PREVIEW | O Gran Camiño 2025 - Without Vingegaard, can Movistar take the win?
CyclingWednesday, 26 February 2025 at 10:56
One of Spain's most recently created races, O Gran Camiño, has had very reputable winners in recent years and the 2025 throws up some surprises. The Galician race will start in Portugal, and take place from the 26th February to the 2nd of March. We preview the race ahead.
The inaugural stage of O Gran Camiño will be held in Portugal. The 189-kilometer long stage will start in Maia and finish in Matosinhos. Emblematic places such as Barcelos and Ponte de Lima will be crossed, before reaching the finish line, where the stage will be decided in a sprint with certainty.
Stage 1: Maia - Matosinhos, 189.8 kilometers
The second stage of O Gran Camiño will already take place already in Galicia. Here the fight for the general classification will break out. It will be the first mountain stage, with two 3rd category gates: San Antoniño, which will be climbed at the beginning of the day, and San Vicenzo, which will be climbed twice before the finish in A Estrada.
Stage 2: Marín - A Estrada, 133.2 kilometers
Stage 3 of the race will be a 15.6 km time trial in Ourense. It will not be flat, as halfway through the race the riders will be challenged by the Alto de Sabadelle (4.9Km; 5.7%). Therefore, this individual time trial will also be key for the fight for the overall classification.
Stage 3 (ITT): Ourense - O Pereiro de Aguiar, 15.6 kilometers
The queen stage of O Gran Camiño 2025 will be the 4th day, with a tough finish in the mythical mountain pass of O Cebreiro. The day will include 3,100 meters of elevation gain, with other iconic climbs such as A Pitinidoira. 137 difficult kilometers that will continue to test the GC men and faour the climbers like no other day.
Stage 4: A Pobra do Brollón - O Cebreiro, 137.4 kilometers
The general classification will be decided on the last day of the race, with another very demanding stage of 166.5 km. There will be two climbs to the Alto de Lampai, and three 'sterrato' sections before the finish in Santiago de Compostela.
Stage 5: Betanzos - Santiago de Compostela, 166.5 kilometers
Prediction O Gran Camiño 2025 overall classification:
*** Derek Gee, Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda
** Rémy Rochas, Andreas Kron, Mauri Vansevenant
* Antonio Pedrero, Jakob Fuglsang, Marco Frigo, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Fredrik Dversnes, Urko Berrade, Eric Fagúndez
** Rémy Rochas, Andreas Kron, Mauri Vansevenant
* Antonio Pedrero, Jakob Fuglsang, Marco Frigo, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Fredrik Dversnes, Urko Berrade, Eric Fagúndez
Pick: Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda
Original: Rúben Silva
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