2025 Giro d'Italia stage 17 preview – Making a mark with a mid-stage Mortirolo

2025 Giro d'Italia route information
Stage 17 profile (Image credit: RCS Sport/Giro d'Italia)

The Giro d’Italia overall battle was quickly set alight on the opening stage of the third week and, while Thursday’s stage 17 may not offer the same degree of difficulty, there is certainly opportunity to keep the pressure high on the 155km day from San Michele all'Adige to Bormio.

There is no summit finish for rivals to once again utilise to try and continue to chip away at the lead of Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates). Still, with two lengthy climbs mid-course and another smaller one summiting less than ten kilometres from the line, the day with 3,800m of altitude gain isn’t exactly going to be a walk in the park either, regardless of whether it comes down to a competition for the break or the GC contenders.

The top of the Mortirolo comes with less than 50km of racing for the day left but that doesn't mean the challenge is over. It signals the start of a steep and technical descent into Grosio before the road then heads higher again as it works toward the top of the category 3 Le Motte, which peaks at nine kilometres to go. It is then a largely downhill finale, with a U turn and number of 90-degree bends through the final kilometres before riders cross the line in Bormio.

Climbs

  • Passo del Tonale (cat. 2), km. 69.3 (15.2km, avg 6%, max 9%)
  • Passo del Mortirolo (cat. 1), km. 107.2 (12.6km, avg. 7.6%, max 16%)
  • Le Motte (cat. 3) km. 145.1

Sprints

  • Sprint 1 - Cles, km. 23.5
  • Sprint 2 - Vezza d'Oglio, km. 89.9
  • Time bonus sprint - Le Prese, km. 130.1

2025 Giro d'Italia route information

Stage 17 map (Image credit: RCS Sport/Giro d'Italia)
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