Stage 17
Pellizzari wins atop El Morredero
- Wednesday 10 September 2025
- 143 km
- 3,234 m climbed
- Won by Giulio Pellizzari
The road
At the start
El Morredero, second-last summit
Jonas Vingegaard's lead over João Almeida has stood at 48 seconds for four days, and the race is running out of mountains to change it. Yesterday's finish in Galicia had to be rewritten around protesters. Today's 143 kilometres end on the Alto de El Morredero, the second-last summit finish of this Vuelta and the last before Madrid's mountains.
How it was won
- 113 km to go
Break before El Morredero
A break forms ahead of the summit finish at the Alto de El Morredero.
- 20 km to go
The GC men stir
On the final climb the break thins and the favourites stir behind with 20km to go.
- 8 km to go
Pellizzari flies clear
Giulio Pellizzari attacks on El Morredero and solos to the first professional win of his career.
- 3 km to go
The overall simmers
Behind, the GC battle simmers as Vingegaard and Almeida trade seconds.
- At the line
Pellizzari wins atop El Morredero
Pellizzari takes a breakthrough victory at the summit.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giulio Pellizzari | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 3:37:00 |
| 2 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | +0:16 |
| 3 | Jai Hindley | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | +0:18 |
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