Simon Yates gives the Giro d'Italia 2025 an unforgettable finale!

Simon Yates gives the Giro d'Italia 2025 an unforgettable finale!

Circus Maximus, Rom, Italien - Simon Yates on June 1, 2025 the Giro d’Italia Empire and his skills impressively demonstrated. The driver of Visma-Lease A Bike described his triumph as a career highlight and reflected on the last three weeks, which for him were both physically and mentally.

Yates, who is now the eighth cyclist who was able to win both the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España, took over the coveted pink leader jersey in the last mountain stage on the Colle Delle Finestre. The final stage of this year's race started in the Vatican and ended at the famous Circus Maximus. This was not only a memorable moment for Yates, but also for cycling, as it was the first stage that led through the Vatican.

a moving conclusion

The last stage began with a minute's silence for Daisy, the wife of the former driver Robert Sin before Pope Leo XIV blessed the peloton. The first kilometers of the stage were completed in a calm neutralized phase, followed by a sprint-emphasized section on the Fontana Dello Zodiaco, where Olav Kooij, also from Visma-Lease A Bike, secured the stage victory. This was Kooij's second stage win of the race.

Yates ended the race almost four minutes before his next rival, Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), and almost five minutes ahead of Richard Carapaz (EF Education-Easypost). Yates' victory followed a decisive attack on the Colle Delle Finestre in the 20th stage, which laid the foundation for his overall ranking.

The competition and setbacks

del Toro, who dueled with Yates over the entire round, expressed that "every game plays" and contains the bike race both profits and losses. He couldn't notice Yates' attacks in time and finally had to hand over the Giro to him. With this success, Yates wanted to complete the chapter of his setback in 2018 at the Finestre and prove that he can survive on the very big stage. That year he had broken into the leader and had lost the Giro.

In addition to Yates and Kooij, other drivers were also awarded: Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) won in the rating, Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS Astana) won the victory in the mountain ranking and del Toro was awarded the best young driver. In the competition, Patrick Konrad from Austria finished 106th and the overall ranking in 73th place with a gap of 3:17:41 hours.

yates' triumph at Giro d’Italia 2025 is also his second Grand Tour victory after winning Vuelta a España in 2018. According to the List of winners He is now part of an elite group of drivers who are able to win such significant races. This victory not only marks a personal success for Yates, but also brings it into conversation for future cycling highlights.