The first mountain stage of the 2025 Giro d'Italia to Tagliacozzo, deep and high into the Abruzzo Apennines, showed the first strengths and weaknesses amongst the GC contenders.
Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) won the stage with a late surge to the line to celebrate his first Grand Tour stage victory. He finished four seconds ahead of young teammate Isaac del Toro and Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) to take a morale boosting win.
Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) finished fourth on the stage but had to fight back after being caught out of position.
Ayuso saw Roglič was behind in the final kilometre and surged away, sensing a chance to gain time. He took a ten-second time bonus for his win and finished four seconds ahead, while del Toro swept up six other seconds to take them from Ayuso's rivals.
Roglič pulled on the maglia rosa after Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) was distanced on the climb and finished 15 minutes down. However Ayuso is just four seconds behind his big Giro rival, with del Toro third at nine seconds.
The other GC rivals are further back, with Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) fourth at 27 seconds. The top 15 riders in the GC are still within a minute.
Only Romain Bardet (Picnic-PostNL) lost time due to a crash. The Frenchman hurt his knee and finished 5:09 behind Ayuso.
Giro d'Italia GC standings
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Giro d'Italia Classifications
These are the jersey classifications at the 2025 Giro d'Italia:
Click here for a more comprehensive rundown of all the classifications and prize money, including the intermediate sprints prize and the fighting spirit prize.
Maglia rosa – The pink jersey is worn by the overall race leader on the general classification, who has completed the stages in the lowest accumulated time.
Maglia ciclamino – The cyclamen jersey indicates the points classification leader. Riders accrue points each stage at the two intermediate sprints and at stage finishes. The rider with the most points leads the ranking and wears the cyclamen jersey.
Maglia azzurra – The blue jersey is for the mountain classification. Points are handed out to the first riders over specific categorised hills and mountain climbs during the Giro. The highest and steepest mountains award the most points. The rider with the most points leads the ranking and wears the blue jersey.
Maglia bianca – The white jersey is for the leader of the best young rider classification. It is calculated b[based on the time races, like the maglia rosa, but only riders aged 25 or under are eligible to win it and wear it.
