Stage 15 left the prominence of Colombians Egan Bernal and Santiago Buitrago, sixth and fourth respectively, but the Danish prize mats Mads Pedersen in his first victory of the Iberian Round.
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The Danish cyclist Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) conquered this Sunday the Stage 15 of the Tour of Spain 2025a route of 167.8 kilometers between A Veigadeo/Vegadeo and Monforte de Lemos. The former world champion was imposed on a sprint reduced to Venezuelan Orluis aula and to Italian Marco Frigothus achieving his first victory in this edition of the Iberian Round.
The day was marked by a numerous escapewith more than five minutes apart from the platoon, which forced teams such as Visma-Lease a Bike y Bahrain-Victorious To work hard to control the race. Jay Vine shone in the mountain ports, but the outcome was in the hands of the sprinters of the front group. There, Pedersen launched a Demolor Sprint that gave him his Victoria number 60 as a professional.
Colombian prominence: Egan Bernal and Santiago Buitrago
Among the outstanding notes of the day were the Colombians. Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) He was encouraged to attack in the last kilometers, seeking to surprise Lemos Monforte approach. His offensive was neutralized, but made it clear that the Zipaquireño maintains good feelings in the third week of the competition, despite the blows of time suffered with the latest two demanding high mountain stages.
For its part, Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorious) He remained firm in the main group, confirming his regularity in the mountain and entering again to the top 20 of the race, along with the Colombians Harold Tejada and Egan Bernal. The Bogota continues with options to fight and stay in important positions, and because no, take one of the next stages.
General classification without changes
The general individual It had no modifications after stage 15. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) Continue to wear the red jersey with 48 seconds of advantage over João Almeida (UAE Emirates-XRG) And more than two minutes about Thomas Pidcock (Q36.5). The best Spanish is still Abel Balderstonealthough more than 19 minutes from the leader.
After the rest day, the race will resume action on Tuesday with the Stage 16 between Poio and Mos. Castro de Herville (167.9 km)a half mountain route with four punctual ports and a high end with 6%ramps. A day that promises attacks and in which Colombians could be protagonists again.
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