Giro d'Italia

Stage 3: Vlorë - Vlorë

IT Italy Sunday 11 May 2025 160 km

Giro d’Italia leaves Albania

Giro d’Italia leaves Albania

The last leg of the Albanian Grande Partenza was a pretty quiet one, despite the roads around Vlorë comprising two hard climbs that on paper opened the door to attacks. After a fast and intense start to the stage, five men booked a place in what became the day’s breakaway, one that managed to build a maximum gap of around three minutes.

The peloton did their homework and easily reeled in the quintet, while at the same time dispatching all the sprinters on the steep gradients of the Qafa e Llogarase climb. No real moves came there, which means the bunch continued together on the descent taking to the finish, where Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) prevailed from a reduced sprint, moving back into the pink jersey.

Gianmarco Garofoli, who is racing the Giro d’Italia for the first time in his career, came really close to a top ten, finishing the third stage in 11th position, three places ahead of Soudal Quick-Step teammate Mattia Cattaneo, who remained our team’s highest-ranked rider in the general classification.

 

Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images

Race details

1 Mads Pedersen
Lidl - Trek
3:49:47
2 Corbin Strong
Israel - Premier Tech
0:00
3 Orluis Aular Sanabria
Movistar Team
0:00
4 Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas
INEOS Grenadiers
0:00
5 Edoardo Zambanini
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
6 Stefano Oldani
Cofidis
0:00
7 Andrea Vendrame
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:00
8 Filippo Fiorelli
VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè
0:00
9 Christian Scaroni
XDS Astana Team
0:00
10 Davide De Pretto
Team Jayco AlUla
0:00
11 Gianmarco Garofoli
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
14 Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
55 James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
136 Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step
15:39
137 Ethan Hayter
Soudal Quick-Step
15:39
148 Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step
16:46
151 Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step
16:46

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