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 13.5 kilometres and averages 5.2%.

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 4.9-kilometre hill with an average gradient of 5.4%. However, that average is misleading, as the first 1.1 kilometres go up at 8.1%.

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

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Giro d’Italia 2025 stage 1: route, profile, videos

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