2025 Giro d'Italia Stage 3 Results & Recap
Stage 3 of the 2025 Giro d'Italia is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Pedersen Reclaims Maglia Rosa
With almost all sprinters dropped on the toughest climb of the day, the Qafa e Llogarasë, Mads Pedersen had virtually a clear run in the final sprint. He powered to an emphatic victory and reclaimed the pink jersey.
Attacks flew from the gun until Joshua Tarling, Lorenzo Germani, Chris Hamilton and Mark Donovan broke clear. Alessandro Tonelli and Dries De Bondt tracked the quartet down after chasing for 25 kilometres, and the six put 3 minutes into the peloton.
A puncture put De Bondt out of contention, while the peloton closed in to 30 seconds on the Qafa e Llogarasë. This inspired Lorenzo Fortunato to launch the chase. Pello Bilbao and Gianmarco Garofoli went with him. Meanwhile, almost all sprinters had lost contact on the climb — except for Mads Pedersen.
With 4 kilometres to go to the summit, only Tonelli and Hamilton were left in the lead when Fortunato and Bilbao drew alongside. The final 2 kilometres saw the two pressing on together, before the Italian took maximum KOM points to snatch the mountains jersey from Sylvain Moniquet.
Fortunato and Bilbao were reeled in with plenty of time to spare, handing the stage over to the sprinters. Giulio Ciccone and Mathias Vacek guided Mads Pedersen into the final straight, where the Dane finished it off — though Corbin Strong mounted a late charge.
With his second win in three days, Pedersen reclaimed the pink jersey.
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