It's official: the first three stages of the Giro will take place in Albania. The Tour of Italy, the 2024 edition of which was won by the ogre of modern Cycling, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, will start from Durrës, the country's main port, and will reach the capital Tirana where the arrival of the first stage will be judged after 164 kilometers.
The second stage will take place in the form of a 13.7 km time trial in the streets of Tirana, before a final stage on Albanian soil of 160 km around Vlorë with portions of medium mountains. The rest of the Giro 2025 route to Rome will be revealed on January 13.
Pogacar waiting
Pogacar is waiting to know the route of the Giro 2025 before putting on his program the Italian event or the Tour of Spain which he has not yet won (3rd for his only participation in 2019). The Giro route was initially supposed to be presented in November, but the organizers, the RCS Sport group, had to delay this presentation due to, according to the specialist press, problems finalizing the Grand Départ in Albania.
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The general director of RCS Sport Paolo Bellino, quoted in the press release, welcomed “this choice which makes it possible to promote cycling in a country with which historical, sporting and cultural links are strong”.
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The Giro starts for the 15th time from abroad
“This will be an exceptional opportunity to show our splendid country to 800 million spectators around the world,” rejoiced Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.
The Giro will start for the fifteenth time in its history from abroad, a movement which has accelerated since 2010, with starts from the Netherlands (2010, 2016), Denmark (2012), the United Kingdom (2014), Israel (2020) and Hungary (2022).
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