The Belgian cyclist of Alpecin Jasper Philipsen celebrates his victory in the eighth stage of the Tour of Spain.
Photo: EFE – Javiler Lizón
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The Belgian Jasper Philipsen took the victory on Saturday after imposing himself in the sprint with which he concluded stage 8 of the return to Spain 2025. The day did not leave major news in the general classification, which keeps the Norwegian Torsten Træen as a leader.
Philipsen, figure of alpecin-sayuninck, fulfilled the forecasts and won in Zaragoza. The sprinter completed the tour in 3 hours, 43 minutes and 48 seconds. On the podium of the day he was accompanied by Italian Elia Viviani (Lotto) and the British Ethan Vernon (Israel Premier-Tech).
The Belgian, aspiring to the fight for the green shirt of the points, had already celebrated in this edition: he did it in the first fraction, also to the sprint. The Danish Mads Pedersen and Vernon, winner of the fourth stage also appear in the dispute for that jersey.
The layout of the day favored the sprinters: a flat route that left from Castillo de Monzón, to the north of the Spanish territory, and extended for 163.5 kilometers to conclude in the center of Zaragoza, with an accumulated slope of 1,236 meters.
As expected in a fraction for sprinters, the general classification did not undergo changes. The Red T -shirt continues in the hands of the Norwegian Torsten Træen (Bahrain Victorious), with 2:33 of advantage over the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease Bike), his closest persecutor.
The best Colombian remains the Cundinamarqués Egan Bernal, head of ranks of the ineos Grenadiers, which is located ninth to 2:55 of Træen. The Zipaquireño has shown regularity during the first week of competition and aims to continue climbing positions.
The race will continue this Sunday with its ninth stage, a steep day between Alfaro and Valdezcaray (195.5 km) with an unevenness of 3,311 meters and final in a demanding rise, a propitious land for the positions of the upper part of the general.
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