Preview Sparkassen Münsterland Giro 2025: Prominent top sprinters at the start

Münsterland Giro 2025: The most important facts in brief

• Date: Friday, 3 October 2025
• Distance: 192 kilometres
• Start location: Stromberg; Destination: Minster
• First edition: 2006 (19th edition)
• Last year's winner: Jasper Philipsen
• Record winner: Jos van Emden, André Greipel, Marcel Kittel (twice)
• Organiser: City of Münster

The 19th edition of the Münsterland Giro is coming up and the field could not be more prominent for a race in cycling's second division. For the sprinters, it is one of the few opportunities to compete at the end of the season, which is why the start list reads like a who's who of sprint stars. Last year's winner Jasper Philipsen will also be there to try and defend his victory. First, however, the fast men have to conquer the many short climbs until the second half of the race flattens out and the field can gather.

Münsterland Giro 2025: The route

This year, the pros have to ride over five mountain classifications, with the Höxberg being the first challenge and starting after just 20 kilometres. Just a few kilometres later, there is another climb over the Höxberg and twice over the "An der Schanze" climb. After 94 kilometres, the last notable challenge awaits, the Pilatusberg. With gradients of over 10%, the Pilatusberg starts hard, but flattens out significantly at the end and, at just over a kilometre long, is not an impossible task for the peloton. However, there could be a breakaway attempt here at the latest. After this task, the peloton heads towards Münster on almost flat terrain.

Once in Münster, the finish line will be crossed three times before the fourth sprint. At least that is the most likely scenario, the victory of a group or individual breakaway seems almost impossible due to the flat second half of the race.

Münsterland Giro 2025: TV broadcast and live stream

The Münsterland Giro will be broadcast both on television and as a live stream. The TV channel Eurosport 1 will broadcast the race live and free-to-air from 16:00 to 17:45. The fee-based streaming service Discovery Plus will be broadcasting the classic in a live stream from 1 pm. There will also be a Sports live stream from 13:05.