Santiago Buitrago, in the third stage of the Tour of Spain 2025.
Foto: @BHRVictorious
Summary and Fast Informame
Listen to this article
Audio generated with Google
This Monday, the third stage of the Tour of Spain 2025 left intense emotions and a great performance of Colombian cyclists. In a frantic closure, the Frenchman David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) took the victory by imposing himself in the final meters, while Egan Bernal and Santiago Buitrago entered the Top-10 of the fraction, consolidating the Colombian presence in the upper part of the race.
The tour, 134 kilometers, was short but very explosive, with a broken terrain and a final climb in Ceres that forced the favorites to do their best.
From the beginning there were multiple escape attempts, including the starring Quinn, Verre, Gamper and Van Boven, who encouraged the day, although they were finally neutralized by the platoon thanks to Lidl-Trek's work.
The stage was marked by the intensity in the rise of the ISSIGLIO and the subsequent intermediate sprint, in which Pedersen and Vingegaard added key points. However, the real emotion came in the last kilometers, when Gaudu surprised in a closed curve to leave rivals like Pedersen and the leader himself, Jonas Vingegaard.
The French took advantage of his explosiveness to get inside the last curve and launch a fulminating attack that catapulted him to victory. It was a tactical and brave ending, which gave Gaudu his first triumph in this edition of the Vuelta and that demonstrated the importance of placement in the final meters.
Colombians were protagonists of the day
For their part, Colombians had a prominent performance. Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) arrived seventh and Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) eighth, showing consistency in this start of the race. Both remained well positioned in the favorite group and enter strongly in the fight for the general classification.
The stage also had moments of tension with falls and punctures, such as Harold Martín López (Astana) and Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (EF Education), although without major consequences. The squad always rolled at high speed, which reduced opportunities for pure sprinters and kept attentive favorites at all times.
Jonas Vingegaard. The Danish is still the great reference of the race and maintains the pressure on his rivals waiting for the mountain days.
This was the general classification after the third stage
Vingegaard continues leader with a total time of 10h55: 36, followed by Gaudu four seconds, Ciccone eight seconds and Egan Bernal in the fourth box to 14 seconds.
Santiago Buitrago, meanwhile, occupies the seventh position, less than 20 seconds from the leader, confirming his great start in this return.
The fourth stage, which will be played on Tuesday, August 26, will have 203.7 kilometers between Susa (Italy) and Vaujany (France) and will include five categorized ports, including Col du Mont Cenis and Col du Lutaret, which will mark a huge wear.
Although the end is not high, the descent and the false plain to Vajany can open the door both to leaks and attacks of favorites. A decisive stage that will test the resistance of the entire squad.
🚴🏻⚽🏀 The latest in sports?: Everything you should know about world sport is in the spectator
