Another opportunity for Colombia? Tour and tour of stage 17 in Vuelta 2025 | Egan Bernal | Jonas Vingergaard | Harold Tejada

Stage 17 of the Tour of Spain 2025, with the end at the Alto de El Moriberro, can mark a before and after in the fight for the red shirt between Jonas Vingegaard and Joao Almeida, on a high mountain day that also excites Colombians in search of another partial victory.

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The return to Spain 2025 Enter its final stretch and this Wednesday September 10 proposes a day that can be key to defining the general classification. Stage 17con 143.2 kilometers between Or Valdeorras boat and El Alto de El Morirerowill test the favorites with a first -class high end that promises show and wear.

The tour starts in Galician territory and enters Castilla y Leónwith wavy terrain that will serve as prelude to the great challenge of the day. At kilometer 75 a third category portbut all the attention is put in the outcome: an unpublished ascent to the morredero that will be released by a slope never used in professional competition.

Altimetry and Tour of stage 17

The final port has an extension of 8.8 kilometers to 9.8 % of average slope, with sections that reach up to 16 % In the first five kilometers. That initial hardness will make a natural selection in the favorite groupwhere they are expected to be the strongest to play the victory. The closure, with horseshoe curves and a 200 -meter line, It will be the ideal scenario for climbers to play their latest letters on the mountain.

In the general, Jonas Vingegaard defends the red shirt with 48 seconds of advantage over JOAO ALMEIDA. The Danish, a solid visa leader, arrives with the unknown of whether it will extend differences or adopt a conservative position to contain the attacks of his rival. For its part, the Portuguese of UAE Emirates He needs to risk and launch offensive, although the lack of support of his team in the toughest ports has so far been his Achilles heel.

The stage also opens the door for triumph hunters to find an opportunity. Colombian cyclists, who have already celebrated with Egan Bernal in stage 16, could re -encourage the escape of the day, with Santiago Buitrago and Harold Tejada. Their condition of not representing danger in the general gives them margin to seek prominence and aspire to a new partial success.

With few remaining opportunities to alter the podium, the Morratero is emerging as a true Judge of the Vuelta. The hardness of the port, the accumulated wear and the need to move the race makes a vibrant afternoon foresee, where each pedaling can make the difference between the dream of glory and wear without reward.