2025 Giro d'Italia stage 11 preview - Mountains return for midweek sparring in the Apennines

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Wednesday's race covers 185km from Viareggio to Castelnovo Né Monti

TAGLIACOZZO MARSIA ITALY MAY 16 Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and Team Red Bull BORA hansgrohe competes during the 108th Giro dItalia 2025 Stage 7 a 168km stage from Castel di Sangro to Tagliacozzo Marsia 1424m UCIWT on May 16 2025 in Tagliacozzo Marsia Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Climbers will be back in action on stage 11 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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The mountains return for a mid-week contest to the Apennines on stage 11, which sets up opportunities for breakaways and a re-ordering of the general classification. The 185km route has two distinct parts, with the start from Viareggio gradually rolling north for 79km and then punching to 1,397 metres in elevation on the 9km climb of the Alpe San Pellegrino. The climb finishes about 1.5 km past the village and features gradients around 20%, which is the toughest section of the entire 2025 Giro.

Then the second half of the race is filled with twisting descents and elevation changes into Castelnovo ne’ Monti. It begins at kilometre 93 with a long, winding descent through the woods of the Apennines. There are a pair of category 2 climbs, first at Toano and then Pietra di Bismantova, with the road rolling across a final 5km to the finish at Castelnovo ne' Monti.

Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates XRG) holds the lead of Giro d'Italia after surviving the rain in Pisa for the individual time trial, and his teammate Juan Ayuso is now just 25 seconds back in second overall. The UAE duo need to be wary of climbers like Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), who is now fifth in the GC standings and just 1:18 back. Just over a minute back are Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) in third and Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) in fourth. 

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2025 Giro d'Italia route information
(Image credit: RCS Sport/Giro d'Italia)

Climbs

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2025 Giro d'Italia route information
Alpe San Pellegrino profile(Image credit: RCS Sport/Giro d'Italia)
  • Alpe San Pellegrino (cat. 1), km. 93.1 (14.2km, avg 8.7%, max 19%)
  • Toano (cat. 2), km. 145.9 (11.2km, avg. 4.9%, max 10%)
  • Pietra di Bismantova (cat. 2), km. 180.1 (6.5km, avg 5.2% max 12%)

Sprints

  • Sprint 1 - Borgo a Mozzano, km. 46.3
  • Sprint 2 - Cerredolo, km. 135.9
  • Time bonus sprint - Villa Minozzo, km. 162.4

2025 Giro d'Italia route information

Stage 11 map (Image credit: RCS Sport/Giro d'Italia)
Jackie Tyson
Jackie Tyson
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Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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