Racing
EF Education-Oatly's Giro d’Italia Women squad
We’re bringing a young and eager roster to the Italian grand tour
July 2, 2025
The Giro d’Italia Women is consistently one of the hardest stage races on the calendar and 2025 is no exception. The eight stages total over 900 kilometers and feature 14,300 meters of elevation gain spread across one time trial, one flat stage, four medium mountain stages, and two high mountain stages. Racing kicks off this Sunday, July 6 and runs through Sunday, July 13.
We’re bringing Babette van der Wolf, Kim Cadzow, Maya Kingma, Mirre Knaven, Nina Berton, Sarah Roy, and Veronica Ewers to take on the Italian grand tour. Maya, a former triathlete, has just joined the squad ahead of the Giro where she will make her professional road racing debut.
This is a young roster which means they are eager and will be opportunistic. Look for them in the breakaway, on the attack, and supporting each other as they race the second grand tour of the season.
Hear our riders’ thoughts ahead of the 2025 Giro d’Italia Women.
Babette van der Wolf
This is my first Giro, and honestly, I’m just really excited to gain this experience with the team. We’re lining up with a strong squad, and I can’t wait to learn as much as possible, give it everything we’ve got, and aim for a great Giro together. I hope this experience helps build my engine for the years ahead!
My goal is to be the best teammate I can be, in every way. The race will be tough, and the heat will definitely make things more challenging, but we’ll take it day by day and keep setting goals together to get the best out of ourselves as a team.
Kim Cadzow
The route is hard. You know going into a grand tour it’s never going to be easy, but there is a lot of climbing in this Giro. With the Giro, we also know that there is an extreme element of heat so the two together will definitely make for a hard edition and the strongest but also the smartest will prevail.
Who doesn’t like the food in Italy! After every Giro I’ve raced, I’ve stayed an extra three days to enjoy the food and the sun. It’s the reward I need after such a grueling race.
Maya Kingma
I'm going to the Giro without expectations, but also ready for everything. I will watch and learn from my teammates and will probably ask them a lot of questions. I'm really looking forward to not doing this alone, but with a great team, all together!
Most importantly: I will be racing my first pro cycling race! For that race to be the Giro is simply amazing. And I really love the mountains, so I hope I can enjoy that a bit as well.
Mirre Knaven
I'm really excited for it! For sure it will be a nice experience. I'm a little nervous but really happy to do it.
I am not looking for a particular result for myself at the Giro. For me, it’s more about learning and growing as a rider so I hope to end the Giro with more experience. That is my personal goal, and I want to ride well with the team and see what we can do. And have fun, of course!
Nina Berton
I’m excited to help the team wherever I can—whether that’s creating and chasing breakaways, keeping our lead rider safe, or handing out ice socks on the climbs. We’ve got a great vibe in the team, and I think we can definitely shake things up together. A stage win would be amazing, and if we can have fun and suffer in the heat together, that’s a win, too!
The Giro is just as special as it is hard. Special? It’s Italy—so the food’s good (big plus), the scenery is insane, and every small town looks like it belongs on a postcard.
Hard? It’s Italy—so it’s a lot of mountains, heat (which I definitely love—kidding!), twisty roads, and stages that never seem to end. Basically, it’s a beautiful sufferfest. But that’s the charm of the Giro; you survive one stage, and then somehow you’re excited to do it all over again the next day. It really tests every part of you, both physically and mentally. But that’s also what makes it so special; it’s a race with a lot of history and character.
Sarah Roy
This will be my 10th Giro, and although it’s shorter than it used to be, it is still just as hot. Besides the intense and aggressive one-day style racing, it’s the heat at the Giro that really makes it challenging. So, my main tip is always to focus on your hydration and cooling strategies. Pre, post and during the stages, there are specific cooling techniques that are proven to help like cold water on your hands for example.
The long history of the Giro makes it special, along with the maglia rosa being such a famous jersey, and of course the beautiful Italian countryside.
Veronica Ewers
I’m excited to race the Giro as I have fond memories from the Giro in 2023. Though I’m not in the form I was then, racing in a grand tour is always special and with more stages means more opportunity!
I love to race in Italy because of its beauty. The mountains and the sea, the people. It is a beautiful country. My teammates and I also always seem to have fun memories from races in Italy.
2025 Giro d'Italia Women route
Stage 1
Start: Bergamo | Finish: Bergamo | Distance: 14.2km
Stage 2
Start: Clusone | Finish: Aprica | Distance: 92km
Stage 3
Start: Vezza d'Oglio | Finish: Trento | Distance: 122km
Stage 4
Start: Castello Tesino | Finish: Pianezze (Caldobbiadene) | Distance: 142km
Stage 5
Start: Mirano | Finish: Monselice | Distance: 120km
Stage 6
Start: Bellaria-Igea Marina | Finish: Terre Roveresche (Orciano di Pesaro) | Distance: 145km
Stage 7
Start: Fermignano | Finish: Monte Nerone | Distance: 150km
Stage 8
Start: Forlì | Finish: Imola (Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari) | Distance: 134km