Highlights and best moments of stage 21 Giro d'Italia 2025
Olav Kooij was the winner of the final stage of the Giro d'Italia 2025 and allowed Team Visma Lease A Bike to celebrate twice with Simon Yates taking the overall title. Mads Pedersen won the maglia ciclamino, Lorenzo Fortunato the maglia azzurra and Isaac del Toro the maglia bianca.
🏆 SIMON YATES, CHAMPION OF THE 2025 GIRO D'ITALIA!
NOW IT'S OFFICIAL! SIMON YATES IS THE CHAMPION OF THE GIRO D'ITALIA 2025! A triumph that was as surprising as it was surprising, it ends up being immensely deserved for not having thrown in the towel even when it was believed that he had no options. British victory and Team Visma Lease A Bike!
VICTORY FOR OLAV KOOIJ! TEAM VISMA LEASE A BIKE CELEBRATES AS IT SHOULD! Stage victory for the Dutch rider on the final day of the Giro d'Italia to celebrate the day's victory and champion of the competition.
LAST KILOMETER OF THE GIRO D'ITALIA 2025! Alpecin Deceunink riders are seen taking the front of the peloton to command the pace. Mads Pedersen, who will be looking for his fifth win in the competition, also appears.
The breakaway is over! Josef Cerny lifted his foot and let himself be caught by the rest of the riders. The race is launched to pick up speed towards the finish line to end the Giro d'Italia with excitement.
Josef Cerny (Soudal Quick - Step) is left alone. Enzo Paleni desists from attacking because of the imminent neutralization of the peloton. The group has furiously increased the pace to catch the Czech rider who is resisting to be caught.
10 kilometers to go to the end of the stage! The peloton is approaching the breakaway. Only Enzo Paleni and Josef Cerny survive. There is only a 10-second gap to the end of the escapees' adventure today.
There are 20 kilometers to go to the end of the stage; there are two laps to go. There is only a 12-second gap between the five escapees and the peloton. The Giro d'Italia is coming to an end; Simon Yates is officially closing in on the title.
The Red Bull kilometer race is over. Michael Hepburn (Jayco AlUla) passed first at this point and takes the bonus. In that group, Andrea Pietrobon (Polti VisitMalta) did not hold the change of pace and is already falling behind.
There are about five kilometers to go before we reach the Red Bull kilometer. The six escapees now have a 30-second gap on the peloton. There will be three laps left after that to finish the Giro d'Italia 2025.
There are 40 kilometers to go to the end of the stage. The escapees are 22 seconds ahead of the bunch. The large group is in no great hurry to try to quickly neutralize those in the leading group.
Josef Cerny (Soudal Quick - Step) takes the lead in the breakaway group to take maximum points in the second intermediate sprint of the stage. All that remains is for the Red Bull kilometer to be contested before there are three laps to go.
The breakaway group continues to ride with a 15-second gap over the peloton, to which Damiano Caruso returned a while ago. We are close to the second intermediate sprint of the day with five laps to go.
Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious) suffers a puncture and must now make a hard effort to reconnect with the peloton. The lead group still has about 15 seconds on the big group with about 60 kilometers to go.
There are seven laps to go. There is only a 12-second gap between the six escapees and the peloton, which is riding very hard not to let them open a gap to complicate the situation for the end of the stage.
Movements begin in the peloton, now the speed increases in the development of the stage. Jayco AlUla takes the lead in the first moments with the breakaway of Michael Hepburn. Behind him, four other riders try to connect with him.
The riders are already inside the circuit that will finish this Giro d'Italia. There are nine laps, the route of this section is approximately nine kilometers. We will see at what moment the attacks start to increase the pace of the race.
We are approaching the start of the circuit. The peloton is still riding very calmly for now. There are still no attacks from any rider to put more pace to the development of the day. Team Visma Lease a Bike continues to ride at the front of the group.
The riders of Team Visma Lease a Bike wear today a black overall with pink details, just for the occasion. The importance of the achievement that is ensuring winning the Giro d'Italia, brings a huge respite in the face of the next challenges to come as the Critérium Dauphiné and the Tour de France.
There are 100 kilometers to go to the end of the stage. The peloton is grouped together without any problems so far. There are still approximately 25 kilometers left to enter the circuit that will make the riders pass the finish line nine times.
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This is the start time for Stage 21 of the 2025 Giro d'Italia on June 1st, 2025 in several countries:
Argentina: 10:00 AM on DSports and DGO Bolivia: 9:00 AM on DSports and DGO Brazil: 10:00 AM on DSports and DGO Chile: 10:00 AM on DSports and DGO Colombia: 8:00 AM on Caracol TV, Ditu, RCN TV, DSports and DGO Ecuador: 8:00 AM on DSports and DGO USA (ET): 9:00 AM on Max USA Spain: 3:00 PM on Eurosport, EITB Mexico: 7:00 AM Paraguay: 9:00 AM on DSports and DGO Peru: 8:00 AM on DSports and DGO Uruguay: 10:00 AM on DSports and DGO Venezuela: 9:00 AM on DSports and DGO
Rome, the Eternal City, capital of Italy, is one of the most important and fascinating cities in the world, full of history, art and culture. Its iconic monuments, such as the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, St. Peter's Basilica and the Pantheon, bear witness to centuries of history. Rome is famous for its museums, art galleries and lively squares such as Piazza Navona and the Spanish Steps. The city smells of millenary history, but at the same time it presents itself as a cosmopolitan center that blends tradition and modernity.
Final stage divided into two parts: approach, from the start in Rome-EUR to the first crossing of the finish line, passing through the coast and then Ostia, to return to the starting area and then the final circuit (8 laps) inside the Capital. The 9.5 km circuit runs entirely along the city streets (wide, but with some lane dividers). It alternates short undulations and long straights joined by some complicated curves. The pavement is mainly asphalt, with some short stretches on pavement (known as "sanpietrini").
Final kilometers with only slight variations in direction. Final straight of 350 m on asphalt, with a width of 8 m. Halfway through the last kilometer there is a 5% ramp.
Totally unexpected Giro in the plot of this movie! Simon Yates showed strength to put in an attack that ended the Latin aspirations of staying with the Giro d'Italia and even without winning a stage he hangs the maglia rosa to become the virtual champion of the competition in the absence of the ride in the city of Rome. Isaac del Toro will be second, in addition to being champion of the young riders and Richard Carapaz will have to settle for third place.
