US EditionGiro leader Pedersen sprints to another stage victory
- On May 14, 2025, Mads Pedersen of Lidl-Trek secured his third stage victory in this year’s Giro d’Italia by narrowly outsprinting Edoardo Zambanini and Tom Pidcock at the finish in Matera.
- Pedersen faced a challenging route of 151 kilometers with a late climb on Montescaglioso, which caused purer sprinters to drop and put his finishing sprint under pressure.
- Despite appearing to struggle on the final hill, Pedersen recovered on flatter terrain, joined his teammate Mathias Vacek's wheel, and timed his final sprint perfectly in the last 200 meters.
- Pedersen extended his overall lead in the maglia rosa to 17 seconds over Primoz Roglic thanks to a 10-second time bonus, and scored six and 50 points in intermediate sprints and the finish.
- Pedersen’s third stage win in five days reinforced his dominance this Giro and signaled his intent to continue competing for victories as the race progresses towards the June 1 finish in Rome.
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The hamlet towards Naples is destined to leave overhanging polemics. Time neutralized after a maxicaduta
The Tour of Italy cycling race continued with the fifth stage, which took the peloton from Ceglia Messapica to the picturesque and historic town of Matera (151 km). Slovenian favorite at Red Bull-Bora hansgrohe Primož Roglič had an excellent start as second in the new sprint stage, but after another excellent performance by pink-clad Mads Pedersen, who thus won the third stage at this year's Giro, he increased his gap to the Danish cyclist to 17…
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Pedersen makes it 3 wins out of 5 at Giro d'Italia to extend his overall lead
MATERA, Italy (AP) — Overall leader Mads Pedersen made it three wins out of five at this year’s Giro d’Italia as he won a bunch sprint at the end of the fifth stage on Wednesday.
There are only five stages left in the Italian cycling race, but Mads Pedersen has won three of them. Now he has fought back from a big deficit.
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