Giro d’Italia 2025 Stage 1 Preview: Welcome To Albania

The Giro d’Italia 2025 begins in Albania for three stages. Will Day 1 be a sprint or a day for attackers? We preview Giro d’Italia Stage 1, predict the winner and, of course, the first pink jersey. #Giro

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Buckle up. Get ready for the 2025 Giri de Italia. Yes, the tour of Italy. And no, we’re not in Italy. We’re in Albania. Yeah, the country that was closed off through the 1990s under the rule of Hoa. Well, it’s open to the world now and open to cycling. So, we have three days to kick off the 21 stage race here in the country. And the first one tomorrow, 160 kilometers starting from Durus, the port town, ending in the capital, Tana. Is it going to be a sprint? Is it going to be a day for the attackers? Well, what’s on tap? We have one big climb mid-stage and then we have this closing circuit of 22 kilometers with one climb on that circuit. So, we have two climbs before the finish line. It’s a 6 km climb. There’s a 13% kicker at the top of the last one. We have 12 km to the descent in Tana, the capital. Communist style buildings everywhere. Who’s going to pull off the victory? Well, if you’re looking at a sprinter, I’d look at Matts Person, Leadal Trek, Olaf Poy, Visma Malisa Bike, or Paul Manet, the Frenchman led out by some American muscle luke there at Sudol Quickstep. Now, if the attackers have their day, if the attackers go for it, we can look for Tom Pickcock from Q36.5 or Walt Vanart, the Visma Lisa bike uh rider who’s going to be helping Koi if it’s going to be going for a sprint. But maybe Van Art will have his day. He’s on the rise after the classic. I heard he’s a bit sick. So, we’ll have to see how he’s going. Now, remember last year, Tad Pagotchar dominated the Jirro, winning the opening second stage. Didn’t get the first day, but got the second stage. Held the pink jersey for the 20 days, the first stage. He couldn’t do it, so he didn’t have the pink jersey the whole race. This year, he’s not back. But we have another Slovenian in Primos Raglitch, 2023 winner over Garen Thomas. He’s the favorite. He’s going to be fighting Juanuzo. We’ll throw in some other GC guys like Simon Yates and of course Canadian Derek G. They’re going to be fighting over the next 20 days after stage one tomorrow, including also tomorrow. We have a lot of racing ahead of us. A lot of big mountains, gravel and tusking, everything the Jurro is going to throw at us. Three opening days in Albania and the first one tomorrow in Tana to not only decide the sprint victor, but also to decide who’s going to put on the first pink jersey of the 2025 Giratalia.