Giro d'Italia Giro d'Italia 2025 Route: Speculation, Rumours and Announcements

[Netserk]

According to Tuttobiciweb the Gorizia stage will take place on the 24th and the Dolomites stage on the 25th.
Source: the last paragraphe of this article https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/article...2025-governatore-fedriga-weekend-rosa-gorizia

Thanks, that seems like a more reliable source. I had hoped the order would have been the other way around though.

 

[pman]

Any updates on Jonas and or Pog for this? The prospect of both of them going for the double is so exciting.

 

[YavorD]

Any updates on Jonas and or Pog for this? The prospect of both of them going for the double is so exciting.

I would be surprised if any of them shows in the Giro.
It seems likely that Pog is aiming for the Vuelta and may come back to the classics (although I'd prefer him going to Basque Country-Dauphine so he ticks them off) while Vingegaard will most probably try the Tour with a traditional preparation.

 

[staubsauger]

They paved the north side of Reiterjoch / Pampeago 12 years ago, only to never ever use it again. Not even Manghen - Alpe di Pampeago from the other side.

Sometimes you really don't need to understand what they're doing.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ladies and gentlemen, we have our post-2022 equivalent of the Gamoniteiru/Puy de Dôme rumour.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1838449676426625344

 

[houtdffan]

Contador simply didnt want to do a long range attack that day is why he whined.

He had done one the previous day and was planning another one on the 7 hour Sunday stage

 

[Peyroteo94]

Ladies and gentlemen, we have our post-2022 equivalent of the Gamoniteiru/Puy de Dôme rumour.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1838449676426625344

OMG, I would love Crostis and Zoncolan combo to happen! It won't happen I know, that descent is crazy dangerous.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Contador simply didnt want to do a long range attack that day is why he whined.

He had done one the previous day and was planning another one on the 7 hour Sunday stage

The reason was WW's death mate.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Weylandt's death being so soon beforehand meaning nerves were raw and fears were heightened understandably about potentially dangerous descents, compounded by a misleading angled photograph that made an already off-camber corner look terrifyingly dangerous, and which was purported to be from the descent but was in fact from the plateau. It was very understandable at the time.

 

[ashhutch1997]

The Crostis/ Zoncolan combo is brutal, one of the hardest final chains ever, but what's more crazy is they did the Gardeccia stage the following day.
This was Angelo Zomegnan heritage.

 

[houtdffan]

The Crostis/ Zoncolan combo is brutal, one of the hardest final chains ever, but what's more crazy is they did the Gardeccia stage the following day.
This was Angelo Zomegnan heritage.

I think had it not been for that Sunday stage, Crostis stays in. Perhaps that mountain block was a little too hard looking back at it. Putting in a Finestre level climb before Zoncolon followed by the 7 hour death march... I can see why the peloton revolted

The descent was already made safe with crash barriers. Would have been the safest in the race.

 

[Peyroteo94]

I think had it not been for that Sunday stage, Crostis stays in. Perhaps that mountain block was a little too hard looking back at it. Putting in a Finestre level climb before Zoncolon followed by the 7 hour death march... I can see why the peloton revolted

The descent was already made safe with crash barriers. Would have been the safest in the race.

Lol, did you see the descent even with crash barriers?

 

[Red Rick]

Crostis into Zoncolan is pointless unless you wamt Crostis to be the Italian Cordal

 

[ashhutch1997]

I think had it not been for that Sunday stage, Crostis stays in. Perhaps that mountain block was a little too hard looking back at it. Putting in a Finestre level climb before Zoncolon followed by the 7 hour death march... I can see why the peloton revolted

The descent was already made safe with crash barriers. Would have been the safest in the race.

Yes I agree, plus the understandable concern after wouter weylandt's death. It was literally two of the hardest stages in recent grand history back to back.
Unfortunately I just can't see the Crostis decent being used, the only way possible would be to do either a MTF or MTT. Adam Hansen would have a field day with that decent, and even Zomegnan caved in. I can't see Vegni doing it.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Regarding the Col Druscie stage, I would love to see a repeat of the original Cortina stage from 2021 that got shortened. A proper tappone with classic route through the dolomites that we were robbed from.

 

[Froome]

Monte crostis would be huge according to some news.

 

[zlev11]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1838631487660241115

View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1838631487660241115


lol, Cascate del Toce. there's your annual 20k 5% summit finish.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

For all that's wrong with Tour routes, at least they don't often fall into the MTF for the sake of having an MTF trap that the Giro and especially the Vuelta seem to love. To put one in the third week is especially bad.

Ayas is fine if you put enough hard climbs on the way (Tzecore is key), but if it's stage 19 I'm worried that they'll put a much harder route in stage 20 once again...

 

[Eshnar]

Anything less than this on the way to Ayaz would be disappointing.

All in all the news are promising.
Crostis should be on the cards (still don't believe it tho) for 2026, not next year

 

[Red Rick]

For all that's wrong with Tour routes, at least they don't often fall into the MTF for the sake of having an MTF trap that the Giro and especially the Vuelta seem to love.

What? Nearly all the big Tour mountain stages are all about the MTF.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

What? Nearly all the big Tour mountain stages are all about the MTF.

I'm talking about the Manzaneda, Bocca della Selva, Montevergine kind of MTF, the one that's just a below-average breakaway day being presented as a mountain stage.

 

[Extinction]

I'd have a stage with Passo Collalunga, Passo Fedaia, Passo Tre Croce and Tre Cime di Lavaredo.

 

[ashhutch1997]

I'd have a stage with Passo Collalunga, Passo Fedaia, Passo Tre Croce and Tre Cime di Laverido.

Tre Cime is overrated IMO, we had one good stage in 2007 where it broke up on the Giau. But in 2013 (even without climbs being canceled the race was already over) and 2023 nothing happend until the last few km. Would much prefer a finish in Cortina.

 

[YavorD]

What? Nearly all the big Tour mountain stages are all about the MTF.

Tour 2023 did well with the mountain stages, I think.

I'm worried that the Giro will once again leave all the key stages for the last week.

 

[ashhutch1997]

2023 did well with the mountain stages, I think.

I'm worried that the Giro will once again leave all the key stages for the last week.

2023 had some really tough 4000+ metre mountain stages, but had horrible placement with the MTT, which killed the queen stage.