2025 Giro dell'Appennino (1.1), Italy

86th edition: Tuesday, June 24, 2025

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Novi Ligure - Genova, 198.5 km

Diego Ulissi takes a solo win in Genova. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Genova (Genoa) at 2:25 PM, local time: 28C (83F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 21 km/hr (13 mph). There is just a 3% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from winner Diego Ulissi's Team XDS Astana.

The rider of XDS Astana Team Diego Ulissi claimed victory at Giro dell’Apennino achieving his first win since joining the team. Another XDS Astana Team rider, Simone Velasco, finished third.

The Italian one-day race started in Novi Ligure and finished in Genova after 198.5 kilometers. Ulissi launched a solo attack with around 50 kilometers to go, managed to gain advantage and kept it to the finish line.

"We had a pretty young team today, with guys from XDS Astana Devo Team, some of them had just come back from the Giro Next Gen. Everyone did a great job, we controlled the early breakaway. Then, on the hardest climb, with around 50 kilometers to the finish, I attacked. It was quite tough with the head wind, but I managed to gain some advantage and take this win. Up next we have the Italian National Championships and I think we have a strong team there, so we will try to give it a proper battle", – said Diego Ulissi.

The peloton races across the Italian contryside. Sirotti photo

"Today I didn’t have super legs because I really suffered from the heat, but we were still up there in front, and I tried to cover as many attacks as possible for Diego. All our guys did a great job in the first part of the race, up to the decisive moment. Then it was up to Diego and me when the race opened up, to do our part. Diego made a great move, he rode solo for about 50 kilometers, and I tried to neutralize all the counterattacks. In the end, I managed to win a bunch sprint and claimed third. So yes, for us it was indeed a good day," – said Simone Velasco.

Complete results:

Photos

198.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.231 km/hr

1	Diego Ulissi	XDS Astana Team	5hr 0min 9sec
2	Andrii Ponomar	Petrolike	@ 9sec
3	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	0:14
4	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
5	Francesco Busatto	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Quartucci	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
7	Valerio Conti	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
8	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
9	Luca Paletti	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
10	Davide De Cassan	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
11	Filippo Turconi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
12	Alex Martin	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
13	Eric Fagundez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
14	Adrien Boichis	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
15	Luca Cretti	MBH Bank Ballan CSB	s.t.
16	Edgar Cadena	Petrolike	s.t.
17	Enea Sambinello	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:19
18	Filip Gruszczynski	Biesse-Carrera Premac	s.t.
19	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	0:21
20	Matteo Fabbro	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
21	Kyrylo Tsarenko	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
22	Diego Bracalente	MBH Bank Ballan CSB	0:39
23	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	4:15
24	Sinuhé Fernandez	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
25	Lorenzo Galimberti	Petrolike	4:18
26	Ben Granger	MG.K Vis Costruzioni Ambiente	5:22
27	Matteo Scalco	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
28	Matteo Ambrosini	MBH Bank Ballan CSB	s.t.
29	Mateo Ramírez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	6:08
30	Andrea Piras	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
31	Ludovico Crescioli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
32	Matthew Kingston	MG.K Vis Costruzioni Ambiente	6:45
33	Manuel Oioli	MBH Bank Ballan CSB	s.t.
34	Clément Alleno	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
35	Andrea Cantoni	MG.K Vis Costruzioni Ambiente	s.t.
36	Ander Okamika	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
37	Gabriel Fede	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli	s.t.
38	Tommaso Bosio	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
39	Simone Carrò	MG.K Vis Costruzioni Ambiente	6:49
40	Kristian Sbaragli	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
41	Riccardo Lucca	Karcag Cycling ÉPKAR Team	s.t.
42	Alexandre Balmer	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini	s.t.
43	Christian Bagatin	MBH Bank Ballan CSB	6:56
44	Carlos Garcia	Burgos Burpellet BH	10:05
45	Pablo Torres	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
46	David Zanutta	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
47	Piergiorgio Cozzani	Gragnano Sporting Club	10:51
48	Nate Pringle	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	10:53
49	Davide Donati	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
50	Sebastian Putz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
51	Mattia Piccini	Gragnano Sporting Club	s.t.
52	Marco Martini	Team Technipes #InEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
53	Francesco Parravano	MG.K Vis Costruzioni Ambiente	s.t.
54	Luca Bagnara	Team Technipes #InEmiliaRomagna	s.t.
55	Giovanni Bortoluzzi	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	s.t.
56	Jonathan Caicedo	Petrolike	s.t.
57	Cristian Remelli	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia	12:34
58	Alejandro Callejas	Petrolike	12:38
59	Federico Guzzo	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank	s.t.
60	Marco Martin	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies	s.t.
61	Alexis Pagara	Victoria Sports Pro Cycling	s.t.

 

Course map & profile:

Race map

Race profile

2025 Giro dell'Appennino photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Matteo Fabbra before the race start.

Lorenzo Finn

Diego Ulissi heads to the start.

The day's breakaway

Does not play well with others. Away for 50 kilometers, Diego Ulissi still has a gap as he races for the finish.

Diego Ulissi wins the race.

Second-place Andrii Panomar

Third place Simone Velasco (with Alessandro Covi right with him) leads in a group for third place.

Teammates Lorenzo Quartucci & Valerio Conti take sixth & seventh places.

The podium, from left: Andrii Ponomar (2nd), Diego Ulissi (1st) & Simone Velasco (3rd)

Race winner Diego Ulissi

Start list with back numbers, June 23, 2025:

	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
1	Anze Ravbar
2	Alessandro Covi
3	Julius Johansen
4	Domen Novak
5	Pablo Torres
6	Mateo Ramírez
7	Enea Sambinello
	XDS Astana Team
11	Diego Ulissi
12	Mattia Negrente
13	Alessandro Romele
14	David Zanutta
15	Simone Velasco
16	Pierre-Henry Basset
17	Simone Zanini
	Intermarché-Wanty
21	Louis Barré
22	Kamiel Bonneu
23	Francesco Busatto
24	Kevin Colleoni
25	Kobe Goossens
26	Simone Petilli
27	Lorenzo Rota
	Burgos Burpellet BH
31	Clément Alleno
32	José Luis Faura
33	Jose Manuel Diaz
34	Eric Fagundez
35	Sinuhé Fernandez
36	Carlos Garcia
37	Ander Okamika
	Solution Tech-Vini Fantini
41	Valerio Conti
42	Alexandre Balmer
43	Roberto Gonzalez
44	Andrea Piras
45	Lorenzo Quartucci
46	Kristian Sbaragli
47	Kyrylo Tsarenko
	Team Polti-VisitMalta
51	Mattia Bais
52	Ludovico Crescioli
53	Davide De Cassan
54	Germán Dario Gómez
55	Alex Martin
56	Davide Piganzoli
57	Fernando Tercero
	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
61	Federico Biagini
62	Luca Covili
63	Martin Marcellusi
64	Alessio Martinelli
65	Alessandro Pinarello
66	Vicente Rojas
67	Alex Tolio
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe Rookies
71	Adrien Boichis
73	Lorenzo Finn
74	Marco Martin
75	Nate Pringle
76	Sebastian Putz
77	Luke Tuckwell
	Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli
81	Tommaso Anastasia
82	Andrea Biancalani
83	Nicola D'Alessandro
84	Matteo Falchetti
85	Pierluigi Garbi
86	Leonardo Rossi
87	Raffaele Tela
	Biesse-Carrera-Premac
91	Michele Bicelli
92	Tommaso Dati
93	Andrea Donati
94	Andrea Godizzi
95	Filip Gruszczynski
96	Federico Iacomoni
97	Alessandro Milesi
	General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia
101	Giovanni Bortoluzzi
102	Tommaso Bosio
103	Matteo Cettolin
104	Domenico Cirlincione
105	Michele Daffini
106	Diego Nembrini
107	Cristian Remelli
	Gragnano Sporting Club
111	Lorenzo Boschi
112	Piergiorgio Cozzani
113	Andrea De Totto
114	Simone Lucca
115	Alessio Ninci
116	Mattia Piccini
117	Tommaso Rigatti
	MBH Bank Ballan CSB
121	Matteo Ambrosini
122	Christian Bagatin
123	Diego Bracalente
124	Luca Cretti
126	Manuel Oioli
127	Leonardo Vesco
	MG.K Vis Costruzioni Ambiente
131	Vittorio Friggi
132	Jacopo Gioia
133	Ben Granger
134	Matthew Kingston
135	Luca Laudi
136	Ciro Perez
137	Matteo Spreafico
	SC Padovani Polo Cherry Bank
141	Matteo Baseggio
142	Kevin Bonaldo
143	Luca Graziotto
144	Federico Guzzo
145	Marco Palomba
146	Thomas Turri
147	Matteo Zurlo
	Team Technipes #InEmiliaRomagna
151	Riccardo Archetti
152	Luca Bagnara
153	Alessandro Cattani
154	Luca Martignago
155	Marco Martini
156	Leonardo Meccia
157	Ivan Toselli
	Petrolike
161	Edgar Cadena
162	Jonathan Caicedo
163	Alejandro Callejas
164	Yeferson Camargo
165	Filippo D'Aiuto
166	Lorenzo Galimberti
167	Andrii Ponomar
	Victoria Sports Pro Cycling
171	Ean Cajucom
172	Daniel Ven Cariño
173	Ismael Grospe
174	Edgar Nohales Nieto
175	Carlos Ochoa
176	Nichol Pareja
177	Nicolas Sessler
	Karcag Cycling ÉPKAR Team
181	Andrea Colnaghi
182	Viktor Filutas
183	Dylan Humber-Kelly
184	Balint Karpati
185	Riccardo Lucca
186	Oliver More-Gosselin
187	Matyas Nagy Bendeguz