Just 24 hours after his epic ride into pink across the Colle delle Finestre, Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) has clinched the overall victory in the 2025 Giro d’Italia ahead of Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost).
The final stage, a flat run starting and finishing in Rome on Sunday evening, ended with a bunch sprint victory for Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike), giving the Dutchman his second win of the race and Yates’ team yet another reason to celebrate in the Giro.
Yates’ overall victory came after he launched a courageous last-ditch attack on the interminable, untarmacked slopes of the Colle delle Finestre on stage 20, ending an 11-day spell in the lead for Del Toro. The British racer completed the Giro safely in the main pack, nearly four minutes ahead Del Toro and almost five up on Carapaz.
The points classification was won by Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), while Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana) claimed the mountains ranking and Del Toro gained the victory in the best young rider’s competition.
But the main spotlight in Rome on Sunday evening was firmly on Visma-Lease a Bike and Yates, whose victory in the Giro d’Italia is his second Grand Tour win after taking the Vuelta a España back in 2018.
More to come …
Team Visma-Lease a Bike’s British rider Simon Yates wearing the pink jersey of overall leader in Rome (Image credit: Luca Bettini / AFP / Getty Images)
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