Pedersen triumphs for the fourth time: King of the 13th Giro stage!

Pedersen triumphs for the fourth time: King of the 13th Giro stage!

Vicenza, Italien - On May 23, 2025, the Danish cyclist Mads Pedersen celebrated his fourth stage victory in the 108th Giro d’Italia. This success came on the 13th stage, which extended over 180 kilometers between Rovigo and Vicenza. Pedersen, who drives for the Lidl-Trek team, prevailed against Wout van Aert from Belgium at the crucial moment, which starts for Visma-Lease A Bike. The Edgar racing driver Isaac del Toro, who held the overall lead, took third place and successfully defended the pink jersey.

The 21-year-old del Toro was able to expand his lead overall to Juan Ayuso from Spain (UAE team) to 38 seconds. Primoz Roglic, who drives for the Red Bull team, is 1:35 minutes behind in fifth place in the overall ranking.

The course of the stage of the stage

The 13th stage began at high pace, with several teams trying to form breakaways. A nine-member field of groups such as Groupama-FDJ, Movistar and Bahrain Victorious settled. The pursuers, including the Lidl-Trek team, kept the outslter of the outliers under three minutes. The pressure of the Ineos Grenadiers meant that the distance finally shrank to less than 30 seconds. In the last phase of the stage, Romain Bardet from Picnic-Postnl and Mathias Vacek from Lidl-Trek at 4 km.

In the decisive final phase, Pedersen only started his sprint 200 meters before the finish and secured victory with this tactics. He not only received the honor of the stage victory, but also 50 points for the point ranking, which he offers the chance of the Ciclamino jersey.

General information about the Giro d’Italia

The Giro d’Italia was first held in 1909 and has undergone a remarkable story since then. Until the 20th stage of the Giro 2024 there were a total of 2,095 stages, including half -stages and prologue. Since 1931, the pink jersey (Maglia Rosa) has been awarded to the overall leader after each stage. This tradition is the highlight of the classic cycling event.

To date, a total of 2,019 pink jerseys have been awarded to 280 different drivers, with Italy leading the list with 1,152 pink jerseys and 69 total gains. Prominent drivers who wore the pink jersey include Eddy Merckx, who was able to wear it for a total of 76 days and celebrated five overall wins.

The Giro d’Italia will be completed on June 1, 2025 with the decisive stage in Rome. The next stage leads from Treviso to Nova Gorica in Slovenia over 195 kilometers, in which three short climbs of the fourth category must be mastered.

The results of the 13th stage are as follows:

Details of Pedersensen's victory were made by vienna.at href = "https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-d-italia-2025/stage-13/Results/"> cycllingnews.com provided. Further information on the records and statistics of the Giro d’Italia can be found on Wikipedia