The 2015 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or 2015 Giro Rosa, was the 26th running of the

Giro d'Italia Femminile The is an annual women's cycle stage race around Italy. First held in 1988, the race is currently part of the UCI Women's World Tour, and is currently organised by RCS Sport, the organisers of the men's Giro d'Italia. The race was previously ...

, the only remaining women's Grand Tour and the most prestigious

stage race A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a racing, race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day race, multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages ...

on the

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women's road cycling calendar. It was held between 3 and 12 July 2015 over ten stages, which contained the customary high mountain stages, a

prologue A prologue or prolog (from Ancient Greek πρόλογος ''prólogos'', from πρό ''pró'', "before" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier st ...

held in Slovenia, as well as an

individual time trial An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also trac ...

during the final week.

Stages

Prologue

;3 July 2015 –

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(Slovenia) to Ljubljana (Slovenia), ,

(ITT)

Stage 1

;4 July 2015 –

Kamnik Kamnik (; ''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 the ninth-largest town of Slovenia, located in t ...

(Slovenia) to Ljubljana (Slovenia),

Stage 2

;5 July 2015 –

Gaiarine Gaiarine is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Treviso, in the Italian region of Veneto, about north of Venice and about northeast of Treviso. Gaiarine borders these municipalities: Brugnera, Codogné, Cordignano, Fontanelle, Gode ...

San Fior San Fior is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italy, Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about northeast of Treviso. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,357 and an area of .All demogr ...

Stage 3

;6 July 2015 –

Curtatone Curtatone (Emilian dialects, Mantovano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Mantua, in the Italy, Italian region of Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southwest of Mantua. The municipality of Curtatone is forme ...

Mantua Mantua ( ; ; Lombard language, Lombard and ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Lombardy, and capital of the Province of Mantua, eponymous province. In 2016, Mantua was designated as the "Italian Capital of Culture". In 2 ...

Stage 4

;7 July 2015 –

Pioltello Pioltello ( ) 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, Segrate, Rodano, ...

Pozzo d'Adda Pozzo d'Adda ( , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Milan in the Italy, 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 sta ...

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 te ...

Aprica Aprica () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Sondrio, Lombardy, northern Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, ...

, Stage 5 marked the first summit finish of the race, with a climb up to the ski resort at Aprica. The average gradient of the climb was 3% with some sections over 10%.

Stage 6

;9 July 2015 – Tresivio to

Morbegno Morbegno (; or ; ) 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. Given its proximity to the San Marco Pass, which connects the Valtellina with th ...

Stage 7

;10 July 2015 –

Arenzano Arenzano (local ) is a coastal town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Genoa, Liguria, northern Italy, facing the Ligurian Sea. , it has a population of 11,445. This varies during the holiday seasons due to tourist flow. There are a num ...

Loano Loano () 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, Borghetto Sant ...

, The seventh stage of the race was the queen stage, as it took the riders up through the climbs of Naso di Gatto and the

Colle del Melogno Colle del Melogno (1028 m) is a mountain pass in the Province of Savona in Italy. It is located on the main chain of the Alps and connects Ceva and Calizzano with Magliolo and Finale Ligure, on the coast of Ligurian Sea. Hiking The pas ...

Stage 8

;11 July 2015 – Pisano to

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 July 2024, it had a population of 1,825 and an area of . Nebbiuno borders the ...

, ,

(ITT) The riders tackled the stage, starting in the region of Vergante,

Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...

. The route was described as containing technical and rolling terrain, concluding in a climb to

Comnago Lesa 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. Lesa borders the following municipalities: Belgirate, Brovello-Carpugnino, Is ...

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 ab ...