The Apennine tour (Giro dell'Appenino in original version) has often changed date in recent years … and its 86th edition in 2025, this historic Italian classic took place in the middle of the week National championships. On the program of this Tuesday, June 24, a traditional and very hilly course of 203.1 km to link Novi Ligure and Genoa, with the peace of peace the chain of the difficult ascents of Pietralavezzara (6.2 km at 7.7%) and Madonna della Guardia (6.9 km at 7.8%) before the last 25 completely flat kilometers. A route that has smiled for the first since 2019 to an Italian, Diego Ulissi putting an end to this five -year “scarcity” for local runners by winning alone in the Ligurian capital! After getting out of the peloton 35 terminals from the finish, anticipating the ultimate climb, the 35 -year -old Tuscan was built a good lead that none of the pursuers could then fill, despite the attempts of French Louis Barré (Intermarché-Wanty) and Matteo Fabbro (Tech Tech – Vini Fantini team) to make the junction. Without success, the two men even caught up by pursuit in the final.
Video – Diego Ulissi wore the pink jersey on the Giro 2025
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Two XDS Astana on the podium … The superb Ulissi series continues!
Already third here last year when Jan Christen (Uae Team Emirates) had triumphed solo, Uls Thus succeeds his former teammate on the record and offered his first success with his new team Ds Astana. Other remarkable statistics, Uls Thanks to this victory, continues his impressive series among professionals, since it is the 16th consecutive season where he raises his arms at least once, proof of his longevity and his exceptional regularity at the highest level!
The carrier of the pink maillor the space of a day on the last Giro Devance on the nine second line Ukrainian Andrii Ponomar (Petrolike), out of the group of pursuers in the final, while Simon Velasco Setted these ones for 3rd place at 14 seconds and joined his teammate on the podium, his 2nd in a row on the transalpine event after his 2nd place last year. Another great business and big UCI points for the Kazakhe training for maintaining WorldTour. Note that Louis Barré Finally finished 8th and first French in this group of a quiza of units.
A little earlier in the day, the very first female edition of Giro of the Apennines was organized just before men, and it is the 24 -year -old Italian Matilde Vitillo (Liv Alula Jayco Women's Continental Team) which won.
