As it happened: Giro d’Italia 2025 comes to a close with sprint in Rome

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2025-06-01T18:18:18.469Z

Make sure to stay on board with CyclingNews for all the reaction and, of course, the build up for all the racing in June and beyond as we now look towards the Tour de France. 

You can start by having a read of our post race report from stage 21 at the Giro d’Italia. But, for now, it is ciao from us. Simon Yates has won the 2025 Giro d’Italia. 

>>> Giro d’Italia: Simon Yates clinches overall victory as teammate Olav Kooij takes final stage 

2025-06-01T18:15:26.482Z
Other competitions winners

Intermediate sprint

Dries De Bondt (BEL) Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale 115pts

Red Bull KM

Manuele Tarozzi (ITA) VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane 45pts

Super Combativity 

Martin Marcellusi (ITA) VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane

Fuga Prize (Most KMs at the front of the race)

Manuele Tarozzi (ITA) VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane 418km

Best Team

UAE Team Emirates-XRG 247:53’24”

2025-06-01T18:11:12.090Z
KoM Final Standings

1. Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) XDS-Astana 355pts
2. Christian Scaroni (ITA) XDS-Astana 201pts
3. Nicolas Prodhomme (FRA) Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale 107pts
4. Maneule Tarozzi (ITA) VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane 87pts
5. Carlos Verona (ESP) Lidl-Trek 61pts
6. Chris Harper (AUS) Jayco-AlUla 60pts
7. Richard Carapaz (ECU) EF Education-EasyPost 47pts
8. Romain Bardet (FRA) Picnic-PostNL 47pts
9. Isaac Del Toro (MEX) UAE Team Emirates-XRG 45pts
10. Pello Bilbao (ESP) Bahrain Victorious 42pts

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Final Points Standings

1. Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl-Trek 295pts
2. Olav Kooij (NED) Visma-Lease a Bike 185pts
3. Wout Van Aert (BEL) Visma-Lease a Bike 127pts
4. Dries De Bondt (BEL) Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale 127pts
5. Isaac Del Toro (MEX) UAE Team Emirates-XRG 109pts
6. Kaden Groves (AUS) Alpcin-Deceuninck 98pts
7. Casper van Uden (NED) Picnic-PostNL 89pts
8. Alessandro Tonelli (ITA) Polti VisitMalta 88pts
9. Richard Carapaz (ECU) EF Education-EasyPost 77pts
10. Orluis Aular (VEN) Movistar 76pts

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2025-06-01T17:59:09.712Z
Final youth standings

1. Isaac Del Toro (MEX) UAE Team Emirates-XRG 82:34’57”
2. Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe +5’32”
3. Max Poole (GBR) Picnic-PostNL +14’19”
4. Davide Piganzoli (ITA) Polti-VisitMalta +23’57”
5. Antonio Tiberi (ITA) Bahrain Victorious +42’08”
6. Embret Svestad-Bardseng (NOR) Arkea-B&B Hotels +1:02’44”
7. Edoardo Zambanini (ITA) Bahrain Victorious +1:22’03”
8. Marco Frigo (ITA) Israel-Premier Tech +1:28’24”
9. Gianmarco Garofoli (ITA) Soudal-QuickStep +1:49’57”
10. Igor Arrieta (ESP) UAE Team Emirates-XRG +1:56’19”

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2025-06-01T17:49:08.639Z
Final General Classification

1. Simon Yates (GBR) Visma-Lease a Bike 82:31’01”
2. Isaac Del Toro (MEX) UAE Team Emirates-XRG +3’56”
3. Richard Carapaz (ECU) EF Education-EasyPost +4’43”
4. Derek Gee (CAN) Israel-Premier Tech +6’23”
5. Damiano Caruso (ITA) Bahrain Victorious +7’32”
6. Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe +9’28”
7. Egan Bernal (COL) Ineos Grenadiers +12’42”
8. Einer Rubio (COL) Movistar +13’05”
9. Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG +13’36”
10. Michael Storer (AUS) Tudor +14’27”

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2025-06-01T17:39:05.603Z

Olav Kooij celebrates his stage victory in the evening sunshine.

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2025-06-01T17:23:12.124Z

Yates had a beaming smile after he rolled across the line confirming his overall victory but also seeing his teammate take the stage. 

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2025-06-01T17:20:50.858Z

Simon Yates and Visma-Lease a Bike take the Giro d’Italia 2025. In 2023 and 2024 the winning team of the Giro has gone on to win the Tour de France… 

2025-06-01T17:08:49.057Z
Stage 21 top 10

1. Olav Kooij (NED) Visma-Lease a Bike 3:12’19”
2. Kaden Groves (AUS) Alpecin-Deceuninck
3. Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Q36.5
4. Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl-Trek
5. Luke Lamperti (USA) Soudal-QuickStep
6. Max Kanter (GER) XDS-Astana
7. Filippo Baroncini (ITA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
8. Orluis Aular (VEN) Movistar
9. Enrico Zanoncello (ITA) VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane
10. Giovanni Lonardi (ITA) Polti-VisitMalta all same time. 

2025-06-01T17:05:26.317Z

Coming into this race you may have though that Simon Yates could have had a decent GC run with a top 5 definitely realistic. Not many would have thought that the British rider could have done this. He takes his second Grand Tour seven years after taking his first at La Vuelta a Espana. 

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2025-06-01T17:02:36.293Z

Olav Kooij of Visma-Lease a Bike wins stage 21 of the Giro d’Italia 2025 as his teammate, Simon Yates, wins the overall of the Giro d’Italia 2025. A perfect ending for the team. 

2025-06-01T17:01:34.756Z

Edoardo Affini leads ahead of Wout Van Aert and Olav Kooij as they look to finish off a perfect Giro d’Italia for Visma-Lease a Bike. Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale and Lidl-Trek coming to the front as well for Bennett and Pedersen. 

2025-06-01T17:00:45.462Z
Flamme Rouge!

Lidl-Trek finally come up with Pedersen. Q36.5 moving up for Moschetti too. Groves and Pedersen now boxed in for the moment. 

2025-06-01T17:00:01.215Z

Final 2km of the Giro d’Italia and the pace is rapid with Alpecin-Deceuninck still managing to lead the way. 

2025-06-01T16:59:31.603Z

Into the final 3km as the GC riders are now safe if anything happens to them. Alpecin-Deceuninck lead but Vismea-Lease a Bike, Tudor and Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale are read and waiting. Picnic-PostNL also coming up for Casper van Uden. 

2025-06-01T16:57:36.331Z

Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale and XDS-Astana come back to the front for Sam Bennett and Max Kanter. 4km to go. Alpecin-Deceuninck aren’t ready to give up control just yet, though. 

2025-06-01T16:56:53.398Z

Yates is now sitting a bit further back in the peloton with Dylan van Baarle looking after him but what a moment for the lad from Bury to ride around Rome in pink. 

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2025-06-01T16:55:48.878Z
5km to go

Just 5km of the Giro d’Italia 2025 remain as Alpecin-Deceuninck move to the front for Kaden Groves and the catch is made. What a ride by the break and Josef Cerny. It is all together yet again. 

2025-06-01T16:54:27.858Z

After three hours of racing the average speed is up to 44.5kph as the peloton eases up the pace a little bit but they should be able to close in on Cerny who is now all over the bike giving 110%. 

2025-06-01T16:53:24.234Z

Josef Cerny drops Enzo Paleni and goes solo with 8km to go and has just 6″ over the peloton. 

2025-06-01T16:51:46.221Z
One lap to go!

Into the final 9.3km with 8″ splitting Paleni and Cerny to the chasing peloton. 

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10km to go

Cerny makes it across to Paleni yet again. They have 9″ on the peloton. 

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Attack in break

Enzo Paleni (Groupama-FDJ)

Cerny is desperately trying to get back to the Frenchman.

2025-06-01T16:47:49.017Z

The leading trio have just a handful of seconds on the bunch as the pace is being lifted yet again as more fresh riders move up. 

2025-06-01T16:42:16.823Z

Marcellusi has now just been dropped from the break with just Paleni, Cerny and Verre holding on out front. 

2025-06-01T16:41:48.513Z

Tudor have also com to the front to work for birthday boy Maikel Zijlaard as well as Q36.5 working for Matteo Moschetti. 

2025-06-01T16:40:56.947Z

Just two laps to go and the peloton are rapidly closing in with Hepburn sitting up from the breakaway as he sees the bunch approaching. 

2025-06-01T16:40:07.379Z
20km to go

Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale have changed the fortunes of the break as well as them messing about at the Red Bull KM with the gap dropping to just 11″ now. 

2025-06-01T16:39:25.227Z

Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale come to the front en masse to work for Sam Bennett. He has so much history with the Giro d’Italia with three stage wins. Can it be four today?

2025-06-01T16:36:49.166Z

Five riders now clear with Pietrobon dropped. They have lost about 10″ on the peloton after that bit of shenanigans. They might be able to get organised again but this may have killed the break off. 

2025-06-01T16:35:32.123Z
Red Bull KM (Rome)

1. Michael Hepburn (AUS) Jayco-AlUla 6″
2. Josef Cerny (CZE) Soudal-QuickStep 4″
3. Martin Marcellusi (ITA) VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane 2″

They upped the pace for this to get the prize money and it has seen them break apart and lose all cooperation as Cerny goes solo. 

2025-06-01T16:31:20.060Z

Romain Bardet (Picnic-PostNL) comes to the front of the peloton for the final time in a Grand Tour. He will finish his career next week at the Criterium du Dauphine. 

Jakob Fuglsang (Israel-Premier Tech) retires at the end of today and Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) is finishing his final Grand Tour as he retires at the Tour Down Under in January. 

2025-06-01T16:29:58.558Z

Three laps to go. The break have 27″ gap on the peloton and are now 3km away from the Red Bull Kilometre. 

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30km to go

The breakaway are building their gap on the peloton to over 30″. This is getting quite serious for the peloton. 

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2025-06-01T16:19:07.539Z

The break cross the finish line but are closely followed by the peloton with four laps of this stage to go. 37km of the 2025 Giro d’Italia remain. 

2025-06-01T16:18:14.916Z

There appears to be an issue for the American sprinter, Luke Lamperti (Soudal-QuickStep), has an issue. He has Ethan Hayter with him to look after him but this is bad timing. 

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40km to go

The breakaway are riding very well on this tricky circuit as more riders are starting to move up for the sprint teams in the peloton. 

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Intermediate sprint (Rome)

1. Josef Cerny (CZE) Soudal-QuickStep 12pts
2. Enzo Paleni (FRA) Groupama-FDJ 8pts
3. Martin Marcellusi (ITA) VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane 5pts
4. Alessandro Verre (ITA) Arkea-B&B Hotels 3pts
5. Andra Pietrobon (ITA) Polti-VisitMalta 1pt

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A shot of the Visma-Lease a Bike earlier on, celebrating their win

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Bike change

Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious)

He has a teammate with him as well as Louis Meintjes (Intermarche-Wanty) who has also had a bike change. Seems there has been an incident. He’s 40″ off the back of the peloton. 

2025-06-01T15:48:16.157Z

The seven rider break have just under 20 seconds on the peloton led by Alpecin-Deceuninck, Picnic-PostNL, Lidl-Trek and Visma-Lease a Bike. 

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70km to go

A group of about six riders are chasing Hepburn but the sprinters teams are controlling the pace with Lidl-Trek and Tudor leading the way. 

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Attack!

Michael Hepburn (Jayco-AlUla)

The Australian team has had a solid race with two stage wins for Luke Plapp and Chris Harper. The veteran Australian gets a gap with four riders coming across to him. 

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Attack!

Andrea Pietrobon (Polti-VisitMalta)
Mirco Maestri (Polti-VisitMlata)

And many others launching but they don’t get a gap. 

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Visma-Lease a Bike cross the line as a team leading the peloton and now the racing is really on. 

2025-06-01T15:29:32.007Z

Lorenzo Germani (Groupama-FDJ) launched an attack and Kruijswijk screamed at him saying he wasn’t allowed to go. Visma-Lease a Bike want to lead the peloton across the finish line for the first time at race speed. They, of course, crossed it in the neutral zone earlier today. 

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The riders are now onto the finishing circuit in Rome. 

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On the way out of Rome to the sea, the riders of Visma-Lease a Bike were not on the front as they are now. They were at the back knocking back a bit of Prosecco as they celebrate their GC victory. 

Un’Astoria per la Visma 😍 Some very deserved drinks for the Yellow Bees, after a great #GirodItalia | @vismaleaseabike pic.twitter.com/MdrRmF9xWDJune 1, 2025

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Kruijswijk is now leading with the whole of the Visma-Lease a Bike team on his wheel including Simon Yates in pink. Multiple teams are forming their trains behind them but it is the Dutch registered squad.  

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100km to go

The peloton is now properly racing and these final 100km should fly by as they head back towards Rome. 

2025-06-01T15:04:08.918Z

The three riders in the break sat up after the intermediate sprint. They were fighting for he points in that as De Bondt and Tonelli are first and third in that competition. The latter took max points and has now jumped above Pedersen to take second. 

Top 3 as it stands:

1. Dries De Bondt (BEL) Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale 115pts
2. Alessandro Tonelli (ITA) Polti-VisitMalta 88pts
3. Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl-Trek 87pts

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The pace has completely changed at the front of the peloton as Visma-Lease a Bike come to the front for Olav Kooij with the other sprinters teams working with them. 

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Intermediate sprint (Fontana dello Zodiacco)

1. Alessandro Tonelli (ITA) Polti-VisitMalta 12pts
2. Dries De Bondt (BEL) Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale 8pts
3. Martin Marcellusi (ITA) VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane 5pts
4. Jenson Plowright (AUS) Alpecin-Deceuninck 3pts
5. Steven Kruijswijk (NED) Visma-Lease a Bike 1pt

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The attacks are coming as they are a kilometre from the intermediate sprint in Fontana dello Zodiacco.

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Attack!

Dries De Bondt (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale)
Alessandro Tonelli (Polti-VisitMalta)
Martin Marcellusi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizane)

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110km to go

The riders go around the roundabout and are heading back to Rome. 

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The riders are now down by the seas as the race is at it’s furthest point from the finish in Rome. 

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Mads Pedersen of Lidl-Trek has the largest winning margin in the points standings since 1990. He 277 points to Olav Kooij of Visma-Lease a Bike’s 135 points. This can still grow or shrink today with the likely sprint finish. 

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2025-06-01T14:36:22.526Z

Simon Yates is the first rider who will win the Giro without winning a stage since 2015 when Alberto Contador won the overall. El Pistolero pulled off that less wanted achievements twice in his career. Yates does have six stage wins to his name over the years, though. 

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The winner of the blue mountains jersey, Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana), has the largest winning points margin in the competition since 1990. He has 355 points with his teammate, Christian Scaroni, with 201 points. 

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2025-06-01T14:20:32.761Z

The previous pink jersey with the new pink jersey. Isaac Del Toro seems very content with his race despite the abysmal tactics from yesterday. He has been full of smiles and laughter with teammates and friends and had a good chat with Simon Yates as well. 

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Attack!

Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)
Jakob Fuglsang (Israel-Premier Tech)
Mikkel Honore (EF Education-EasyPost)
Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost)

It isn’t a serious move but the four Danes get a good gap. This is Fuglsang’s last season as a pro rider. They all stop for a natural break on the side of the road and are now caught again. 

2025-06-01T13:55:14.305Z

The Yates brothers lead the peloton up to the finish line for the first time today. It is a bit of a kick to the finish line. Should be an interesting finale suiting the likes of Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck). 

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143km to go

The racing begins but the riders are just rolling along. 

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The riders are now about to leave the Vatican as they return to Italian soil. Simon Yates is chatting to his twin brother, Adam, at the front of the peloton. Rival teams but this will mean a lot to Adam as well. 

⚔️ Competitors. Adversaries. Rivals. But also, Twins.#Giroditalia pic.twitter.com/IOopDAqXlSJune 1, 2025

2025-06-01T13:34:53.859Z

All the jersey wearers are now walking to meet The Pope in the Vatican City. He has been gifted a pink jersey. A rather significant moment for this sport. 

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2025-06-01T13:30:58.698Z

The riders are rolling around the beautiful and historic city of Rome before they head out to the seaside and then return to the Italian capital and a likely sprint finish. 

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Neutral start

The riders have started the neutralised zone of the final stage of the Giro d’Italia 2025. However, there won’t be much racing until the riders get onto the circuit back in Rome. 

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Yates is head to toe in pink today complete with special pink Cervelo bike, Giro helmet and the rest! His team are also in special black and pink kits.

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2025-06-01T13:10:35.940Z

It was a nightmare day for Isaac Del Toro despite having the legs to win the race but his tactics went very very wrong…

>>> ‘Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose’ – Isaac del Toro defiant in Giro d’Italia defeat after tactical battle with Richard Carapaz goes askew 

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2025-06-01T13:07:31.965Z

Yates reacts to going into pink…

>>> ‘It’s a fairytale’ – Simon Yates finally slays Giro d’Italia ghosts to take maglia rosa to Rome 

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2025-06-01T13:05:25.374Z

A superb ride by Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) to go into pink and take the jersey from Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)…

>>> Giro d’Italia: Simon Yates rips maglia rosa off Isaac del Toro with devastating attack on Colle delle Finestre 

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2025-06-01T13:03:45.535Z

We have lots to catch up on in the CyclingNews newsroom after the incredible racing of yesterday…

>>> Pazzesco! A tactically dysfunctional but ultimately redeeming Giro d’Italia – Analysis 

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2025-06-01T12:56:14.333Z

Today’s stage is a pan flat day starting and finishing in Rome with a ride out to the coast before heading back into the ‘Eternal City’ to crown the next Emperor of Rome. 

The riders have 143km of racing left after a brutal three weeks in the saddle starting in Albania before winding their way all the way up from the heal of Italy to the very highest mountains. 

The biggest favourites have crashed, been ill, abandoned. However, it opened the race with riders who may have thought their GC chances were over coming into the form of their lives and putting on one of the best overall fights we’ve had at the Grand Tour in many years. 

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2025-06-01T12:48:52.827Z

After yesterday’s heroics, Simon Yates of Visma-Lease a Bike is decked out in pink after getting rid of his Colle delle Finestre demons and storming into the race lead on the penultimate stage of the race while Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) marked each other out of contention. 

2025-05-09T16:08:53.534Z

Bongiorno and welcome to CyclingNews’ live report of the finale stage at the Giro d’Italia 2025.