GIRO DELLE DOLOMITI 2025

Date: Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025

Stage:  107 km  |  3.100 m

Start: h. 8.00  in Ponte Gardena/Waidbruck

Finish: in Ponte Gardena/Waidbruck

Locations:  Ponte Gardena – Selva Val Gardena – Passi Sella, Pordoi, Campolongo – Corvara – Passo Gardena – Ponte Gardena

Crono Lupo Bianco – Passo Pordoi (at km 40)  —> 6,1 km |  422 m

Feed zone in Plan de Gralba + Passo Pordoi

Lunch in Corvara

SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION

This stage takes you into the heart of the Dolomites. From Ponte Gardena/Waidbruck you go directly in the Gardena valley passing through the villages of Ortisei/St. Ulrich, Santa Cristina and Selva/Wolkenstein. From here the first climb of the day begins up to the Passo Sella. Once you have descended to Pian de Schiavaneis, on the road to the second peak of the day, you will take the timed section: the 6.1 km and 422 meters of climbing up to the Passo Pordoi must be covered as quickly as possible. At Pordoi a rich refreshment awaits you and a 360° panorama of the most beautiful and highest peaks of the Dolomites. A fun descent towards Arabba follows, where you can gather your strength to start pedaling on the Passo Campologo, pass number 3 of the Sellaronda. In Corvara, main village of Val Badia, cyclists can stop and enjoy a well-deserved lunch necessary to overcome the last uphill that ends on the Passo Gardena. Here the circle around the Sella massif closes and the almost endless descent through Gardena valley begins until arriving in Ponte Gardena/Waidbruck.

Date: Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

Stage:  92 km  |  1.691 m

Start: h. 8.30 Bolzano Fair 

Finish: Bolzano Fair

Locations: Bolzano, Appiano, Passo Mendola, Fondo, Passo Palade, Lana, Bolzano

Crono:  Appiano/Kalterer Höhe  (km 12,5) –>  Passo Mendola         9,7 km |  666 m

Feed zone after 27 km on Passo Mendola and after 49 km on Passo Palade

Lunch in Bolzano Fair

SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION

We have reached our third day together. The climb up the Passo Mendola is a great way   for local cyclists to get into shape for the long summer mountain tours. With 1,363 metres of climbing, the pass is not very high, but its location on the far edge of the Mendola makes it a first-class vantage point. From here, the view extends to the Bolzano basin, Lake Caldaro and the many mountains in the background. It is therefore no wonder that the “Giro d'Italia” and the “Tour of the Alps” have incorporated this climb into their stages. Shortly after Appiano, the timed section begins, where you can test your fitness over approximately 10 km and 670 m of altitude difference. After a break at the Passo Mendola, you descend to the village of Fondo (Trentino), on the border between South Tyrol and Alta Val di Non: here begins the long but rideable climb to the Passo Palade at 1,518 metres asl. Now begins the pleasant descent towards the Adige Valley: in the shade of the woods we let the bike flow until Lana and to Bolzano carefree crossing the large valley with extensive apple trees. Lunch awaits us at the fair.

Date: Thursday, July 24th, 2025

Stage:  58 km  |  1.867 m

Start: h. 9.00 in Prato allo Stelvio

Finish: in Glorenza/Glurns

Bus transfer: Bolzano -Prato allo Stelvio / Glorenza-Bolzano

Locations: Prato allo Stelvio, Trafoi, passo Stelvio, Münstair, Glorenza

Crono:   Trafoi –> passo Stelvio          13,7 km |  1.183 m

Feed zone after 26 km on passo Stelvio

Lunch in Glorenza/Glurns

SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION

Bus transfer from Bolzano to Prato allo Stelvio where a rich refreshment awaits us before starting the legendary climb up the Stelvio Pass. As soon as we arrive in the village of Trafoi we are on the starting line of the timed section. Here we begin the 48 U-turns on the South Tyrolean side. It is surely one of the most impressive roads in the world! Not for nothing is it called “the Queen of Alpine roads.” The road was built between 1820 and 1928 as an alternative route between Tyrol and Lombardy region, then Austro-Hungarian territory. At the top we descend toward Bormio and after a few km we turn left to take us over the Umbrail Pass (Giogo di S. Maria), on the border between Italy and Switzerland. On Swiss territory we descend to S.Maria Münstair where we enter the Monastero Valley that takes us back to Italy. As soon as the fortified city walls of Glorenza/Glurns become visible, we are also almost at our destination. We enter the town through the big gate and cross it along the main street. At the end we reach the festival square, where lunch is served in the shade of the fortified city walls. Outside the walls the buses are waiting for the return to Bolzano.

Date: Friday, July 25th, 2025

Stage:  79 km  |  1.390 m

Start: h. 8.00 Bolzano Fair 

Finish: Bolzano Fair

Locations: Bolzano, Terlano, Frassineto/Verschneid, Meltina, Verano, Avelengo, Merano, Bolzano

Crono: Terlano –> Frassineto/Verschneid       9,3 km |  839 m

Feed zone after 20 km a Frassineto/Verschneid (Meltina)

Lunch in Bolzano Fair

SHORT STAGE DESCRIPTION

This last stage takes us from Bolzano to mount Monzoccolo, as the vast plateau between San Genesio/Jenesien and Avelengo/Hafling is called. After a leisurely ride, we reach the start of the timed section in Terlano. From here on, we will quickly overcome 10 km and 838 m of climbing until we arrive in Verschneid/Frassineto. The route offers continuous views of the Adige Valley and you can check the altitude gained every time the road changes direction. Once we reach our destination, the route continues undulating to Meltina/Mölten, always in the shade of the larch forests, passing through meadows with Haflinger horses and large pastures. After passing the locations of Verano/Vöran and Avelengo/Hafling, the rapid descent towards Merano begins, with a difference in altitude of about 1,000 meters. From there, we will quickly cross the Adige Valley until we arrive in Bolzano, where lunch has already been prepared and everything for the final awards ceremony of the Giro delle Dolomiti, 2025 edition.