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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

3 years ago

Max Richeze nears final career leadout at Giro d’Italia

UAE Team Emirates veteran will retire when the Giro finishes in Verona but is hoping to set up sprinter Fernando Gaviria for an elusive stage win before he bows out.


3 years ago

Domenico Pozzovivo on Giro d’Italia crash, GC losses: ‘I was unlucky in that moment, my career is like that’

Intermarché-Wanty's motley crew of pick 'n' mix riders blend success and heartbreak as Hirt buries his Mortirolo miss and Pozzovivo loses time.


3 years ago

João Almeida: I was a ‘little bit weaker’ than the others on Giro d’Italia stage 16

UAE Team Emirates GC challenger loses 14 seconds to the pink jersey but holds onto third place.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia stage 17 essential preview: The mountain tests keep coming

Stage 17 features the Vetriolo pass where Andy Hampsten wrapped up the 1988 Giro d’Italia title, followed by the testing ascent to Monterovere.


3 years ago

Video: Giro d’Italia stage 16 race highlights

Recall a day of high drama in the high mountains as the Giro d'Italia kicks into its decisive final week.


3 years ago

Bouwman puts back problem behind him to close on Giro d’Italia’s mountains jersey

After spending two consecutive mountain stages in the break, Jumbo-Visma’s Koen Bouwman has the climbers’ title in his sights despite a back issue he blamed on riding his aero bike


3 years ago

Joe Dombrowski: Working for Vincenzo Nibali at Giro d’Italia is like ‘riding with Kobe Bryant’

The American said the 'Giro is really starting' this week as GC fight ramps up.


3 years ago

Jai Hindley edges closer to Giro d’Italia lead but can’t drop Caparaz or Landa

The three strongest climbers in the race are evenly matched but Hindley is closing in on pink.


3 years ago

Mikel Landa and Pello Bilbao vow to keep on pressing until Giro d’Italia finale

Pello Bilbao said it was 'a shame' that Bahrain Victorious didn’t gain more from their aggressive performance to Aprica, while Mikel Landa pledged to keep taking the fight to his rivals.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Richard Carapaz ‘not worried’ after maglia rosa lead cut to three seconds

The Giro d'Italia race leader says the race will be won on small 'details.'


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Alejandro Valverde goes down swinging in bid to win over the Mortirolo

With time running out, the Spanish star came up short in his 'last bullet' bid to win a stage in his final Giro d'Italia.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Which GC riders lost time on stage 16 as Jai Hindley closes to within three seconds of pink

Vincenzo Nibali and João Almeida lose time as Richard Caparaz sees his lead reduced in sprint for bonus seconds.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia stage 16: Hirt kicks for breakaway win, Hindley grabs bonuses with third-place finish

Marathon mountain stage sees Pozzovivo and Buchmann bumped out of GC contention as Hindley moves to within three seconds of Carapaz.


3 years ago

UAE Emirates sport director: Richard Carapaz needs one minute in final time trial

Many expect the maglia rosa to be decided before the final time trial, but it could still prove decisive for João Almeida and his podium ambitions.


3 years ago

Why the Giro d’Italia’s mythical third week always delivers surprises

Giro di Hoody: Nothing ever goes to script at the Giro d'Italia, and that's why this week should be one of the best of the season.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia analysis: Questions for the pink jersey protagonists

From one-hit wonders to doomed superdomestiques, the top of the Giro crop all carry question marks heading into the race's final week.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: It’s always Sonny in Salò

Sonny Colbrelli continues his recovery and trains with his Bahrain-Victorious teammates on Giro d'Italia rest day.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Jonathan Caicedo out after positive test for COVID-19

American team down to five riders as its Giro d'Italia takes another blow.


3 years ago

Power Analysis: Stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia

A look at power numbers from Vincenzo Nibali, Joe Dombrowski, and Emanuel Buchmann after an epic medium mountain stage.


3 years ago

Richie Porte’s Giro d’Italia blog: The final week is all about numbers, and maybe some luck

'We’re in the lead and we know what we have to do. So it’s basically up to us to get the job done,' Porte writes in his exclusive VeloNews Giro blog.


3 years ago

João Almeida: Finishing on the Giro d’Italia podium would ‘be like a victory for me’

The Portuguese rider believes that Mikel Landa will be the most dangerous rider in the third week and that the Mortirolo descent will 'blow up' the race.


3 years ago

Mikel Landa: ‘I want to finish as high as possible on Giro d’Italia podium’

Spanish climber believes that the longer ascents and higher altitudes of the Giro’s third week will play to his advantage in the battle for the pink jersey.


3 years ago

3 years ago

Richard Carapaz: ‘I feel even better than I did in 2019’ Giro d’Italia

Ineos Grenadiers has won three of the past four pink jerseys, and is now in pole position to win another one.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: High temperatures and ‘Hannibal’ heat to make way for rain in final week

The Giro d'Italia riders have been baking under high temperatures for the last two weeks, but they'll have to face the rain in the final week.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia week three preview: Where the pink jersey will be decided

With five riders within 61 seconds of the pink jersey, nothing is decided, and everything is still in play.


3 years ago

Guillaume Martin enjoys his come back to form at Giro d’Italia

Guillaume Martin’s yo-yoing Giro took an upward turn on Sunday’s stage to Cogne, where he managed to boost himself back into the top 10 and regain confidence going into the final week.


3 years ago

Giulio Ciccone knocks back his critics with Giro d’Italia win in the mountains

After more than two years without a victory, Giulio Ciccone bounced back in the best way with a win in the mountains that also extended Trek-Segafredo’s run of success at the Giro.


3 years ago

Dan Martin’s Giro d’Italia analysis: Beware those sleeper stages in a race that’s wide open

Carapaz has the strongest team but Bora and Bahrain have cards to play, and Almeida remains a threat.


3 years ago

Vincenzo Nibali is determined to ‘leave a mark’ in his last Giro d’Italia

'Maybe I arrived at the Giro d'Italia a little behind the others but not too far,' says veteran rider.


3 years ago

Tightly coiled GC pack leaves Giro d’Italia poised for final week thriller

Four riders within 1:01 of pink jersey Richard Carapaz sets the scene for a scintillating third week through the high mountains.


3 years ago

Video: Giro d’Italia stage 15 race highlights

It was a day for the break as the GC riders saved their legs for the final week of the Giro d'Italia.


3 years ago

Jai Hindley: ‘There were a lot of tired bodies out there’ during Giro d’Italia stage 15

Bora-Hansgrohe rider says the peloton was feeling the pain after a tough day out in Turin on Saturday.


3 years ago

Richard Carapaz survives crash and ‘crazy’ stage to retain slender Giro d’Italia lead

'It’s always better to defend than to attack,' says 2019 winner but with a final time trial to come attacks are on the menu.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia stage 15: Giulio Ciccone scores solo victory on Cogne summit as GC group hits pause

Ciccone keeps the Trek-Segafredo celebrations rolling with Alpine victory as Carapaz and the GC contenders recover from red-hot Turin stage.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: ‘Cycling isn’t only about legs, you need a bit of luck,’ says Joe Dombrowski

The American says he will still have some freedom to go in breaks despite Vincenzo Nibali's climb up the GC standings.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Movistar left stunned after difficult day in Turin

Alejandro Valverde loses almost eight minutes on GC rivals after suffering a puncture on the Superga descent.


3 years ago

Tom Dumoulin on Giro d’Italia exit: ‘My body is worn out’

Dutchman crumbles out of grand tour comeback empty handed and empty legged after stage 14 abandon.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Mikel Landa loses time but vows to fight for the maglia rosa

Bahrain Victorious rider loses over 30 seconds to his main GC rivals and now sits 59 seconds off the race lead.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia stage 15 preview: Tired legs could pay the price as race returns to high mountains

Stage 15 to Cogne is not the most difficult mountain stage of the race, but it will be a tough test after the dramatic Turin stage.


3 years ago

3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: ‘I still don’t think Yates is 100 percent, which is a frightening thing’ says Matt White

He may be out of the GC contest, but Simon Yates now has two stage wins in the bag and will be chasing success in the final week.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Bora-Hansgrohe explodes the GC battle with all-out racing

The team pulled the race apart with more than 80k to go and delivered Jai Hindley into second place overall.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia leader Richard Carapaz: When I attacked, I thought that no one would come back

Three years on from breakout Giro victory, Carapaz is back in pink, but the Ecuadorian admits that he was surprised by the strength of rivals.


3 years ago

Video: Giro d’Italia stage 14 race highlights

Catch up on a day that saw Richard Carapaz take the maglia rosa and the general classification reshaped.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Mixed emotions for Simon Yates after searing stage 14 win

The BikeExchange rider says that he had been contemplating leaving the Giro d'Italia as he struggled with knee injury.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Which GC riders lost time on sensational stage 14

Richard Carapaz moves into the maglia rosa but Jai Hindley is just seven seconds back as the overall standings massively shift.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia stage 14: Simon Yates bounces back with solo stage win as GC standings reshuffle

Yates goes solo to reverse his bruising defeat on Blockhaus as Richard Carapaz seizes control of the pink jersey.


3 years ago

Lawson Craddock: This Giro d’Italia is hot but it’s like a fall day if you’re from Texas

BikeExchange-Jayco overall challenge may have faded after Simon Yates’ setbacks, but Craddock believes the team can still enjoy success in final week.


3 years ago

Tom Dumoulin abandons Giro d’Italia

'Tom had been struggling with his physical condition for several days' states team as Dutchman abandons early in stage 14.


3 years ago

Giacomo Nizzolo abandons Giro d’Italia after string of sprint misses

'Giacomo has not been feeling 100 percent in the second week of the race and has lacked his normal level of power' says Israel-Premier Tech.


3 years ago

Domenico Pozzovivo defies the millennial rise in his 16th Giro d’Italia

Italian stalwart brings wealth of experience but old-school approach to nutrition and tech in push for career-topping Giro result: 'He's not the most up-to-date.'


3 years ago

High-speed suffering in final of Giro d’Italia stage 13: ‘Most of us couldn’t even grab our bottles’

Arnaud Démare’s Groupama-FDJ lead-out train offers their perspective on one of the most thrilling finishes of the Giro so far.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia stage 14 preview: GC contenders brace for ‘brutal’ Turin test

Hot and humid weather set to make for a tough stage that could see some GC contenders lose time.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia has been ‘a bit boring’ says podium contender João Almeida

UAE Team Emirates leader says there’s been little chance for the GC favorites to test each other yet, but believes he’ll be ready for this weekend’s more testing stages.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Simon Yates loses more time after being dropped in frenetic stage 13 finale

BikeExchange sport director Matt White says that Yates' knee injury is 'manageable but not ideal.'


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Arnaud Démare swung between despair and confidence in dramatic chase

The Frenchman took his third stage victory of the race after the break was caught in a dramatic last-gasp effort.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia loses some luster with untimely Romain Bardet exit

Giro di Hoody: The French climber seemed poised for more in this Giro d'Italia, and the race will miss his elegant, attacking style in the final week.


3 years ago

‘I’m still getting better’ says Mark Cavendish at the Giro d’Italia

Quick-Step sprinter states he would like to stay with his Belgian team, confirms that he’d like to continue racing for at least another two years.


3 years ago

Romain Bardet too sick to continue in Giro d’Italia GC battle, says coach

DSM captain forced to quit the race due to illness that had affected him for two days. 'We gave it a go, but it just wasn’t possible,' says Matt Winston


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia stage 13: Arnaud Démare wins tight bunch sprint over Phil Bauhaus, Mark Cavendish

It was a real tug-of-war between the sprinters and the breakaway in the 2022 Giro's last chance for a mass gallop.


3 years ago

Romain Bardet abandons Giro d’Italia

Frenchman quits the race due to illness.


3 years ago

Ben Zwiehoff and his pivot from Olympic MTB contender to Giro d’Italia climber

Mountain bike ace Zwiehoff turns full attention to career on the road: 'I'm a road cyclist now, not a mountain biker.'


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Wait for stage win continues for Bauke Mollema

The Dutchman made it into the breakaway on stage 12 but missed the race-winning split over the penultimate climb and finished fourth.


3 years ago

Ineos Grenadiers building ‘another core group’ with young talent, says team boss Ellingworth

While some of the well-established names remain, Ineos invested heavily in young talent and is already seeing the benefit at the Giro d'Italia and beyond.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Every second counts for Ineos Grenadiers and Richard Carapaz in GC contest

Ben Swift helping his team leader to climb the standings through bonus seconds ahead of the Giro d'Italia's final week.


3 years ago

Robbie McEwen apologizes for ‘unintentional’ use of homophobic phrase in commentary

‘I’m genuinely sorry for the language I used,’ says Australian of stage 10 incident.


3 years ago

Magnus Cort hoping to find winning form in Giro d’Italia’s final week

EF Education-EasyPost puncheur hopes to complete a set of grand tour stage wins after comeback from injury.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Wilco Kelderman says the GC battle ‘doesn’t matter’ to him anymore

Bora-Hansgrohe rider climbed the classification after making stage 12 breakaway but says he's not 'good enough' in the long climbs to return to GC fight.


3 years ago

Grand tour debutant Ben Tulett is learning fast at the Giro d’Italia

Ben Tulett is tipped as a future grand tour contender, but has come to his first three-week race with the aim of helping Carapaz and learning all he can.


3 years ago

Hugh Carthy: ‘There’s more to be made up and less to be lost at Giro d’Italia’

EF Education-EasyPost climber is hoping to make up ground in the GC after losing time in the opening week.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia stage 12: Stefano Oldani sprints from three-up break to score first pro win

López books in for another day in pink jersey after GC contenders enjoy day off ahead of mountain mayhem to come.


3 years ago

Farmer, electromechanic, Giro d’Italia climbing ace: The multi-skilled Mauri Vansevenant

Belgian pocket-rocket trades time conquering climbs for Quick-Step with life working the family farm.


3 years ago

The anti-aging Giro d’Italia: The peloton’s veterans enjoy last hurrah

Giro di Hoody: 'Generation Pogačar' might be dominating the Tour de France, but this year's Giro is proving that experience and depth still count.


3 years ago

Caleb Ewan quits Giro d’Italia to focus on Tour de France

The Australian speedster struggled in the sprints at the Giro d'Italia after crashing on day one.


3 years ago

Juan Pedro López on Giro d’Italia pink journey: ‘This is the first day in my life I rode as a leader’

The 24-year-old continues his run in the pink jersey and hopes to hold it for a few more days at least.


3 years ago

Fernando Gaviria disappointed at being runner-up in another Giro d’Italia sprint

UAE Team Emirates sprinter thought he got a repeat win in Reggio Emilia but admits that he couldn’t match Alberto Dainese’s stage-winning surge in the final meters.


3 years ago

Giro d’Italia: Alberto Dainese defends Italian cycling as he becomes country’s first winner at 2022 race

The 24-year-old Italian says that he's still learning about his own capabilities after taking his first-ever grand tour stage win.


3 years ago

Team DSM’s bet on Dainese pays off at Giro d’Italia: ‘We knew Alberto has the talent, he just needed a clear run’

Matt Winston explains how Team DSM’s focus on consistency in the sprints was the key to Dainese’s breakout Giro victory.


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.