Tirreno-Adriatico 2025: Vendrame wins sprint from reduced peloton, Ganna retains lead

foto: Cor VosIt's wet in the Tirreno, and the riders spend a grueling 239 kilometres in the saddle. It all boils down to a chaotic finale, in which Andrea Vendrame wins the sprint ahead of Tom Pidcock and Romain Grégoire, while Filippo Ganna retains the leader's jersey. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 3rd stage 2025 Tirreno-Adriatico

1. Andrea Vendrame (ita)
2. Tom Pidcock (gbr) s.t.
3. Romain Grégoire (fra) s.t.
4. Rick Pluimers (nld) s.t.
5. Roger Adrià (spa) s.t.
6. Simone Velasco (ita) s.t.
7. Filippo Fiorelli (ita) s.t.
8. Alex Aranburu (spa) s.t.
9. Samuele Battistella (ita) s.t.
10. Filippo Ganna (ita) s.t.

GC after stage 3
1. Filippo Ganna (ita)
2. Juan Ayuso (spa) + 0.22
3. Antonio Tiberi (ita) + 0.29
4. Derek Gee (can) + 0.34
5. Mattia Cattaneo (ita) + 0.36
6. Kévin Vauquelin (fra) + 0.41
7. Eddie Dunbar (irl) + 0.44
8. Laurens De Plus (bel) + 0.45
9. Ben Healy (irl) + 0.48
10. Romain Grégoire (fra) s.t.

Race report
Lorenzo Conforti and KOM leader Davide Bais launch an attack straight after the start, and they open up a 6-minute gap.

Conforti wins the KOM sprint on the Passo del Lume Spento.

The attackers are caught well before the second climb of the day, La Foce. At the summit, it’s again Conforti who takes the most KOM points, while Jonathan Milan claims the intermediate sprint in Castel del Piano. A little later, Dries De Bondt and Andrea Pietrobon break away from the peloton, and the duo opens up a gap of over 3 minutes.

Jonathan hits the deck at the foot of the Valico di Colfiorito, when the gap is down to under 3 minutes.

Ben Healy jumps away from the peloton inside the final 10 kilometres and he catches the last attacker, Pietrobon. Romain Grégoire tracks the Irishman down, before Mathieu van der Poel and Laurens De Plus bridge across. More riders rejoin them.

After the climb, with 3 kilometres to go, GC leader Filippo Ganna breaks away. Mathieu van der Poel closes the gap, and after some more skirmishes, it comes down to a sprint. Andrea Vendrame takes the spoils, ahead of Tim Pidcock and Romain Grégoire.

Ganna comes home in tenth to retain the lead in the general classification.

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