2015 Giro d'Italia Femminile
The 2015 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or 2015 Giro Rosa, was the 26th running of the Giro d'Italia Femminile, the only remaining women's Grand Tour and the most prestigious stage race on the 2015 women's road cycling calendar. It was held between 3 and 12 July 2015 over ten stages, which contained the customary high mountain stages, a prologue held in Slovenia, as well as an individual time trial during the final week.
Stages
Prologue
;3 July 2015 – Ljubljana to Ljubljana,, individual time trialStage 1
;4 July 2015 – Kamnik to Ljubljana,Stage 2
;5 July 2015 – Gaiarine to San Fior,Stage 3
;6 July 2015 – Curtatone to Mantua,Stage 4
;7 July 2015 – Pioltello to Pozzo d'Adda,Stage 5
;8 July 2015 – Trezzo sull'Adda to Aprica,Stage 5 marked the first summit finish of the race, with a climb up to the ski resort at Aprica. The average gradient of the climb was 3% with some sections over 10%.
Stage 6
;9 July 2015 – Tresivio to Morbegno,Stage 7
;10 July 2015 – Arenzano to Loano,The seventh stage of the race was the queen stage, as it took the riders up through the climbs of Naso di Gatto and the Colle del Melogno.
Stage 8
;11 July 2015 – Pisano to Nebbiuno,, individual time trialThe riders tackled the stage, starting in the region of Vergante, Piedmont. The route was described as containing technical and rolling terrain, concluding in a climb to Comnago.