Giro d'Italia
Stage 3: Vlorë - Vlorë
Italy
Sunday 11 May 2025
160 km
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 |
1 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
7:42:10 |
2 |
Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:09 |
3 |
Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek |
0:14 |
4 |
Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:21 |
5 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:25 |
6 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:26 |
7 |
Max Poole Team Picnic PostNL |
0:33 |
8 |
Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious |
0:34 |
9 |
Michael Storer Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:36 |
10 |
Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:40 |
54 |
Mattia Cattaneo
Soudal Quick-Step |
2:50 |
55 |
James Knox
Soudal Quick-Step |
3:02 |
92 |
Gianmarco Garofoli
Soudal Quick-Step |
11:31 |
132 |
Josef Černý
Soudal Quick-Step |
26:45 |
143 |
Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step |
29:10 |
174 |
Ethan Hayter
Soudal Quick-Step |
33:24 |
177 |
Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step |
35:49 |
1 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
54 pt |
2 |
Alessandro Tonelli Team Polti VisitMalta |
35 pt |
3 |
Orluis Aular Sanabria Movistar Team |
24 pt |
4 |
Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers |
18 pt |
5 |
Corbin Strong Israel - Premier Tech |
18 pt |
6 |
Wout van Aert Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
18 pt |
7 |
Manuele Tarozzi VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè |
17 pt |
8 |
Chris Hamilton Team Picnic PostNL |
13 pt |
9 |
Primož Roglič Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
12 pt |
10 |
Sylvain Moniquet Cofidis |
11 pt |
33 |
Ethan Hayter
Soudal Quick-Step |
2 pt |
1 |
Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team |
28 pt |
2 |
Sylvain Moniquet Cofidis |
18 pt |
3 |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia Bahrain - Victorious |
12 pt |
4 |
Alessandro Tonelli Team Polti VisitMalta |
11 pt |
5 |
Giulio Ciccone Lidl - Trek |
9 pt |
6 |
Alessandro Verre |
8 pt |
7 |
Chris Hamilton Team Picnic PostNL |
6 pt |
8 |
Mads Pedersen Lidl - Trek |
4 pt |
9 |
Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek |
4 pt |
10 |
Manuele Tarozzi VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè |
4 pt |
1 |
Mathias Vacek Lidl - Trek |
7:42:24 |
2 |
Juan Ayuso Pesquera UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:11 |
3 |
Isaac del Toro Romero UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:12 |
4 |
Max Poole Team Picnic PostNL |
0:19 |
5 |
Antonio Tiberi Bahrain - Victorious |
0:20 |
6 |
Giulio Pellizzari Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:26 |
7 |
Davide Piganzoli Team Polti VisitMalta |
0:35 |
8 |
Felix Engelhardt Team Jayco AlUla |
1:11 |
9 |
Marco Frigo Israel - Premier Tech |
2:08 |
10 |
Alessandro Pinarello VF Group - Bardiani CSF - Faizanè |
2:10 |
23 |
Gianmarco Garofoli
Soudal Quick-Step |
11:17 |
37 |
Paul Magnier
Soudal Quick-Step |
28:56 |
44 |
Luke Lamperti
Soudal Quick-Step |
35:35 |
1 | Lidl - Trek | 23:07:20 |
2 | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 0:07 |
3 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 0:15 |
4 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:47 |
5 | Movistar Team | 1:35 |
6 | Team Jayco AlUla | 2:10 |
7 | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 2:41 |
8 | XDS Astana Team | 3:00 |
9 | Bahrain - Victorious | 3:24 |
10 | Team Picnic PostNL | 3:25 |