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

[pastronef]

RCS won't even be able to retaliate after Tudor breaks their deal like that, as they will qualify for an automatic wildcard next year.

Storer is the man, not Hirschi, it's not like Marc's recent results had RCS go "wow, look at that, he'll sparkle a few stages" and now they are angry

 

[YavorD]

Looking at the last climb, stage 3 my already be a GC stage.

Too easy, too early in the race and too far from the finish to really hope for a GC battle.

 

[RedheadDane]

RCS won't even be able to retaliate after Tudor breaks their deal like that, as they will qualify for an automatic wildcard next year.

I thought the retalation was going to be inviting Q36.5 instead...
This year.

 

[Mayomaniac]

A few good things, stage 8 has an 800m at 12% murito topping with 6kms to go and the overall stage ain't easy. The Vicenza stage is also decent.
The stage with San Pellegrino in Alpe mid stage could be harder than expected because it comes right after the ITT.
IMO the big problems are stage 14 and stage 15 being so bad and the meh Aosta stage. The Grappa stage having the intermediate stage in Possagno, where the hardest side of Bocca di Forca starts, is just taking the piss, at that point they are trolling the hardcore fans.
RCS giving the Bormio stage over the Midtirolo only 3 out of 5 starts tells you it is easy, but it could at least result in more gc action the previous day, someone could attack from further out.

 

[Gigs_98]

I'm starting to hope bad weather makes the north side of the Finestre unridable so they instead go for a Finestre mtf from the south side. That way we could get a "Grappa stage", a "Mortirolo stage" and a "Finestre stage" all in one Giro without any of them being remotely interesting. Don't think we'll ever come this close to achieving the trinity of fake mythical stages again.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I'm starting to hope bad weather makes the north side of the Finestre unridable so they instead go for a Finestre mtf from the south side. That way we could get a "Grappa stage", a "Mortirolo stage" and a "Finestre stage" all in one Giro without any of them being remotely interesting. Don't think we'll ever come this close to achieving the trinity of fake mythical stages again.

Why would they do a Finestre MTF though, they‘d just do loops around Sestriere.

 

[Gigs_98]

Why would they do a Finestre MTF though, they‘d just do loops around Sestriere.

For the meme!

 

[Red Rick]

For the meme!

Memes versus a good stage.

Quite the choice.

 

[staubsauger]

Hirschi has been taken off the start list by Tudor due to bad shape. So it's rather a penalty for him than an offense for the Giro d'Italia!

 

[SafeBet]

Hirschi has been taken off the start list by Tudor due to bad shape. So it's rather a penalty for him than an offense for the Giro d'Italia!

Tudor's team looks pretty good if you ask me: Storer might be one of the top climbers in the race, Pluimers and Zijlaard for the sprints, Brenner for a stage win from the break.
Plus, Hirschi hasn't ridden a GT in almost three years and his last two (Tdf 21 and TdF 22) were dreadful.

 

[Cycling111]

Let's make predictions. Let's see if we get any right.

Roglic will win the Giro.

Ayuso will be second but not as good as expected.

Landa third.

The Yates brothers will be disappointing.

Carapaz won't even be top 5.

Best domestiques: Pellizzari and Del Toro.

Pedersen Ciclamino.

Van Aert will have a good Giro like the 2024 Vuelta.

 

[Red Rick]

Final 500m of Tagliatella being is flat somehow this route got dumber than I even thought

 

[AmRacer]

Let's make predictions. Let's see if we get any right.

Roglic will win the Giro.

Ayuso will be second but not as good as expected.

Landa third.

The Yates brothers will be disappointing.

Carapaz won't even be top 5.

Best domestiques: Pellizzari and Del Toro.

Pedersen Ciclamino.

Van Aert will have a good Giro like the 2024 Vuelta.

Mad Mads vs Wout Van Aert II battle for Ciclamino will be fun to watch, I hope.

 

[Breh]

Do we expect A. Yates or Ayuso to be the highest finisher for UAE?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Do we expect A. Yates or Ayuso to be the highest finisher for UAE?

Del Toro

 

[Red Rick]

Meanwhile Vicenza might actually be the first proper sprint between old mates Roglic and Van Aert.

 

[Red Rick]

Asiago stage having an intermediate sprint in Possagno, where Bocca di Forca starts - pisses me off an unreasonable amount.

Bocca di Forca - Grappa - Bassano -Foza - is an absolute nobrainer here.

 

[YavorD]

Asiago stage having an intermediate sprint in Possagno, where Bocca di Forca starts - pisses me off an unreasonable amount.

Bocca di Forca - Grappa - Bassano -Foza - is an absolute nobrainer here.

It's okay, they added a Red Bull kilometer instead, so the battle for the Pink jersey will be "even more fierce farce."

 

[Netserk]

I haven't seen a betting market on the Maglia Ciclamino, so is there someone I'm overlooking as potential/better poll option?

Van Aert
Kooij
Groves
Pedersen
Bennett
Magnier
Pluimers
Moschetti
Fretin
Other/Vino

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Magnier has already said he's unlikely to finish the race, Pluimers has Zijlaard ahead of him for the flat sprints. Obviously it's marginal in the second half of the poll but I would have Kanter (you can bet Astana will try to get UCI points for the points classification) and Strong in there.

 

[pastronef]

I think I'll be so pissed with the Rogla pancartazos sprints and WVA beating riders I like

 

[Netserk]

Magnier has already said he's unlikely to finish the race, Pluimers has Zijlaard ahead of him for the flat sprints. Obviously it's marginal in the second half of the poll but I would have Kanter (you can bet Astana will try to get UCI points for the points classification) and Strong in there.

The only recent interview I've seen with Magnier is:

Top talent Magnier made deliberate choice ahead of Giro d’Italia: "And I think it was definitely the right one"

Paul Magnier will start his first Grand Tour on Friday in Albania. The Frenchman from Soudal Quick-Step is widely regarded as a rising star, and he lines up at the Giro d’Italia with that reputation —...

www.idlprocycling.com

“Whether I finish the Giro, we don’t know yet. That partly depends on how things go, especially because the final week is very tough. We’ll decide that when the time comes.”

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The only recent interview I've seen with Magnier is:

Top talent Magnier made deliberate choice ahead of Giro d’Italia: "And I think it was definitely the right one"

Paul Magnier will start his first Grand Tour on Friday in Albania. The Frenchman from Soudal Quick-Step is widely regarded as a rising star, and he lines up at the Giro d’Italia with that reputation —...

www.idlprocycling.com

I thought I'd seen an interview where he said he would prioritise the French nationals (they are back in the Vendée this year, great route for him) but I can't find it now so don't quote me on that.

 

[P4rthen0n]

Tudor's team looks pretty good if you ask me: Storer might be one of the top climbers in the race, Pluimers and Zijlaard for the sprints, Brenner for a stage win from the break.
Plus, Hirschi hasn't ridden a GT in almost three years and his last two (Tdf 21 and TdF 22) were dreadful.

Storer looked really impressive to me during the Tour of the Alps.
However, according to the data available at Watts2win, Storer's performances do not seem impressive, at all.
Storer (2025): https://watts2win.eu/cyclist/1375/performance

They actually look like Adam Yates' data (and we all agree that he's not having a good season so far): https://watts2win.eu/cyclist/819/performance

 

[Malathion]

I only heard that they started working on the road last month, so I figured it was way too late for this edition.

Will you do a preview this year?