[8][9] On 2 July, the race kicked off from Fossano, Piedmont, with a team time trial, which featured as the opening stage for the fifth consecutive edition since its implementation in 2017.

The race then continued through Piedmont and travelled east through Liguria, Lombardy, and Veneto before finishing in Cormons, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, on 11 July.

[64] The most important was the general classification (GC), which was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage.

The rider with the least accumulated time after each stage was the race leader, identified by the pink jersey.

In the mountains classification, points were won by being one of the first five riders to reach the top of a climb.

Riders of the team classification leaders wore red dossards on the following stage.