Peloton members during the Tour of Spain 2025.
Photo: EFE – Javier Lizón
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The return to Spain will live on Thursday one of its decisive days with the dispute of stage 18, an individual counterreloj that suffered a last minute change. What was planned as a journey of 27.2 kilometers was reduced by half: it will only be 12.2 kilometers in the streets of Valladolid.
The organization explained in a statement that the modification was adopted “with the aim of providing greater protection for the development of the stage.” The decision was made in coordination with the City of Valladolid and after consulting with the Colegio de Commissioners.
Despite the cut, both the exit and the goal will remain in the initially planned places. It will be the second battle against the stopwatch in this edition of the Iberian Round. The first ran in Figueras, during the fifth stage, under the format of counterreloj by teams. There the UAE Team Emirates was imposed.
Valladolid's chrono will also serve as a prelude to the last flat stage on Friday and as the last great exam of the general before the Mountain on Saturday, where the owner of the red shirt will be defined. On Sunday, if everything goes according to the plan, the squad will have its triumphal walk in Madrid.
At the top of the general classification, the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Liease a Bike) has remained, who starts with a 50-second advantage over the Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates), while the British Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 procycling) completes the provisional podium to 2:28.
As for the Colombian representation, the best located is still Harold Tejada (Astana), born in Huila, who occupies the twelfth box of the general classification to 15:36 of Vingegaard. The Cundinamarqués Egan Bernal (INEOS), winner of stage 16, remains 15, 33:01.
With the change in the path, the time trial is emerging as a challenge of pure power and explosion capacity. In Colombia, stage 18 of the Tour of Spain will be available through the Caracol Televisión signal. The transmission starts at 9:00 am.
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