Giro-E Enel: a wonderful seventh edition!

The Rome parade stage marked the end of this wonderful seventh Giro-E Enel – the 2025 edition of an event first held in 2019 – which started on 13 May in Ostuni.

18 stages, 1,098 kilometres and nearly 20,000 metres of elevation gain for close to 2,000 lucky participants who got to enjoy this exclusive e-bike experience, the only Grand Tour in the world with pedal-assisted racing bikes, on the roads and the days of the Giro d’Italia. The event was organised by RCS Sports & Events, which also organises the Giro d’Italia. 18 Official Teams participated in all the stages and there were also many Daily Teams, who cycled for a total of 41 days.

It all began with the Teams Presentation on 11 May in Lecce, with 11,000 people in the city square and music by DJ and producer Federico Scavo. It ended with the parade on Sunday in Rome, with all the city’s splendour: a four-lap circuit that included the Coliseum, the Imperial Fora and the Lungotevere boulevard.

Rome was the final, record-breaking stage, with an impressive 21 teams at the starting line. Apart from the Giro d’Italia 108 and the Giro-E, there was also the third edition of the Giro d’Italia-Family Ride, a non-competitive cycling event open to all families. Its route was 6.8 kilometres long, closed to traffic, and went from Viale Aventino to the finish line of the Giro d’Italia in Via del Circo Massimo, with over 4,000 cyclists of all ages participating.

This ending certainly lived up to the expectations of a Giro-E Enel that was extremely entertaining for three full weeks (the normal duration of a Grand Tour), with climbs, downhill sections, flat parts, hilly parts, the sea, cities and high mountains, but above all emotions, fun and joy, besides a great physical effort and discovering the pleasure of riding a pedal-assisted bike, which as a racing bike is a way for everyone to experience the Giro-E and the light pedalling of a professional. Pedal-assisted bikes in their various guises are fun, can be used for tourism and offer a real alternative in everyday mobility, which will hopefully become sustainable in Italy one day too.

The stage that ended in Piazza del Campo in Siena was truly unforgettable, as were the climbs up the Mortirolo Pass and the Colle delle Finestre, which completely changed the standings of the Giro d’Italia and became a lifelong memory for the participants of the Giro-E, who experienced what a day as real professionals on the roads of the Giro d’Italia feels like, cycling with no traffic around them and crossing the finish line of the Giro d’Italia.

These are unforgettable experiences, as underlined by the many athletes and prominent figures who participated in this year’s edition: for example the Minister for Sport and Youth Andrea Abodi, the President of the Abruzzo Region Marco Marsilio, the ANCI Vicepresident and Lega Ciclismo Professionistico President Roberto Pella, the President of the Federazione Ciclistica Italiana Cordiano Dagnoni, the Head of the Department for Major Events, Tourism, Sport and Fashion of Rome City Council Andrea Imbimbo, the Mission Impossible-The Final Reckoning team, who cycled in Naples, former motorcycle racing world champions Marco Melandri and Carlos Checa, comedian Ubaldo Pantani, singer Paolo Belli and many mayors, Olympic gold medalists Ilaria Spirito (volleyball), Simone Raineri (rowing) and Matteo Stefanini (rowing), as well as volleyball player Nicola Salsi, guitarist Davide Ferrario and rugby players Andrea Lo Cicero and Valerio Bernabò, Special Olympics and paralympic athletes Alessandro Ossola, Andrea Devicenzi, Mirko Bettega, Alen Kobilica.

Quotes

Francesca Gostinelli, Head of Enel X Global Retail: “The Giro-E is much more than a simple sporting event: it is a journey into the energy of a country that is moving, an event that brings together different areas and communities. Enel is proud to have been part of this event this year too along the roads of Italy. It has been a tangible way for us to show that we support local areas and to promote our vision of an inclusive energy transition. We share the Giro-E’s aspiration of a future based on sustainability that is more equal and shared”.

Roberto Salvador, Director of the Giro-E Enel: “It has been the toughest and perhaps most beautiful edition of the Giro-E from a cycling perspective… at least until next year. The start cities are increasingly pro-active, the Green Fun Village by Continental grows every year, the audience is increasingly engaged, and the participants are always very happy. We have noticed that there is a constantly growing interest from the towns and cities in hosting the stages of the Giro-E, which is now considered an important event when it comes to promoting sustainable mobility and tourism. Our audience keeps growing too, thanks to the Green Fun Village with its forms of interaction and entertainment. I want to thank all our partners, all the teams who brought so many top athletes and prominent figures to this event, as well as the Giro-E staff, of course, who made this incredible pedal-assisted Grand Tour possible”.

The team captains

Many famous individuals have participated in the event. One of the many reasons the event has been so successful is that the team captains guided and supported the participants throughout the stages; they were also joined by great cycling champions. For example, Gianni Bugno, Igor Astarloa, Miguel Indurain (who was cheered by everyone at his first participation in the Giro-E) and Sonny Colbrelli participated in the Valsir stage. Other participants were Claudio Chiappucci (ANCI), Damiano Cunego (Continental), Andrea Tafi (Autostrade per l’Italia), Marco Canola (Virgin Active), Sacha Modolo (Trenitalia), Marco Benfatto (MCZ), Alessandro Spezialetti (Tudor), Justine Mattera (Enel), Elisa Scarlatta (Toyota), Amedeo Tabini (Fly Cycling Citroën), Lello Ferrara (Italia.it), Emiliano Cantagallo (Sara Assicurazioni), Andrea Pusateri (Rovagnati), Maurizio Formichetti (Regione Abruzzo), Giuseppe Bica (RCS Sport) and Umberto Carfora (RCS Sport & Events), who were joined by former professionals Marino Lejarreta, Edita Pučinskaitė, Alberto Ongarato, Raffaele Illiano and Roberto Ferrari.

Green Fun Village by Continental

Green Fun Village by Continental was also a huge success. It was inaugurated in Lecce on 11 May as a preview of the Giro-E 2025. Larger and larger spaces, more and more entertainment, games, information about green mobility, sustainability and the energy transition. Some of the exhibitors of the 2025 edition were Continental (Main Sponsor of the Green Fun Village), Enel (Title Sponsor of the Giro-E), MOST (National Centre on Sustainable Mobility), Trenitalia, Lombardo Bikes, Rovagnati, MCZ and many local partners that changed from stage to stage.

There was also an educational project called Biciscuola, created specifically for the primary schools of the provinces involved in the Giro d’Italia, the Giro-E and all the other races organised by RCS Sport. 2,300 classes from 42 Provinces participated in the 2025 edition.

Giorgio Cattaneo, Head of Communication at Continental Italia: “This year’s Giro-E has been an extraordinary event, like its previous editions. It’s the ideal platform to discuss the fundamental values of Continental, such as safety and sustainability. Moreover, being the Main Sponsor of the Green Fun Village enabled us to travel across Italy to talk directly to people, raise awareness of these matters and show them Continental’s commitment to developing premium tyres, such as the UltraContact NXT, displayed in the village and with up to 65% of it made up of renewable and recycled materials. We believe that those who develop premium products must implement policies centred on sustainability during the production process, when seeking raw materials, in the development of products that can guarantee long-term performance levels and of course when handling the product’s end of life”.

ANCI talks at the Giro-E: building ecosystems that foster youth inclusion

>Many Talks were held at the Green Fun Village to provide information and gain a deeper insight into the topics discussed. They were organised by ANCI – the National Association of Italian Municipalities – and MOST – the National Centre on Sustainable Mobility.

Roberto Pella, ANCI Vicepresident: “The number of participants in the Giro-E and the organisation of the Forums set up in the hospitality area of the Green Fun Village to enhance local areas, stimulate the key role of young people and promote good, healthy lifestyles were amazing and, most importantly, authentic, as they were the result of an effective collaboration between institutions, local areas and local communities. Once again this year ANCI has been able to turn the energy of the Giro-E – which is a great occasion to showcase our Municipalities together with the Giro d’Italia – into opportunities for young people, local areas and institutions to share ideas. I want to thank Minister Andrea Abodi and the Head of the Department for Youth Policies Michele Scicioli, because activities such as the six Forums, the stages the ANCI Team of young local administrators took part in, led by cycling champion Chiappucci, the Giro Express and the “Reporter for a day” project with the participating schools – financed thanks to the National Fund for Youth Policies – show that sport can generate local development and have a social impact driven by the youth, as well as promote good, healthy lifestyles”.

Gianmarco Montanari, General Director of MOST: “Participating in the Giro-E has been a unique opportunity for MOST to combine scientific communication, technological innovation and a culture of sustainability. In this edition, thanks to the coordination of the Universities of Bergamo and Brescia and the involvement of new players, we’ve been able to present advanced prototypes related to light mobility: charging stations, concepts of modular bikes and sustainable cargo bikes. Direct exchanges of ideas with professionals and teams lead to better ideas: our goal is to turn them into tangible solutions for a mobility that is increasingly inclusive, active and integrated in our local areas”.

Click here to see the full Giro-E Enel 2025 standings.