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2025-08-25T12:40:32.456Z
The Intermarche-Wanty rider at the front is Luca Van Boven. They are working well together but Caja Rural-Seguros RGA are getting involved in the chase.
2025-08-25T12:39:28.065Z
More moves come behind with Lotto and Cofidis trying to get across and they are let go. Q36.5 try but Lidl-Trek are not letting him have an inch.
2025-08-25T12:38:51.948Z
Polka dot jersey, Alessandro Verre (Arkea-B&B Hotels), Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost), Patrick Gamper (Jayco-AlUla) and an Intermarche-Wanty rider get a gap.
2025-08-25T12:37:14.894Z
Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) himself followed a move by Kelland O’Brien (Jayco-AlUla) and that kills the break as Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) drags it all back again.
2025-08-25T12:36:01.535Z
Four riders get a gap and Lidl-Trek are already trying to block the rest of the peloton. However, Jayco-AlUla and another team get riders out of the block and things open up again.
2025-08-25T12:34:58.902Z
Originally the stage was just over 134km long but now it is 131.8km of racing today.
2025-08-25T12:34:28.282Z
Official start
2025-08-25T12:33:57.107Z
Garcia Pierna is actually being dragged by the hand by the commissaire motorbike.
2025-08-25T12:32:09.082Z
Another mechanical with Carlos Garcia Pierna (Burgos-Burpellet-BH). At this rate they’ll race the entire stage neutralised. Hopefully it will be sorted soon.
2025-08-25T12:30:22.361Z
Chris Harper (Jayco-AlUla) is off the back after an issue. When he rejoins racing may then begin.
2025-08-25T12:29:56.927Z
A brief delay with some mechanicals off the back. The riders have gone through the KM0 marker a while ago as the riders wait to get going.
2025-08-25T12:26:14.219Z
Lotto, Intermarche-Wanty, Jayco-AlUla, Cofidis and Groupama-FDJ have riders right up towards the front to possibly go for the early breakaway.
2025-08-25T12:25:37.630Z
It is a sunny and warm start but the clouds look very moody up the road as they head to the hills. It is unsure whether it will stay dry or not.
2025-08-25T12:24:47.566Z
Abandon
2025-08-25T12:21:57.558Z
Neutral start
2025-08-25T12:21:06.382Z
The jerseys today:
2025-08-25T12:19:44.726Z
No more red for Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck). He goes into green today which is something we’re getting used to seeing.
Green is DEFINITELY your colour, Jasper! 😍💚¡Qué bien te queda el verde, Jasper! 😍💚#LaVuelta25 pic.twitter.com/b9zfmyHPbdAugust 25, 2025
2025-08-25T12:11:15.685Z
Abandon
2025-08-25T12:05:27.610Z
Today’s stage is a very lumpy one with an uphill finish. Saying that, the final climb has an average of just over 3%.
2025-08-25T11:58:11.993Z
Sign on is well underway as the riders get ready for the neutral start of stage three which is due in around 20 minutes from now.
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2025-08-25T11:55:23.994Z
Coming into this race, Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) was down as a possible GC contender. However, the Yorkshireman is instead aiming for stages with GC being a potentially happy achievement off the back of that…
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2025-08-25T11:53:43.829Z
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) showed yesterday that he is the number one favourite going into this Vuelta with a stage win and the red jersey on day two…
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2025-08-25T11:36:48.821Z
Australian Jai Hindley is at the Vuelta as the leader of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe. He is on the comeback after a disappointing Giro d’Italia which he abandoned after a heavy crash.
Hindley on stage 2 (Image credit: Getty Images)
2025-08-25T11:18:18.782Z
Here are the full results from stage 2
2025-08-25T11:16:43.566Z
Ineos Grenadiers will be pleased with the performance of Egan Bernal yesterday, who sprinted to fourth-place in the first test of the GC riders’ form.
2025-08-25T10:58:29.923Z
It was an eventful stage yesterday, with Vingegaard pulling himself off the tarmac after a crash to out-sprint Lidl-Trek’s Giulio Ciccone in the race’s first uphill finish.
Here’s the full report if you need to catch up: Vuelta a España: Jonas Vingegaard pips Giulio Ciccone to win stage 2
Vingegaard was delighted with his win on stage 2 (Image credit: Getty Images)
2025-08-25T10:45:18.413Z
The big news overnight, if you missed it, is that the team of race leader Jonas Vingegaard, Visma-Lease a Bike, had their mechanic’s truck broken into with up to 18 bikes stolen.
Here’s the latest on this story: Mass overnight theft of Visma-Lease a Bike bikes at Vuelta a España, police launch investigation
Visma-Lease a Bike also lost Axel Zingle after his stage 2 crash (Image credit: Getty Images)
2025-08-25T10:42:06.455Z
The riders are set for a lumpy day through the region of Piedmont on stage three with a testing uphill finish in Ceres. Will any sprinters be able to survive the final ascent, or will this be a day for the puncheurs of the peloton?
2025-08-11T16:39:00.156Z
Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews’ coverage of stage 3 of the 2025 Vuelta a España from San Maurizio Canavese to Ceres.