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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia, the season's first Gra𝓀nd Tour!
Stage 1 is set to kick off at 13:10 local time, so 12:1𒁏0 in the UK or 7:🦂10 EST.
Here's a look at the profile of the 🍌opening stage – three major ascents to tackle before the finish in Tirana today.
Today's stage is set to bring a battle between the puncheurs and the hardy sprinters, with two ascents of the Surrel climb (7km at 4.5%) coming 🌸inside the final 40km.
Meanwhile, last-minute roadworks and traffic around the capital this wꦇeek have disrupted rider's preparations for the Giro
Just over an hour to go befoꦛre stage 1 gets underway..🉐.
Under an hour to go to the start of stage 1 and teams are signing on in Durr&e𒉰uml;s.
23 teams and 184 riders will be taking the start today. Read through our comprehensive Giro d'Italia team-by-team guide for th🀅e lowdown on all the competitors at the race.
Tom Pidcock, a contender for the stage win today, passes the Trofeo Senza Fine on the way to signing o🌃n ahead of the start.
Pidcock recently said, "Now I've started enjoying cycling", following his move to Q36.5.
Wout van Aert is another stage 1 favourite, even if hꦐe suffered 🎐from an illness just before heading to Albania.
We're not lon🍌g away from🔯 the 2025 Giro d'Italia Grande Partenza, but already there's talk of future foreign starts...
10 minutes to go!
Riders will tackle a 9.2km neutral 🌠roll-out befor🦋e the start proper.
The peloton is now moving to start the 2025 Giro d'Italia. The neutral roll-out 𓆉is under way.
The ri🦂ders are nearing the halfway mark of the roll-out. 5km to go before the flag drops.
𒀰Riders roll through Durrës to start the Giro.
2km to go before the flag drops.
Riders are now bunched up behind the leaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd car and preparing to attack once the start is given.
Rider⭕s from Movista𒁃r, Lidl-Trek, Bardiani, Polti, Arkéa, Intermarché-Wanty are all up front as the flag drops!
160km to go
One rider gives up and t🐻here's an immediate 🙈counter from a teammate.
Four men slightly off the front now as mo🍎re riders follow in ones and twos.
Bardiani, Intermarch&eacꦑute;, Arkéa, Alpecin, Movistar, Polti all on the move🐻.
Speeds of 60kph+ as they leave Durrës on a well-꧋surfaced two-lane highway.
All back together for now, though a selectܫion of riders from the same teams are leading at the front.
156km to go
Two more riders coming across while the peloton alread💯y looks calm.
Riders from Intermarché and Ba🅺rdiani bridging across.
Verre, Tonelli, and Moniquet hav꧂e been♏ joined in the break by Taco van der Hoorn and Manuele Tarozzi.
The gap back to the peloton is up to 50 seconds al♏ready. It looks like this quintet is our break of the day.
151km to go
Visma-Lease A Bike, Lidl-Trek, and Ineos Grenadiers up f🐎ront in the peloton.
The first hill of th💙ree on the stages comes after 70km of racing,🐽 so we've got a lengthy wait for more major action during today's stage.
The break's advantage is holding 🧸at aroun🧸d the 1:40 mark for now.
The race heads south of Durrës on a l🎀ong, straight highway.
143km to go
Jimmy Janssens, Jacopo Mosca, and Steve🦩n Kruijswijk are the trio heading up the peloton at the moment. Four more riders apiece from Alpecin and Visma are lined out behind them🐽.
133km to go
The sprint squads at the head of the peloton.
126km to go
The breakaway races towards Italian f𒀰lags, though a return to the Giro's home country is a couple of days aw💙ay yet.
It's a short leash foꦚr the break today. They'𒅌ve never had more than two minutes and now their advantage is down to 1:35.
Egan Bernal rides alongside Primož Roglič and the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe squad.
Two intermediate sprint points coming up at Papër and Elbasan🌠 befo♓re the first hill of the race.
There's another sprint later in the stage🍨, sponsored by Red Bull. It will give 6, 4 and 2 bonus seconds to the first💟 across the line.
Read up on all the Giro d'Italia classifications, jerseys, rules, and defunct competitions here
103km to go
Tonelli leads Van der Hoorn, Tarozzi, Moniquet, and Verre across the line at Papër wit🏅hout any ꧅quarrel.
1:30 from break to peloton and 4km to go💧 before the next sprint in E🐈lbasan.
Tarꦺozzi leading the quintet as they approach the second traguardo volante of the day.
Tarozzi leads ♔Moniquet, Verre, Tonelli, and Van der Hoorn across the line.
92km to go
They head uphill and start the second-c𓄧ategory climb to Gracen.
Juan Ayuso has been forꩵced to stop for a new bike at the base of the climb. It looked like he got tangled up with some crashing Picnic-PostNL riders.
Visma-Lease A Bike lead the peloton up the climb.
18, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1 points on offer at the top he♔💦re at Gracen.
The break is ཧstill together on the way up, though tܫhe peloton has closed to within a minute.
89km to go
The gap to t💮he peloton is holding at a minu𝓡te on the way up.
Tarozzi (17 points) leads Tonelli (11) and Moniquet (9) in the points classificati🗹on after two intermediate sprints. He'll hold the overnight lead in the minor intermediate sprint classification, even if the stage winner will gain more points and so hold the points jersey.&✤nbsp;
82km to go
Some movement in ꧂the br♔eak now as Tonelli makes a move at the front at the end of the feed zone.
Van der Hoorn is dropped b🅘ut the other four are back together out front.
80km to go
In🐼 the end, it's Moniquet who leads the break over th♊e top.
18 points for the Belgian at the top. Verre, Tonꦉelli, and Tarozzi followed him for 8, 6, and 4 points.
The breakaway riders have fought over two intermediate sprints and the first classified climb of the race. They're also racking up breakaway kilometres for ༒the Fuga Pinarello and demonstrating their combativity towards the Fighting Spirit prize.
The 🌳peloton on the way up the first climb of toꦐday's stage.
69km to go
Verre leads at the front at the bottom of the fas🍨t descent.
Tonelli is ne💯xt on the road while Tar🐻ozzi and Moniquet follow.
59km to go
Verre has a few seconds on the group ꦰbehind. Tonelli, Tarozzi, and Moniquet are all together.
And now h💟e's caught by the chasers so it's four out front once again.
Mads Pedersen and Sam Bennett are chasing back to the peloton following💖 the climb.
53km to go
35 seconds from break to peloton. Visma🌃 stಌill massed on the front.
A look at the break of the day before Van der Hoorn w𒅌as dropped.
Tonelli launches the sprint in Sauk.
It looks like Tarozzi came past befor🦹e the line, however.
46km to go
But first, t🅰he riders are heading through Ti𒆙rana and past the finish line.
Just 15 seconds up to the break now.
Visma-Lease A Bike still up ♋front in the pelo𓆉ton, as they have been all day.
40km to go
6.9k🌠m of climbing at an average of 4.6% coming up.
ꦯRiders𒆙 dropping off the rear of the peloton now as Lidl-Trek join Visma up front.
🥂Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and Egan Bernal is his new Colombian champion's kit also visible up fron♏t.
Daan Hoole leadingꦉ it for Lidl-Trek on the🍸 way up with Mads Pedersen on his wheel.
Sam Bennett and Olav Kooij amoꦏng the riders dropped on the⭕ way up. It's not a stage for the pure sprinters.
Instead, we're looking o🎶ut for the likes of Pedersen, Van Aert an🐭d the puncheurs here.
36km to go
Paul Magnier, Andrea Vendrame drop.
1km to the top now.
Lorenzo Fortunato (XD💫S-Astana) launches at the top to claim the points and signal his intent📖ions for the blue jersey.
30km to go
The riders are gettin♔g a look at the descent back into Tirana now. They'll tackle this again later on the way to the finish.
Wout van Aert among the Lidl-Trek ri🌺ders at the head of the peloton.
Fortunato took 9 points at the top 🌱of that last climb. Pello Bilbao, Carlo Verona, and Patrick Konrad were next on 4, 2 and 1 points.
Lidl-Trek continue onꦏ the front as the peloton races🅘 through Tirana.
🔴The group passes over the finish line and they'll so♈on head back up the climb of Surrel.
It doesn't look particularly packed out with spectators to greet the race down at the finish linౠe in Tirana.
19km to go
Israel-Premier Tech to the front to start theꦅ climb.
EF and Lidl-Trek also represented at the front.
Now Lidl-Trek take it up with five riders.
Bahrain and Jayco also wit🐲h a cඣouple of riders apiece. Tom Pidcock is also moving up.
16km to go
Riders drop🍌ped on the first ascent made it back on but now they're dropping again. Vendrame just let g🙈o at the back.
Kaden Groves just about hanging on right at 🍃𓄧the rear.
Groves lets go 4km from the top.
Lidl-Trek continue with four at the front.
Lidl-Trek at the front on the way up Surrel.
14km to go
Pedersen is in second wheel. ꦺVan Aert not far behind. Red Bull with𝓀 three men behind.
Giulio Ciccone now pulling at the front.
T🐲he pace is very high as the riders head towards the top. Will any attacks come before the descent?
Wout van Aert drops back in the peloton.
12km to go
Only a few hundred metres to the top now.
No attacks at the top as Lidl-Trek lead it with Cicconꦬe.
11km to go
Derek Gee also reportedly dropped.
It looks like there's only around 30 men in t✱he lead group.
9km to go
His group is around 15 riders.
7km to go
Ciccone and Vacek continue to pul✅l on the way down for Lidl-Trek.
Crash for Jay Vine on the way down. An✨ Israel rider goes down trying to𝓡 avoid him.
Landa has stayed🅺 on the ground and doesn't look good.
Vine and the other 🌱riders⛄ got up and dodged oncoming riders before they got going again.
Geoffrey Bouchard also went down in one of those crashes on𝔍 the same corner on the descent.
3km to go
Red Bull on the front for Roglič now.
Lidl-Trek and Visma al🅘so up there. The big favourites all in place.
2km to go
Red Bull are driving it with three riders.
Lidl with two beꦍhind and then it's Van Ae🤡rt. Pidcock is also near the front.
1km to go
A mix of several teams battle for control.
Lid𝔉l-Trek back on the front around the final bend!
Pedersen in second wheel with Van Aert behind.
Movistar rider Orluis Aular is also there.
But it's a Pedersen vs Van A🌃ert drag race to the line...
Pedersen is just in front and is holding on.
Finish
It looked like Aular took third place.
Gee's group comes in almost a minute down.ꦯ Arensman is another 30 seconds or so back.
Pedersen celebrates stage 1 victory in Tirana!
Behind the po🔜dium trio, Francesco Busatto (Intermarché-🎶Wanty) and Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) rounded out the top 5.
Meanwhile, Rai just showed shots of Landa getting stretchered away from 𒀰the scene🐠 of his crash. It's Giro over for the Spaniard.
Mads Pedersen celebrates his stage victory.
"To winꦦ the stage and go into the pink jersey is absolutely amazing, especially after teamwork like this," Pedersen said after the stage.
Pedersen in the first pink jersey of the 202😼5 race and, more importantly, wiꦅth the first Wolfie of the race.
Pedersen is also in the first maglia ciclamino of t๊he race as points leader.
The maglia azzurra is Cofidis rider Sylvain Moniquet, who led the race over the second-category climb of Gracen for 18 pointsꦑ.
22-year-old Francesco 💙Busatto is in the maglia bianca of best young rider after his fourth place o𓃲n stage 1.
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale rider Geoffrey Bouchard is al🐈so out of the race on💟 stage 1.
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