{"id":13931,"date":"2025-05-01T21:29:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/giro-ditalia-final-2025-stage-dedicated-to-late-pope-francis\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T21:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:29:30","slug":"giro-ditalia-final-2025-stage-dedicated-to-late-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/giro-ditalia-final-2025-stage-dedicated-to-late-pope-francis\/","title":{"rendered":"Giro d’Italia: Final 2025 stage dedicated to late Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The final stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia will feature a “symbolic start” from the Vatican City in Rome to pay tribute to the late Pope Francis.<\/b><\/p>\n

The final stage in Rome on 1 June will begin with a neutralised start – a non-competitive segment where the riders cycle slowly before the race begins – that will pass through the Vatican City before leaving through Porta del Perugino.<\/p>\n

The 21st and final stage of the Giro, which begins in Albania on 9 May, will then start officially and include eight loops of a 9.5 km circuit on the streets of Rome.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis died aged at the age of 88 on 21 April.<\/a><\/p>\n

“This presence is renewed this year with an exciting symbolic start from Vatican City, a tribute to Pope Francis, his persona, and his message of hope in the Jubilee year,” Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said.<\/p>\n

This will be the third consecutive time the Giro has ended in Rome, but only the seventh time in 108 editions of the race.<\/p>\n

The Giro has passed through Vatican City on two previous occasions. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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