Giro 2025: Favourites

Tadej Pogacar - Giro 2025: Favouritesfoto: Cor VosWinning six stages and the GC, Tadej Pogacar was by far the most successful rider in last year’s Giro d’Italia. Jonathan Milan and Tim Merlier both turned out on top in three stages.

Check out the top contenders for the GC in the upcoming edition.

Please click on the links in the table below to read about the favourites for each individual stage.

Giro d’Italia 2025 – stages

start – finish km type
1 9-5 Puncher’s sprint for pink 160.4 hills
2 10-5 Chrono specialists to the fore 13.7 ITT
3 11-5 Breakaway day 160 hills
13-5 rest day
4 13-5 187 flat
5 14-5 145 hills
6 15-5 226 hills
7 16-5 168 hills
8 17-5 197 hills
9 18-5 181 hills
19-5 rest day
10 20-5 28.6 ITT
11 21-5 185 hills
12 22-5 172 flat
13 23-5 180 hills
14 24-5 186 flat
15 25-5 214 mountains
26-5 rest day
16 27-5 199 mountains
17 28-5 154 mountains
18 29-5 144 flat
19 30-5 166 mountains
20 31-5 203 mountains
21 1-6 141 flat

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