foto: Cor VosPrimoz Roglic and Juan Ayuso were tipped as the main contenders for the 2025 Giro d’Italia, but neither reached the finish. Isaac Del Toro led the race for eleven stages, before Simon Yates seized the pink jersey in the final mountain stage. Mads Pedersen was the most prolific stage winner with four victories, while Olav Kooij claimed two bunch sprints. All other stages were won by different riders.
Read about the pre-race favourites or click on the links in underneath table for the favourites per stage. Obviously, all these articles were written before the start of the race(s).
Giro d’Italia 2025 – stages
| start – finish | km | type | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9-5 | Puncher’s sprint for pink | 160 | hills |
| 2 | 10-5 | Chrono specialists to the fore | 13.7 | ITT |
| 3 | 11-5 | Breakaway day | 160 | hills |
| 13-5 | rest day | |||
| 4 | 13-5 | For fast men #1 | 189 | flat |
| 5 | 14-5 | For fast men #2 | 151 | hills |
| 6 | 15-5 | Hilly race with flat finale | 227 | hills |
| 7 | 16-5 | First mountain top finish | 168 | hills |
| 8 | 17-5 | Attackers in the Apennines | 197 | hills |
| 9 | 18-5 | Strade Bianche alla Giro | 181 | hills |
| 19-5 | rest day | |||
| 10 | 20-5 | For pure time trialists | 28.6 | ITT |
| 11 | 21-5 | Attackers in promising finale | 186 | hills |
| 12 | 22-5 | For fast men #3 | 172 | flat |
| 13 | 23-5 | Puncheurs at Monte Berico | 180 | hills |
| 14 | 24-5 | For fast men #4 | 195 | flat |
| 15 | 25-5 | Attackers at high altitudes | 219 | mountains |
| 26-5 | rest day | |||
| 16 | 27-5 | GC showdown at high altitudes | 203 | mountains |
| 17 | 28-5 | Raising hell on the Mortirolo | 155 | mountains |
| 18 | 29-5 | For fast men #5 | 144 | flat |
| 19 | 30-5 | King Climbers in Queen Stage | 166 | mountains |
| 20 | 31-5 | GC battle on the Finestre | 205 | mountains |
| 21 | 1-6 | For fast men #6 | 143 | flat |
