Giro d'Italia 2025, Stage 1: Durrës → Tirana
Hilly, 9 May 2025. 160.0 km with 1,876 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 160.0 km
- Climbing
- 1,876 m
- Highest point
- 797 m
- Steepest km
- 8.2% at km 145
- Start
- Durrës 2 m
- Finish
- Tirana 107 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 16:30 local time: 6 km/h from the north-west, gusting to 18 km/h on average. Dry.
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
- Direction
- North-west 300°
- Average gust
- 18 km/h
- Temperature
- 22°C 18 to 24°C
Historical weather for 9 May 2025, sampled at 39 points along the route and pre-computed before the app shipped. It is not a live forecast and the app makes no weather calls. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0).
Riding it
160.0 km with 1,876 m of climbing. The road rises at more than 3% for 21.9 km of it and is above 8% for 2.6 km, so the climbing comes in repeated efforts rather than one long ascent.
The high point is 797 m at km 84. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 8.2%, at km 145. It finishes on flat or gently rolling road.
In ProPace the stage runs with this wind along the route, resolved into headwind, tailwind and crosswind at each point, and the app puts your own numbers on it against the pro reference. The reference profile and how the simulation works are set out in How much slower than a pro are you?
Ride Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 1 against a pro in ProPace. Every stage and every feature is free.
