Pedersen sprints to take Giro stage three and reclaim overall lead

Denmark's Mads Pedersen won a mass bunch sprint on stage three of the Giro d'Italia at the coastal town of Vlore on Sunday on the final day of racing in Albania, which also featured a mountain goat running through the peloton.

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This was a second stage win on the 2025 Giro following the Lidl-Trek rider’s opening day win and left him 9sec clear of Slovenian veteran Primoz Roglic in the overall standings.

Despite a 10.7km climb with seven percent gradients 35km from the finish, an arrow-straight 1km home run on the Adriatic coast set up a very high speed finish where Pedersen went early and held off a late burst from Corbin Strong of IPT.

"That's exactly what we wanted today. We have two victories already and the pink jersey,” said a clearly ecstatic Pedersen, who finished in 3hr 49min 47sec.

Halfway through the race, a mountain goat hit straggling rider Dion Smith of Intermarche-Wanty in the hills outside Vlore.