GC Update after Stage 3 of the 2025 UAE Tour sees Tadej Pogacar take control
CyclingWednesday, 19 February 2025 at 14:12
Tadej Pogacar is where many expected him to be at this stage of the 2025 UAE Tour, sitting atop the general classification. This comes after the Slovenian leader of UAE Team Emirates - XRG took his first win of the year on stage 3 atop Jebel Jais.
Pogacar timed his move to perfection on the final climb, using Jay Vine as an uphill leadout before accelerating clear towards victory inside the final kilometre. Thanks to this win, Pogacar now leads the general classification by 18 seconds from INEOS Grenadiers' Joshua Tarling, who fought admirably on the final climb to limit his losses and keep himself in contention for a high GC placing after his time trial win on stage 2. Completing the provisional podium is Movistar Team starlet Pablo Castrillo, who sits just one second ahead of teammate Ivan Romeo in the fight for third, with Finn Fisher-Black and the aforementioned Vine still very much in the mix also.
The top 10 is then completed by Giulio Ciccone, Pello Bilbao, Harold Tejada and Lennert van Eetvelt. See more of the general classification down below!
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2025 UAE Tour GC after Stage 3
| 1 | Pogacar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 08:20:41 |
| 2 | Tarling Joshua | INEOS Grenadiers | + 18 |
| 3 | Castrillo Pablo | Movistar Team | + 23 |
| 4 | Romeo Iván | Movistar Team | + 24 |
| 5 | Fisher-Black Finn | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 26 |
| 6 | Vine Jay | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 33 |
| 7 | Ciccone Giulio | Lidl-Trek | + 34 |
| 8 | Bilbao Pello | Bahrain Victorious | + 35 |
| 9 | Tejada Harold | XDS Astana Team | + 38 |
| 10 | Van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto | + 38 |
| 11 | Gall Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 39 |
| 12 | Onley Oscar | Team Picnic PostNL | + 41 |
| 13 | Rodriguez Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | + 45 |
| 14 | Zwiehoff Ben | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 50 |
| 15 | Seixas Paul | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 51 |
| 16 | Steinhauser Georg | EF Education-EasyPost | + 53 |
| 17 | Riccitello Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:12 |
| 18 | Kepplinger Rainer | Bahrain Victorious | + 01:14 |
| 19 | Konrad Patrick | Lidl-Trek | + 01:14 |
| 20 | Langellotti Victor | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:17 |
| 21 | Storer Michael | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 01:18 |
| 22 | Lutsenko Alexey | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:21 |
| 23 | Lecerf Junior | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:25 |
| 24 | Lemmen Bart | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:34 |
| 25 | Rubio Einer | Movistar Team | + 02:01 |
| 26 | Barta William | Movistar Team | + 02:06 |
| 27 | Carthy Hugh | EF Education-EasyPost | + 02:13 |
| 28 | Pinarello Alessandro | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 02:14 |
| 29 | Træen Torstein | Bahrain Victorious | + 02:26 |
| 30 | Kajamini Florian | XDS Astana Team | + 02:27 |
| 31 | Chaves Esteban | EF Education-EasyPost | + 02:28 |
| 32 | Armirail Bruno | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 02:33 |
| 33 | Palzer Anton | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 02:51 |
| 34 | Hirt Jan | Israel-Premier Tech | + 02:54 |
| 35 | Bouchard Geoffrey | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 03:08 |
| 36 | Higuita Sergio | XDS Astana Team | + 03:09 |
| 37 | Goossens Kobe | Intermarché-Wanty | + 03:21 |
| 38 | Quartucci Lorenzo | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 03:36 |
| 39 | Thompson Reuben | Lotto | + 03:44 |
| 40 | Gonzalez Roberto | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 03:54 |
| 41 | Eenkhoorn Pascal | Soudal Quick-Step | + 04:00 |
| 42 | Colleoni Kevin | Intermarché-Wanty | + 04:00 |
| 43 | van der Meulen Max | Bahrain Victorious | + 04:02 |
| 44 | Wilksch Hannes | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 04:54 |
| 45 | Hoole Daan | Lidl-Trek | + 05:55 |
| 46 | Mackellar Alastair | EF Education-EasyPost | + 06:02 |
| 47 | Debruyne Ramses | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 06:45 |
| 48 | Ghebreigzabhier Amanuel | Lidl-Trek | + 07:15 |
| 49 | Van Der Lee Jardi | EF Education-EasyPost | + 07:23 |
| 50 | Craps Lars | Lotto | + 09:47 |
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