The leader of the general classification, the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (center), of the Visum-Liease to Bike, together with the mountain leader, the Australian Jay Vine (left), of the UAE Team Emries.
Photo: EFE – Javier Lizón
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The penultimate stage of the Tour of Spain left the champion of the 2025 edition. In a high demand tour, with five mountain ports and an outcome for real climbers, Jonas Vingegaard again demonstrated why he is the great dominator of the race and current cycling.
The Danish, Chief of Rows of the Visma | Lease Bike, launched a blunt attack in the last kilometers of the queen stage and crossed the finish line alone, expanding an advantage that consolidates it as owner of the red shirt. This Sunday, in Madrid, he will receive his crown as the king of this Iberian round.
The day was developed with a high rhythm from the beginning, but the leader of the general knew how to administer his forces. Vingegaard patiently waited for the right moment and, when the road was steep in the last repect, he replied with a rhythm change that his rivals could not follow.
This was the top 10 of the general classification:
The Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), his closest persecutor, tried to wait for the time indicated to attack, but not only did he not find it, but he could not keep the pace either and it was at a minute and 13 seconds of the leader in the general classification.
The third step of the podium remains for Tom Pidcock (Q36.5), which despite the attempts of the Australian Jai Hindley (Red Bull) managed to defend his position. The British is now 3 minutes and 11 seconds from Vingegaard, which is heading to close the Spanish round with a prestige place.
The battle was also lived in the classification of young people. The Italian Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull) gave ground in the last promotion and could not hold the white shirt. The great beneficiary was the American Matthew Riccitello (Israel Premier-Tech).
Colombians in the Tour of Spain 2025
As for the Colombian performance, Harold Tejada (Astana) remained the best located in the general. The Huilense occupies box 12, 21 minutes and 31 seconds from the leader. Within the Top 20 are also Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorus), fifteenth, and Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), in 17th place.
The white blue shirt has as an early champion the Australian Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates), who will be crowning as the best in the mountain, while the green of regularity has as its absolute leader the Danish Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek).
With the final stage in Madrid, which is traditionally a tribute to the champion, Vingegaard already has her first round to Spain and adds another title to a record that confirms it as one of the greats of her generation.
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