The penultimate stage of the Tour of Colombia 2025, with 217 kilometers and more than 5,000 meters of unevenness between Alvarado and El Alto del Vino, will test the favorites on a tour that can sentence the title.
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The return to Colombia enters the red zone. This Saturday, August 9, the ninth and penultimate stage is disputed, a route that could well define the title: 217 kilometers from Alvarado (Tolima) to the top of the imposing high wine, in Cundinamarca, at 2,847 meters altitude. On paper, it is the queen day: 5,108 meters of accumulated unevenness and a chain port that will make each pedal it hurts.
The menu starts early with the Alto de Venadillo (Fourth category), enough to warm their legs and break the rhythm to those who have not fully recovered. Then the Mona Alto (First category), long and exhausting, before facing the also demanding Campoalegre tall (first). And as dessert, the main course: the final climb to the High of winea special category port with 29.8 kilometers at 5.8 % of average slope, capable of undressing any weakness.
It is not just physical hardness: the stage comes at the most delicate moment of the race. Rodrigo Contreras (Nu Colombia) dressed yellow, but with just 1'04 '' about Diego Camargo (Team Medellín) and 1'20 '' about Yonathan Eugenio (Ebsa Energía de Boyacá). The leader already showed weaknesses on the top of the line and his rivals know it: this is one of the last scenarios to change the script.
The context could not be more contrasting. The previous day, between Cali and La Tebaida, was a half mountain battle that let the stages hunters shine: Alejandro “El Pony” Osorio (Paisa Pride) imposed on the sprint in a small group of escapes, demonstrating speed and opportunism. The general did not move, but the wear and tear accumulated.
This Saturday there will be no hiding places. The runners will face more than six hours of continuous effort, with heat in the outlet and cold air on the top. Whoever arrives with strength to the last third of the race can dream of glory … or sinking a direct rival. The high wine is not a port to survive: it is a port to win or lose back.
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