Giro 2025 Route stage 1: Durazzo - Tirana

The Giro sets off from the port city of Durazzo – or, as the Albanians call it, Durrës – and opens with a pancake-flat section of 70 kilometres. The riders then face the climb to Gracen, which spans 13 kilometres and averages 5.1%.

After the descent, the route continues as before – so, on flat terrain. The first passage across the finish line happens with 44 kilometres remaining. Two identical local laps complete the course.

Each lap includes the Surrel, a 6.9-kilometre hill with an average gradient of 4.6%. However, that average is misleading, as the first part is a false flat before the third kilometre averages 8.3%.

The riders crest the Surrel for the second and last time with 11.3 kilometres remaining. This final section is all downhill.

The final intermediate sprint comes 112 kilometres into the race, with 6, 4, and 2 bonus seconds up for grabs; at the finish line, 10, 6, and 4 seconds await the first three riders.

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Giro d’Italia 2025 stage 1: routes, profiles, videos

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Gracen climb

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Surrel

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