The 2015 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or 2015 Giro Rosa, was the 26th running of the
Giro d'Italia Femminile
The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's ...
, the only remaining women's
Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken by upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a tut ...
and the most prestigious
stage race on the
2015 women's road cycling calendar.
The 2015 running of the race contained the customary high mountain stages as well as a time trial during the final week. On July 11, the riders tackled the 21.7 km individual time trial starting in the region of
Vergante,
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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. The route was described as containing technical and rolling terrain, concluding in a 4 km climb to
Comnago.
Stages
Prologue
;3 July 2015 –
Ljubljana
Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center.
During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the are ...
– Ljubljana,
Stage 1
;4 July 2015 –
Kamnik
Kamnik (; german: Stein''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, pp. 26–27. or ''Stein in Oberkrain'') is a town in northern Slovenia. It is t ...
– Ljubljana,
Stage 2
;5 July 2015 –
Gaiarine
Gaiarine is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, about north of Venice and about northeast of Treviso.
Gaiarine borders these municipalities: Brugnera, Codogné, Cordignano, Fontanelle, Godega d ...
–
San Fior,
Stage 3
;6 July 2015 –
Curtatone
Curtatone (Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southwest of Mantua.
The municipality of Curtatone is formed by the ''frazioni'' (subdivi ...
–
Mantua
Mantua ( ; it, Mantova ; Lombard and la, Mantua) is a city and '' comune'' in Lombardy, Italy, and capital of the province of the same name.
In 2016, Mantua was designated as the Italian Capital of Culture. In 2017, it was named as the Eur ...
,
Stage 4
;7 July 2015 –
Pioltello
Pioltello ( lmo, Pioltell ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan.
Pioltello borders the following municipalities: Cernusco sul Naviglio, Vimodrone, Seg ...
–
Pozzo d'Adda
Pozzo d'Adda ( lmo, Pozz , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,903 and an area of .All demographics and other ...
,
Stage 5
;8 July 2015 –
Trezzo sull'Adda
Trezzo sull'Adda ( Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan on the Adda River.
The Naviglio Martesana canal starts from the Adda in Trezzo's ter ...
–
Aprica
Aprica ( lmo, Abriga) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy, northern Italy. It is located on the eponymous pass, the most favourable one connecting Valtellina to Val Camonica.
Its main source of income is tourism, using ...
,
Stage 5 marks the first summit finish of the race, with the 15 kilometre climb up to the ski resort at Aprica. The average gradient of the climb is 3% with some sections over 10%.
Stage 6
;9 July 2015 –
Tresivio
Tresivio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sondrio in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about east of Sondrio. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,000 and an area of .All demographi ...
–
Morbegno
Morbegno (; lmo, Mürbegn ; german: Morbend) is a little town in the low Valtellina Valley in Italy, on the left side of the Adda river. It is part of the province of Sondrio of Lombardy.
In 2007, it started a project to become a leader in susta ...
,
Stage 7
;10 July 2015 –
Arenzano –
Loano
Loano ( lij, Leua) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona.
Loano borders the following municipalities: Bardineto, Boissano, Borgh ...
,
The seventh and Queen stage of the race took the riders up through the climbs of
Naso di Gatto and
Melogno.
Stage 8 (ITT)
;11 July 2015 –
Pisano –
Nebbiuno
Nebbiuno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about north of Novara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,709 and an area of .All demographics ...
,
Stage 9
;12 July 2015 –
Verbania
Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and ...
–
San Domenico di Varzo,
Classification leadership
See also
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2015 in women's road cycling
2015 in women's road cycling is about the 2015 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2015 UCI Women's Teams.
UCI Road World Rankings
Final ranking 2015.
World Championships
The World Road Championships is set to be held in Richmon ...
References
External links
Official site
{{Giro d'Italia Femminile
2015 in women's road cycling
Giro d'Italia Femminile