Vuelta a España 2025 stage 3 preview

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August 25, 2025 Stage 3: San Maurizio Canavese - Ceres, 134.6km

Stage profile for the 2025 Vuelta a España
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The third and final stage run off completely in Italy is one that could favour the breakaways, given the mid-race category 2 climb and the technical, sinuous nature of the terrain.

It's a long, gradual climb to the finish in Ceres, with an average gradient of 4% in the final 2.6km.

As we saw on the much longer and only slightly steeper climb to Limone Piemonte on stage 2, there are still plenty of fresh legs left in the peloton.

Fortunately, the weather appears to be better for Monday than the rain that caused a massive crash that took down Jonas Vingegaard and most of his Visma-Lease a Bike team on stage 2.

There is a chance that stage 1 winner Jasper Philipsen could be there to fight for another stage win, but Pedersen is the best bet for an uphill sprint finish.

Climbs

  • Issiglio (cat. 3), km. 65.8
  • Ceres (cat. 4), km. 134.6

Sprints

  • Cuorgné, km. 78.5 - time bonus
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Laura Weislo has been with Cyclingnews since 2006 after making a switch from a career in science. As Managing Editor, she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news. As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track, Laura has a passion for all three disciplines. When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads, paths and gravel tracks. Laura specialises in covering doping, anti-doping, UCI governance and performing data analysis.

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