TIRANA, May 9 /ATA/ – Danish rider Mads Pedersen won the first stage of the Giro d’Italia that kicked off in Durres and ended in Tirana, Albania, on Friday.
The 108th edition of Giro d’Italia 2025, one of the most prestigious cycling races in the world, began for the first time outside Italy’s borders in Albania earlier today and it is slated to complete after 21 stages and 3443,3 kilometers in Rome on Sunday, June 1.
Albania will host the first three stages of the race with the Grande Partenza of the 2025 Giro d’Italia in Durrës, Albania, as 184 riders rolled out for a 160-kilometre stage to arrive at around 5:00 pm in Tirana.
Rider Jay Vine went down on a fast descent and was injured just a few meters before the finishing line in Tirana. Cyclists Mikel Landa and Geoffrey Bouchard also crashed.
The race is being broadcast in over 200 territories thanks to a global network of broadcasters and media partners with over 800 million viewers worldwide set to lay their eyes on Albania.
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