The Huilense Harold Tejada (der.) He was the best Colombian of the general classification of the return to Spain 2025. The Antioquia Sergio Higuita had to abbey after stage 13.
Photo: EFE – Javier Lizón
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The return to Spain 2025 this Sunday arrived at its closing in Madrid with Danish Jonas Vingegaard as a great winner. The visa leader | Lease Bike consolidated an impeccable round and solidly wore the red shirt for 15 of the 21 days of competition.
Vingegaard ratified his superiority over the three weeks. In the high mountain he was solid, he resisted the attacks of his rivals and finished with authority in the key stages. With this, he strengthened himself as the great reference of world cycling and completed his first return to Spain in his record.
The Portuguese João Almeida, of the UAE Team Emirates, who was second with a difference of a minute and 16 seconds, accompanied by the podium. The third step went to the British Tom Pidcock, of the modest team Q36.5, which ended at 3:11 minutes.
For Colombia, the 2025 edition left an encouraging balance: three beetles finished among the 20 best in the general classification. Huilense Harold Tejada (Astana) was the great revelation. It ended in box 12, at 21:31 of the champion.
In 15th place was the Bogota Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorus), head of the ranks of his squad, who despite not being able to fight fully on the podium, completed the eighth great return of his career with 45:38 minutes late with respect to Vingegaard.
Egan Bernal, Protagonista
For his part, Cundinamarqués Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) signed an exciting return. Although he could not appear in the highest part of the general, he reinvented himself in the last week with prominence in the leaks and the victory in stage 16. The 2019 Tour champion and the 2021 turn ended in box 17, at 46:26 minutes.
The Boyacense Juan Guillermo Martínez (Team Picnic Postnl) was 54, while Brandon Rivera, Gregario in the INEOS, ended 81. The Bogota Esteban Chaves (EF), which abandoned in stage 12, or the Antioquia Sergio Higuita (Astana), who did not take the game in 14.
This was the Colombians in the Tour of Spain 2025:
| Position | Cyclist | Equipment | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | +21:31 |
| 15 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain – Victorious | +45:38 |
| 17 | Egan Bernal | INEOS Grenadiers | +46:26 |
| 54 | Juan Guillermo Martínez | Team Picnic PostNL | +2:27:08 |
| 81 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | +3:01:23 |
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