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,

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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

References

External links

Official site
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