continue plaguing the 2019 Giro d'Italia


6 years ago

Giro favorites brace for first major mountain battles

The GC favorites are ready for the first major mountain stages following nearly two weeks of flat racing


6 years ago

Conti vows to lose Giro lead in style

Valerio Conti knows he's going to cede the pink jersey, but he vows to do it in style


6 years ago

Riders defend conservative racing in opening half of Giro

Long flat stages and a run of tough days ahead explain the lack of fireworks so far in the 2019 Giro d'Italia


6 years ago

Demare tells grand tour rookie Ackermann to stay humble

French veteran Démare has strong words for budding German star Ackermann as he makes his grand tour debut.


6 years ago

Roglic knows nothing is won yet

The Jumbo-Visma leader is only too aware of the potential pitfalls that lie ahead in the 2019 Giro d'Italia


6 years ago

Giro officials mull alternatives if Gavia remains snowbound

Race officials are considering options if the Gavia remains snowbound, but it won't include a second Mortirolo climb


6 years ago

Giro d’Italia stage 8: Demare finds his speed in Modena

Arnaud Démarre is fastest in the home city of Ferrari; Conti retains pink jersey


6 years ago

Giro Casino: A day in the life of the journalists chasing the ‘corsa rosa’

VeloNews' man on the ground walks us through a journalist's day on the Giro d'Italia


6 years ago

Vincenzo Nibali shows ready for another grand tour win

With four grand tour wins already under his belt, Nibali 'looking to fight' to take a fifth.


6 years ago

Roglic piles the pressure on Giro rivals

With another time trial still to come after the Giro's mountains, Roglic's rivals have to both erase their current deficit and then put even more time into the Slovenian.


6 years ago

Mitchelton-Scott to regroup following Yates’s stunning TT losses

With Yates now 3:46 down on Roglic, Mitchelton-Scott need to go back to the drawing board and sketch out a new plan for the mountains to come.


6 years ago

Ewan: ‘Victory is a relief’

Having not yet notched a major victory in Lotto-Soudal colors, Ewan's stage 8 Giro victory eases the mounting pressure.


6 years ago

Time trial could give Roglic more advantage

In the absence of Tom Dumoulin, Primoz Roglic is hot favorite for stage 9's time trial. However, the hilly profile means GC contenders Simon Yates and Miguel Angel Lopez should be more than able to limit losses.


6 years ago

Simon Yates made ‘massive’ leaps as a grand tour cyclist

Now he's plugged the gap in his armor - the time trial - Yates has the rounded skill set required for grand tour glory.


6 years ago

Jumbo-Visma confident they’ll have support for Roglic in mountains despite De Plus exit

Team boss confident that what his young climbers lack in experience, they more than make up for in legs.


6 years ago

Why did Roglic give away the leader’s jersey?

After leading the Giro d'Italia since the start, Primoz Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma team let the pink jersey ride away from them on Thursday's sixth stage


6 years ago

‘Experienced’ Yates content behind Roglic

After a hare-like start at last year's Giro, Simon Yates and his team are happy to play a more conservative game in the 2019 edition


6 years ago

Giro favorites nervous about Saturday’s ‘casino’ stage

As if 239km ahead of a key time trial wasn't enough, there's forecasted rain and a steep, narrow descent on the run-in of stage 8


6 years ago

Key men Gaviria and De Plus abandon Giro

Knee pain and sore throat reduces numbers in UAE-Emirates and Jumbo-Visma teams at the Giro d'Italia


6 years ago

Long stages at old-school Giro starting to take their toll

The front-end of the Giro d'Italia is stacked with long stages. What effect is this having on the racing?


6 years ago

The fine art of ceding a leader’s jersey

It wasn't to just any rider that Primoz Roglic surrendered his pink jersey on stage 6 of the Giro


6 years ago

Rain and cold emerging as early Giro protagonists

The weather has proved an important factor in the opening days of the Giro


6 years ago

Haga and Sunweb to now focus on Giro stage wins

With an injured Tom Dumoulin abandoning the race, Sunweb have reset their sights on stage wins


6 years ago

Dumoulin’s exit leaves Giro GC hole

Tom Dumoulin's early exit will mean one fewer favorite for the 102nd Giro d'Italia


6 years ago

Angry Landa lashes out in wake of late-stage crash at Giro

Mikel Landa blamed Simon Yates for crash before issuing apology on social media


6 years ago

Crash spells end of Dumoulin’s overall Giro hopes

2017 Giro champ Tom Dumoulin loses four minutes in a costly crash with 6km to go


6 years ago

Molano pulled from Giro following ‘unusual results’ in team tests

UAE-Emirates have withdrawn Juan Molano from the Giro d'Italia following 'unusal results' in the team's physiological testing programme


6 years ago

Riding for Roglic is a dream for Sepp Kuss

Racing in the service of overall leader Primoz Roglic has put Sepp Kuss straight into the deep end of the Giro d'Italia


6 years ago

Gaviria unhappy with awarded stage victory

Fernando Gaviria found little cause for celebration in the way he landed victory on stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia. "Elia was the clear winner today," he says


6 years ago

Giro d’Italia stage 1: Scenes from the finish

A look at the protagonists and tech choices on the challenging opening time trial of the Giro d'Italia


6 years ago

Wire-to-wire Giro: Could Roglic hold pink all the way to Verona?

With a series of sprint and breakaway stages before the race's next time trial, and the mountains coming soon after, the Slovenian could lead the race - and face all the extra responsibilities that come with it - for some time.


6 years ago

Bet on late start paid off for Yates

Mitchelton-Scott gambled on the weather and came out with the trump card of time splits for Yates to refer to in the Giro's opening time trial.


6 years ago

Tit-for-tat a side show to Roglic’s impressive Giro opening shot

Primoz Roglic might have won the opening stage, but the Giro d'Italia opened with an old-fashioned 'polemica'


6 years ago

Giro d’Italia, Stage 2: Potential gear choices for the puncheur

On a route boasting climbs of varying length and pitch, and a likely sprint finish, you can expect to see an array of gear in the peloton for the Giro's first road stage.


6 years ago

Nibali: ‘Yates should show some respect’

Two-time Giro winner responds to Yates' pre-race proclamations that he was the favorite for the final pink jersey.


6 years ago

Roglic’s secret weapon: Belgian climber Laurens De Plus

Roglic's climbing lieutenant Laurens De Plus is finally hitting top form after a terrifying crash derailed his 2018 season


6 years ago

Giro d’Italia Stage 1: Understanding TT gear

The high socks, grip tape, and 3D-printed components you can expect to see (and not see) when watching the opening stage in Bologna.


6 years ago

Ineos embraces new opportunities without star rider Bernal in Giro roster

Sivakov, Geoghegan Hart, Dunbar headline a promising team that averages only 25 years of age.


6 years ago

Times changed for Roglic – now a Giro favorite

After winning all three races he's started in 2019, the Slovenian heads to a Giro that plays to his strengths.


6 years ago

Landa leads Valverde-less Movistar at Giro

Landa is hopeful he's back to full strength in time for the Giro following an injury-plagued season


6 years ago

Scouting the Giro, and why it makes a difference

Previewing stages at the Tour de France is nothing new, but now more teams are doing the same thing at the Giro.


6 years ago

Dumoulin: ‘Hopefully there’s a big win waiting for me this year’

Dutchman satisfied with year-on-year progress and relishing a Giro heavy on time trials.


6 years ago

Jungels believes Giro will be more aggressive than Tour

Bob Jungels targets the Giro d'Italia overall after an impressive spring campaign on the cobblestones


6 years ago

Yates to employ more conservative strategy at Giro d’Italia

During the 2018 Giro Simon Yates attacked every time the road went uphill. That may not be the case this year.


6 years ago

Training crash puts Bernal’s Giro in peril

Egan Bernal's Giro d'Italia is in doubt after he broke his collarbone in a training crash


6 years ago

Valverde to miss Giro due to Liège injury

Alejandro Valverde will skip the Giro d'Italia to recover from injuries suffered in a training crash


6 years ago

Geoghegan Hart confident that Egan Bernal has the ‘grinta’ to win the Giro

An emerging rider in his own right, Tao Geoghegan Hart is confident Egan Bernal can lead the new-look Ineos team to victory at the Giro this May.


6 years ago

Nibali can smell blood in the water ahead of Giro d’Italia

Vincenzo Nibali is nearing top form ahead of his Giro d'Italia attempt.


6 years ago

2020 Giro d’Italia to start in Hungary

Three stages of the 2020 Giro will take place in Hungary with a Grande Partenza in Budapest.


6 years ago

Where to watch the Giro d’Italia this year

The Giro d'Italia is less than a month away. Do you know how you'll watch one of the season's most exciting races?


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Giro d'Italia Writers

Andrew Hood

Andrew Hood, aka “EuroHoody,” is European editor for Velo. Since joining the title in 2002, he’s been chasing bike races all over the world. He’s covered dozens of editions of the spring classics and the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, and Vuelta a España, as well as numerous world championships in road, track, and mountain biking. He’s also covered six Olympic Games and reported on bike races across six continents. Beyond the Outside cycling network, his work has appeared in The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, Outside, SKITraveler Magazine, Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, and Denver Post. He’s a voting member of the Velo d’Or prize committee, and he’s appeared on CNN, NBC, NPR, and BBC. Chances are, if there’s a bike race, EuroHoody’s been to it, or will be going soon.

Jim Cotton

Jim is a UK-based editor and reporter focusing on road racing, training, and nutrition. He’s developed a bank of experience working on the ground at all three grand tours, Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, Strade Bianche, road worlds, and many more prestigious races. Additionally, Jim writes the ‘Behind the Ride’ series of features that digs into how riders in the pro peloton have become the best in the world. It’s a wide-ranging column that’s covered diet, training, recovery, altitude camps, and a lot more. And when he’s not working? After a few decades of mostly dismal results, he’s hung up the wheels on his bike racing career. Instead, now, he’s a trail / ultra racer… but don’t hold that against him.

Shane Stokes

Shane Stokes has written about pro cycling for over 25 years, covering grand tours, world championships, Classics and other major events during that time. He’s been the Irish Times cycling correspondent for over two decades, appeared regularly on that country’s national broadcaster RTE in analyzing the sport, and contributed to Velo and many of the sport’s international outlets. When not writing about cycling he’s happiest in nature on a sunny day, particularly with a dog or two in tow.

Alvin Holbrook

Alvin is a tech editor for Velo, where he covers road, gravel, and e-bikes after nearly a decade in the bike industry. In addition, he uses his background in urban planning to cover stories around active transportation, policy, tech, and infrastructure through the Urbanist Update series. He currently lives in the Bay Area with his wife and an ever-growing stable of bikes and kitchen utensils. Meet Alvin

Will Tracy

Will Tracy is a San Francisco based editor interested in all things cycling. Since getting his start in cycling journalism with Peloton Magazine, he has reported from the Tour de France; the Taipei Cycle, Eurobike, and Sea Otter trade shows; and covered the biggest events in gravel racing including Unbound and SBT GRVL. When not biking, he stays active with climbing and running and likes to take photos, cook, and serially dabble in new hobbies.

Josh Ross

Josh hails from the Pacific Northwest but when it’s time to ride, hot and dry is better than cold and wet. He will happily talk for hours about the minutiae of cycling tech but understands most people just want things to work. He is a road cyclist at heart and doesn’t care much if those roads are paved, dirt, or digital. Although he rarely races, if you ask him to ride from sunrise to sunset, and beyond, the answer is always yes.

Giro organizers are promising the most comprehensive coverage in race history this month across various platforms, including TV, streaming, social media, and live updates. Here’s the updated list of TV and streaming access: USA: The race will be carried on Max. Canada: FloBikes will stream the full race. UK: Eurosport and Discovery+ will carry the race. South America: Live on DirecTV and Claro, and in Colombia with live broadcasts via Caracol and RCN Television. Europe: RAI, SRG in Switzerland, EITB in the Basque Country, and VRT, VTM and RTL in Belgium will offer through-the-air broadcasts, plus Eurosport, Eurosport Player, and Discovery+. Australia: SBS broadcast the Giro live and on demand, with daily highlights. The Giro can also be followed on Strava, will official routes and segments on key stages. Tadej Pogačar, Filippo Ganna, Romain Bardet, and Tim Merlier are among the riders sharing data on Strava during the race.