Giro d'Italia 2025, Pedersen takes the first stage and the pink jersey. Arrival order and classification

Tirana (Albania), 9 May 2025 – The stage 1 inaugurates on Giro d'Italia 2025 and it does so on Albanian territory, proposing 160 km da Durres a TiranaThe GPMs scheduled are 3 and they make themselves felt on the legs of the pure sprinters, who gradually leave the scene to the truly awaited men, those from Classics. The challenge in the final sprint is in fact between Mads pedersen e Wout van aert: the Dane wins, who also takes the first pink jersey, making the most of the work of his Lidl Trek (also in the figure of a very generous Julius Ciccone), while for the Belgian the debut at Corsa pink is in the sign of the 'usual' second place, a sad constant in his career. The adventure at Giro d'Italia 2025 it starts off badly for Juan Ayuso, who slips in a curve and then appears to be in difficulty on the climb, as do the possible outsiders Derek Gee and especially Thymen Arensmann, which already leave important seconds on the asphalt: it goes even worse at Mikel Landa, who falls on the descent a few kilometers from the finish and is forced to retire in an ambulance, thus taking away from the race one of the most awaited men with a view to the podium. stage 2, the Tirana-Tirana, it will be an individual time trial of 13,7 km suitable for specialists, despite the fourth category GPM placed shortly after the halfway point: another threat on Albanian soil, as well as an opportunity for the big names in the general classification to start making their voices heard.

The chronicle of stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia 2025

  Il Giro d'Italia 2025 start from 160 km that lead from Durres a Tirana: scheduled 3 GPM, of which the initial one is of the second category, and a difference in height of 1800 meters which paint a scenario far from a simple initial catwalk. The first part of the track is however totally flat and becomes the right one to launch the escape of the day, which sees as protagonists Alessandro Verre (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), Sylvain Moniquet (Cofidis), Taco Van Der Hoorn (Intermarché-Wanty), Alessandro Tonelli (Team Polti VisitMalta) and Manuel Tarozzi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè). The group gets back up but does not give too much to the attackers, who control a margin of 1'30 ". The flying finish line of paper rewards Tonelli, while that of Elbasan smiles at Tarozzi. At the altimetric level, things start to get serious on the climb of Grace's (13 km with an average slope of 5,1% and maximum of11%), before which there is a slide in a roundabout involving Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Max Poole (Team Picnic PostNL): after a not particularly long chase, the two return to the group, with the Spaniard forced to change bikes. Meanwhile, the brawl breaks out in the group of escapees: he attacks Tonelli e Van Der Hoorn loses contact. The runner of the Team Polti VisitMalta he tries again, imitated later by Tarozzi, but between the two litigants, the winner is Moniquet, which is the first to reach the top. The first verdict of the first climb of the Giro d'Italia 2025 It concerns two possible favorites today as Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) e Luca Mozzato (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), which seem to be in serious difficulty. Downhill, Glass e Tonelli they take a few metres of advantage over the other escapees, with the first one remaining alone: ​​then the situation becomes more compact with the arrival from the rear of Tarozzi e Moniquet. The flying finish line of suck also offers some discounted second courses: Tarozzi he pockets it 6", Tonelli takes some 4" e Glass solo 2" just before the race enters the circuit of Tirana. With 40 km to go, the breakaway is reabsorbed and the pace in the group becomes more tense and nervous. The first climb to the climb of surrel (6,9 km with an average slope of 4,6% and maximum of8,3%), who immediately makes a good selection of the pure sprinters also thanks to the forcing of the Lidl Trek. Those who were already in trouble before immediately jump, like kooij e Severed: nothing to do even for Paul Magnier (Soudal Quic-Step), Milan Fretin (Cofidis), Matteo Moschetti (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), Sam Bennett e Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team), while the first to cross the summit is Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana Team). We start climbing again towards surrel and this time the one who is in trouble is Caden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) e Max Kanter (XDS Astana Team). Not just the sprinters: in command, at the service of Mads pedersen (Lidl-Trek), go Julius Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), whose forcing is bad for Thymen Arensmann (Ineos Grenadiers) and Derek Gee (Israel-PremierTech), but the favourite of the day is also struggling Wout van aert (Visma-Lease a Bike). Just ciccone first to climb the hill. Meanwhile, they fall downhill Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step), Geoffrey Bouchard (Decathlon AG2R The World Team) e Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): among the three, the first seems to have the worst, with a withdrawal in an ambulance. Everything is set for a sprint with a small group: part Pedersen, Van Aert he tries to recover but it's no use, with the usual second place as the maximum result.  

Order of arrival stage 1 Giro d'Italia 2025

  1) Mads Pedersen (LTK) in 3h36'24" 2) Wout Van Aert (TVL) st 3) Orluis Aular (MOV) st 4) Francesco Busatto (IWA) st 5) Tom Pidcock (Q36) st 6) Diego Ulissi (XAT) st 7) ​​Richard Carapaz (EFE) st 8) Max Poole (TPP) st 9) Nicola Conci (XAT) st 10) Davide Piganzoli (PTV) st

General classification Giro d'Italia 2025

  1) Mads Pedersen (LTK) in 3h36'14" 2) Wout Van Aert (TVL) +4" 3) Orluis Aular (MOV) +6" 4) Francesco Busatto (IWA) +10" 5) Tom Pidcock (Q36) +10" 6) Diego Ulissi (XAT) +10" 7) Richard Carapaz (EFE) +10" 8) Max Poole (TPP) +10" 9) Nicola Conci (XAT) +10" 10) Davide Piganzoli (PTV) +10"