Giro d'Italia
Stage 8: Giulianova - Castelraimondo
Italy
Saturday 17 May 2025
197 km
Giro d’Italia: No GC action in Marche

Marche is not just one of the most stunning regions of Italy, it’s also one of the most visited by the first Grand Tour of the season, who has spent at least a day there more than 60 times in the last century. Most recently, before Saturday, this happened one year ago, when Soudal Quick-Step celebrated a great solo victory of Julian Alaphilippe after 120 kilometers in the break.
This weekend, another breakaway prevailed, Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) being the one who took the win in Castelraimondo after a lively first hour of racing which witnessed some strong attacks of Mattia Cattaneo and James Knox, just two of the riders who were determined to make it in the front group. A total of twenty riders jumped away in the end, enjoying a six-minute gap before some of them began to be distanced on Sassotetto, the longest climb of stage eight.
Behind, the peloton had a rather quiet day, despite the presence of some “muri” in the final 30 kilometers of the day, which means the gaps between the favourites for the general classification – where James Knox is the best placed Soudal Quick-Step rider – remain unchanged ahead of Sunday’s complicated stage on Tuscany’s gravel roads.
Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Luke Plapp Team Jayco AlUla |
4:44:20 |
2 |
Wilco Kelderman Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:38 |
3 |
Diego Ulissi XDS Astana Team |
0:38 |
4 |
Igor Arrieta Lizarraga UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
1:22 |
5 |
Nicolas Prodhomme Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
1:35 |
6 |
Andrea Vendrame Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
1:48 |
7 |
Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team |
1:48 |
8 |
Georg Steinhauser EF Education - EasyPost |
2:59 |
9 |
Romain Bardet Team Picnic PostNL |
3:02 |
10 |
Alessio Martinelli VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè |
4:37 |
35 |
James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step |
4:50 |
46 |
Gianmarco Garofoli
Soudal Quick-Step |
5:27 |
80 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step |
13:08 |
143 |
Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step |
28:20 |
170 |
Ethan Hayter
Soudal Quick-Step |
28:30 |
171 |
Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step |
28:32 |
172 |
Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step |
28:32 |
1 |
Diego Ulissi XDS Astana Team |
29:21:23 |
2 |
Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team |
0:12 |
3 |
Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:17 |
4 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:20 |
5 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:26 |
6 |
Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious |
0:44 |
7 |
Max Poole Team Picnic PostNL |
0:47 |
8 |
Michael Storer Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:50 |
9 |
Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:51 |
10 |
Simon Yates Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:56 |
31 |
James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step |
3:59 |
45 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step |
12:43 |
50 |
Gianmarco Garofoli
Soudal Quick-Step |
17:05 |
148 |
Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:21:24 |
149 |
Ethan Hayter
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:21:47 |
150 |
Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:22:20 |
162 |
Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:27:59 |
1 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
153 pt |
2 |
Alessandro Tonelli Team Polti VisitMalta |
59 pt |
3 |
Olav Kooij Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
55 pt |
4 |
Casper van Uden Team Picnic PostNL |
50 pt |
5 |
Orluis Aular Sanabria Movistar Team |
42 pt |
6 |
Edoardo Zambanini Bahrain - Victorious |
41 pt |
7 |
Thomas Pidcock Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
31 pt |
8 |
Manuele Tarozzi VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè |
26 pt |
9 |
Luke Plapp Team Jayco AlUla |
25 pt |
10 |
Taco van der Hoorn Intermarché - Wanty |
25 pt |
30 |
Gianmarco Garofoli
Soudal Quick-Step |
13 pt |
38 |
Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step |
10 pt |
58 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step |
5 pt |
72 |
Ethan Hayter
Soudal Quick-Step |
2 pt |
1 |
Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team |
98 pt |
2 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
50 pt |
3 |
Paul Double Team Jayco AlUla |
36 pt |
4 |
Manuele Tarozzi VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè |
32 pt |
5 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
24 pt |
6 |
Sylvain Moniquet Cofidis |
22 pt |
7 |
Romain Bardet Team Picnic PostNL |
18 pt |
8 |
Diego Ulissi XDS Astana Team |
17 pt |
9 |
Egan Bernal Gómez INEOS Grenadiers |
16 pt |
10 |
Alessandro Tonelli Team Polti VisitMalta |
16 pt |
33 |
Gianmarco Garofoli
Soudal Quick-Step |
3 pt |
1 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
29:21:43 |
2 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:06 |
3 |
Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious |
0:24 |
4 |
Max Poole Team Picnic PostNL |
0:27 |
5 |
Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:40 |
6 |
Davide Piganzoli Team Polti VisitMalta |
1:13 |
7 |
Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek |
1:14 |
8 |
Martin Tjøtta |
4:04 |
9 |
Embret Svestad-Bårdseng |
5:59 |
10 |
Edoardo Zambanini Bahrain - Victorious |
8:08 |
13 |
Gianmarco Garofoli
Soudal Quick-Step |
16:45 |
39 |
Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:22:00 |
43 |
Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:27:39 |
1 | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 88:02:13 |
2 | XDS Astana Team | 2:56 |
3 | Lidl - Trek | 7:38 |
4 | Movistar Team | 7:45 |
5 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 8:35 |
6 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 10:08 |
7 | Bahrain - Victorious | 11:54 |
8 | Team Jayco AlUla | 12:09 |
9 | INEOS Grenadiers | 12:35 |
10 | Team Picnic PostNL | 17:58 |