2025 Giro d'Italia stage 12 preview - A day for the sprinters in Viadana

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May 22, 2025: Modena-Viadana, 172km

Mads Pedersen sprints toward the finish line at the 2025 Giro d'Italia
Mads Pedersen sprints toward the finish line at the 2025 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Getty Images)
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The peloton will tackle a moderately hilly course as they embark on a 172km stage 12 from Modena to Viadana (Oglio-Po) on Thursday that is expected to be one for the sprinters.

The stage takes place on May 22, 2025 with live coverage from 13:25-17:15 CET, 12:25 - 16:15 BST or 07:25 - 11:15 EDT.

Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) is currently leading the GC standings after the first eleven stages of the 2025 Giro d'Italia, 31 seconds ahead of is own teammate Juan Ayuso and 1:07 ahead of third-placed Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious).

The peloton then descends and follows a pan-flat final 60km, which includes a second intermediate sprint in Sant'Ilario d'Enza and a time bonus sprint in Brescello, before reaching Viadana (Oglio-Po), where the sprinters could shine.

Points leader Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) will be looking for a fourth stage win, Visma-Lease a Bike will be looking for a sprint win with Olav Kooij, and look out for other strong sprinters Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Casper van Uden (Picnic PostNL), Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Orluis Aular (Movistar), Maikel Zijlaard (Tudor), and Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech).

Climbs

Stage 12 profile for 2025 Giro d'Italia

Stage 12 profile for 2025 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: RCS Sport)
  • Baiso (cat. 3), km. 40.7
  • Trinità (cat. 3) km. 73.4
  • Rossena (cat. 3) km. 87.2

Sprints

  • Sprint 1 - Felina, km. 40.5
  • Sprint 2 - Sant'Ilario d'Enza, km. 118.6
  • Time bonus sprint - Brescello, km. 139.1

2025 Giro d'Italia route information

Stage 12 map (Image credit: RCS Sport/Giro d'Italia)
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