29° GiroSardegna

The 2024 experiment of the Gravel stage was “strong” (it was a “UCI Gravel World Series” race valid as a selection for the World Championship of the specialty) but at the same time “timid” (it was outside the general classification and therefore few registered for the GiroSardegna chose to participate).

Now we are re-proposing the Gravel and keeping the two “specialties” separate … but, with the possibility of doing both, in order to “complete” an event that is even more confirmed to be unique in the world!

The 29th GiroSardegna can therefore be customized in the desired way, being able to register for:

“GiroSardegna-Gravel” is the race on April 25th. You can decide to participate ONLY in this race, confirmed in the UCI Gravel World Series, which selects athletes for the World Championship with rules and rankings dictated by the international regulation (Elite and Amateurs compete and UCI age categories are awarded).
“GiroSardegna-Classic”: is the “classic” road event from April 26th to May 1st that maintains the structure of the 6 stages with two routes (GranGiro and MedioGiro) unchanged. You can decide to participate ONLY in the road event with the rules and rankings of the Italian Authority: every day the first three to reach the finish line in the two routes (Men and Women) are awarded; and the leaders of the general classifications wear the Yellow Jersey (GranGiro) and Pink Jersey (MedioGiro)
“GiroSardegna-Gold”: this is the super-event from April 25th to May 1st: it groups together Gravel and Classic and those who choose it know that in the awards ceremony on May 1st special prizes are awarded and the final Gold Jersey will be awarded in all age categories to the first in terms of time sum in the seven stages
“Try-GiroSardegna-”: this is a “taste” of the Gold that allows you to participate in the first three stages taking advantage of the holidays (Gravel-25, Crono-26, and road stage-27). Those who choose it participate in stage prizes and classifications but not in the leader’s jerseys of the general classification.

Even in the locations, the 2025 event responds to the desire to innovate while remaining classic and then:

The “GiroSardegna-Gravel” will propose a good part of the beautiful route of 2024 (with the passage on the beach of Berchida and in the Oasis of Bidderosa), but this time it starts/finishes from the seaside village of Santa Lucia di Siniscola in order to also add the third “pearl” of Capo Comino
The “GiroSardegna-Classic” returns to the routes of Budoni and, while confirming the unmissable stages (the start of the time trial in the scenery of the beach of Lu Impostu; the panoramic finish on the north-east of Sardinia; the solitary roads of Alà dei Sardi), it offers many new features (starts and finishes in front of the hotel; elimination of the initial Granfondo; insertion of a race in the circuit)

New features and greater attention also to cycle-tourism, and those who sign up for the “Tour”, can choose to do so:

“Muscular” – you start in a group with the muscular bike to take short and relaxing routes
“E-Bike” – the group of those who, with an assisted bike, want/can go further
“Gravel” – will be the group of those who love to roam without borders on any terrain

… but, obviously, the “Tour” maintains its philosophy of pedaling in complete freedom without competing, and does NOT consider these three “diversities” as barriers that divide, but as the possibility of “mixing”!

It should also be kept in mind that the 2025 calendar offers an unusual series of short holidays, being able to combine “over a long weekend”: Easter/Easter Monday (20 and 21 April); National Liberation Day (25 April); the last weekend of April (26 and 27) and International Workers’ Day (1 May): just a few days of vacation are enough to experience the great “Amateur Cycling Festival” that the GiroSardegna wants to be for everyone!

In short, once again I repeat loudly that the GiroSardegna is an event not to be missed!

The program will be online on August 15th and registrations open from September 1st: register now if you want to be there!!

Tonino Scarpitti
President of Mare e Monti