There are 100 days to go until the start of the 2025 Giro della Valle d’Aosta, the race reserved for the Under-23 category with the highest number of editions held, on par with the Tour de l’Avenir. After the success of the 60th edition, preparations are in full swing for the event scheduled from July 16 to 20. Today, we are pleased to announce the stage locations for the 61st Giro della Valle d’Aosta.

The opening stage will start and finish in Aosta. The day will be a tribute to the city, which is celebrating its 2050th anniversary this year, and marks the return of the "Petit Tour" to the regional capital after three years, when Frenchman Alex Baudin claimed victory.

The second stage takes place entirely on French soil, in the Haute-Savoie department. Following its debut last year, the Plaine Joux ski resort is confirmed again on the race route, this time as the finish line for an uphill time trial starting from the town of Passy. A short stage, but one that will create the first time gaps in the general classification. The uphill time trial returns after a seven-year absence: back then, the fastest rider was Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard, who took his first international victory.

The third stage features one of the iconic climbs of the Giro della Valle d’Aosta, the Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard. Just like in its last appearance in 2015, when Dutch rider Koen Bouwman won, the stage will start in Pré-Saint-Didier and finish across the border at the summit of the climb that separates the region from the Canton of Valais. The finish line, at 2,473 meters above sea level, is the highest of any proposed in the UCI Europe Tour races this season.

Stage four begins in the town of Saint-Pierre and ends in Valsavarenche, at the Pont locality, as it did in 2019 during the triumph of Dutchman Kevin Inkelaar. In the territory of the Gran Paradiso National Park, riders will climb like ibexes along the mountain roads, once again nearing 2,000 meters in altitude.

For the fourth consecutive year, the race will finish in the shadow of the Matterhorn. The stage starts in Valtournenche and finishes at 2,000 meters in Breuil-Cervinia, continuing a delightful tradition. Who will succeed Spain’s Pablo Torres as stage winner, and Belgium’s Jarno Widar as overall champion?