2025 Giro d’Italia Second Week Route Preview: The center week of any Grand Tour could be a little bit of a stepping-stone the the decisive last and normally very arduous last week. The Giro d’Italia organisers have thrown in a diverse choice o phases to maintain everybody glad. A quick time trial, two sprinters phases, two for the puncheurs and a tough stage for the climbers. Listed below are the small print:
Stage 10 – Tuesday 20 Might
A quick TT on stage 10
A time trial awaits the Giro peloton after the second relaxation day. The race towards the clock is between Lucca and Pisa and described as ‘very quick and ridden in a south-westerly path’. The route is way the identical because the time trial that was gained by the Norwegian Knut Knudsen within the 1977 Giro. There isn’t a lot uphill, however in direction of the Foto di San Guilano tunnel the street does climb, earlier than levelling off in direction of the San Guilano Terme. The riders enter town of the leaning tower through the Pisa Aqueduct.
Stage 11 – Wednesday 21 Might
Stage 11 profile
The stage begins comparatively simply, however after 80 of the 185 kilometres the route will get a lot tougher. After about two hours of racing, the Giro begins the Alpe San Pellegrino (14.2km at 8.7%). It’s a troublesome Cat 1 climb with ramps of as much as 20%.
Stage 11 map
After an extended, twisty descent, there are the climbs to Toano (11.2km at 4.9%) and the Pietra di Bismantova (6.5km at 5.2%). After the summit, there are 5 kilometres of undulating roads earlier than the end in Castelnovo ne’ Monti. A stage for a break? The GC males might need drained legs after the time trial.
Stage 12 – Thursday 22 Might
The sprinters additionally get their probability within the second week. The primary half of the 172 kilometre stage 12 has a couple of brief climbs the place an early break can in all probability make its transfer, however the finale is flat.
Stage 12 profile
From Modena, there are Cat 3 climbs await to Baiso, Trinita and Rossena, however from 95 kilometres the route has no up or down. At 28 kilometres from the end, the riders will even go by the end in Viadana. Through a neighborhood circuit, the peloton comes again to complete in Viadana for the primary time in Giro historical past. A bunch dash is predicted within the Lombardy city subsequent to the Po River
Stage 13 – Friday 23 Might
Stage 13 profile
This can be a stage for the actual puncheurs. From the Veneto area, the route is flat once more and the sprinters get one other alternative, two days in a row. Solely after the primary passage of the end, the terrain turns into a bit extra tougher. The climb of Monte Berico comes first after which on the native circuit, the Arcugnano climb can also be troublesome. A really Liège-Bastogne-Liège type.
Philippe Gilbert took the win in Vicenza in 2015
The Monte Berico (1.1km at 7.5%) has a median gradient of seven.5% over a kilometre, preferrred for an actual puncheur in Vicenza. Philippe Gilbert caught the escapees on the end of stage 12 for the win in 2015.
Stage 14 – Saturday 24 Might
From Treviso, the fourteenth stage is on flat roads to Nova Goriza/Gorica, an Italian/Slovenian metropolis. The ultimate has a couple of brief climbs, however one other bunch dash is predicted.
Stage 14 map and profile
Within the last there’s the San Martino and Saver climbs within the finale. Though the final climb is of lower than 800 metres at 6.4% won’t be an issue for the fast-finishers. The dash is barely downhill.
Stage 15 – Sunday 25 Might
After the better phases, stage 15 brings down the curtain on the second week. The stage isn’t too arduous, however there’s the troublesome Monte Grappa (25km at 5.8%), the Giro describes it as a ‘pre-Alpine stage’ – a precursor to the actual factor within the last week.
Stage 15 map and profile
There’s a Cat 2 climb to Dori (16.3km at 5.5%), however there are 30 kilometres to go to the end in Asiago.
Week two stage map
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