The 2025 Giro d’Italia will start in Albania, the organisers of the Grand Tour event confirmed on Monday. The Giro will begin on May 9 next year, starting with three testing stages in Albania before moving on to southern Italy. There will be an early rest day in Puglia on May 12, with the remaining 19 stages taking place in Italy.

Albania will host the start of next year’s Giro d’Italia, race organizers announced Monday. The first three stages will be held in Albania from May 9-11. “With such a launch we are really an Italy across the coast welcoming an event which is not only a sporting one but also a popular one,

The start of the 2025 Giro d'Italia, known as Grande Partenza, will take place in Albania, organizers said in a statement on Monday. The country will host the first three stages of the traditional cycling tour on May 9-11.

The 2025 Giro d'Italia will start in Albania for the first time with the opening three stages in May, organisers announced on Monday. The first stage on 9 May will start in port city Durres and finish in the Albanian capital Tirana. "Albania may not have a ...

Albania will host the opening three stages of the race, which begins on 9 May, with the first one taking the riders from Durres to Tirana, before an individual time trial in the capital city and the third stage begins and ends in Vlore.

Two road stages and a time trial will open the 108th edition of the 'corsa rosa.' Remainder of Giro route will be disclosed by next month.