Just 100 days until the start of the 2025 Tour of Valle d'Aosta, the race reserved for the under 23 category with the most editions disputed, on par with the Tour de l'Avenir. After the success of the 60th edition, preparations are in full swing for the event scheduled from July 16 to 20.

The inaugural stage starts and ends in Aosta. The day will be a tribute to the city, which this year celebrates 2050 years since its founding, and represents the return of the Petit Tour to the regional capital after three years, with French rider Alex Baudin being the last winner.

The second stage will take place entirely in French territory, in the Haute-Savoie department. After last year's discovery, the Plaine Joux ski resort is confirmed in the race route, this time as the finish of a hill climb time trial starting from the municipality of Passy. A short stage that will mark the first gaps in the general classification. The hill climb time trial returns after seven years of absence: back then, the fastest was Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard, at the first international success of his career.

In the third stage, one of the symbolic mountains of the Tour of Valle d'Aosta appears, the Great St. Bernard Pass. As happened during its last appearance in the route, in the now distant 2015 when Dutch rider Koen Bouwman prevailed, the day begins in Pré Saint Didier and ends across the border, at the top of the climb that divides the region from the Valais Canton. The finish line, located at 2,473 meters above sea level, is the highest among those proposed this season in the UCI Europe Tour races.

The fourth stage starts from the municipality of Saint Pierre and finishes in Valsavarenche, in the locality of Pont, as happened in 2019 during the day of glory of Dutch rider Kevin Inkelaar. In the territory of the Gran Paradiso National Park, the riders will climb like ibexes among the route's climbs, approaching 2,000 meters of altitude again.

For the fourth consecutive year, the race ends in the shadow of the Matterhorn. The start from Valtournenche and the finish at 2,000 meters in Breuil Cervinia represent a pleasant tradition: who will succeed Spanish rider Pablo Torres as stage winner and Belgian Jarno Widar as overall champion?

THE STAGES

Wednesday, July 16, 1st stage: Aosta - Aosta
Thursday, July 17, 2nd stage: Hill climb time trial Passy (France) - Plaine Joux (France)
Friday, July 18, 3rd stage: Pré Saint Didier - Great St. Bernard Pass (Switzerland)
Saturday, July 19, 4th stage: Saint Pierre - Valsavarenche (Pont locality)
Sunday, July 20, 5th stage: Valtournenche - Breuil Cervinia