Tadej Pogacar (left) together with Mathieu van der Poel, leader of the general classification of the Tour de France 2025.
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The Belgian Tim Merlier, of the Quick-Step Soudal team, won this Monday in the third stage of the Tour de France 2025 after a vibrant packaging that allowed him to celebrate in Dunkerque. Dutch Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin – Diseuninck) retained the yellow jersey for the second consecutive day.
The great favorites to the title, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease to Bike), remain well positioned and do not lose sight of the leader. The Slovenian remains just four seconds from Van der Poel, while the Danish is six.
The best Colombian located in the general classification is the Bogota Santiago Buitrago, head of the ranks of Bahrain Victorious, 49 seconds from the figure of the alpcin-diseuninck. The other competition beetles are Einer Rubio (Movistar), Harold Tejada (Astana) and Sergio Higita (Astana).
The action in the 112 edition of the Tour de France continues this Wednesday with a new half -mountain day, the second of the six that have a similar profile in this edition. The tour between Amiens and Ruan will have a total extension of 174.2 kilometers.
There will be several short but constant promotions. In total, the runners will face 1,979 meters of positive slope. Although there are five mountain ports on the layout, the challenge will not be very demanding, since three of the awards will be fourth and the other two of Third.
As for the weather, it is expected, according to the forecasts, that the fourth stage takes place under relatively favorable conditions. The temperature is estimated that it is around 20 degrees Celsius and the probability of rain is kept low, around 10%.
As the time intervals in the general are not very large, movements were expected in the upper part of the table. It does not seem to be an ideal day for leaks, but everything can happen in the final meters, where scratching seconds of bonus will be key to the fight for the yellow jersey.
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