Tour du Dauphiné 2025, stage 3: route, altimetry, favourites and TV times

Rome, 9 June 2025 – Jonathan's power sprint Milan in Issoire for the first success of tappa blue to the Tour of the Dauphiné 2025. The Italian of Lidl hoped Fred Wright and Mathieu Van der Poel, taking advantage of his team's train to launch it perfectly on the finishing straight. Stage and jersey for Milan, who snatched the first place in the standings from Tadej pogacar, now second, while Mathieu Van der Poel is 2 seconds away, with Jonas vingegaard is fifth at four seconds. In the stage 3 There could be another chance for Milan on Tuesday, although a late burst could lead to a surge by some finishers.

Timeline

Another long stage in the Dauphiné. Stage number 3 will start from Brioude and arrive in Charantonnay after 207 kilometers. Always a rolling route, which does not make a final group sprint a given, at all. It starts immediately uphill, first with a third category climb, then with the second category GPM of Cote de la Barbate of 6 kilometers at 7%. Central hilly phase with continuous ups and downs and the third category Cote in Malataverne at kilometer 78. A nervous race phase continues around 900 meters above sea level in Iloire with the GPM of Col du Tracol of 2.9 kilometers at 4.2%. Here, they catch their breath with a long downhill stretch of over 30 kilometers to enter Iisere for the last climb of the day. This is the Cote du Chateau Jaune, a 1.2 kilometer climb with average gradients of 9.2% with the summit 19 kilometers from the finish line. Will it be enough to avoid a sprint?

Favorites

Let's try to hypothesize a bunch sprint finish, given the not very tough climbs. So the sprinters are favored? Who knows. Let's quote Jonathan Milan, who will try to do it again, but will have to be careful Wright, Van der Poel e Fredheim, Without to forget Trentino e Ackermann.

TV schedules

La Stage 3 of the 2025 Dauphiné Tour will be held on Tuesday 10 June with a start time of 12.15 and an expected arrival in Charantonnay between 16.57 and 17.26 with an estimated average speed of between 40 and 44 km/h. Live free-to-air coverage on Raisport HD, channel 58 of digital terrestrial, starting at 15.50. Streaming on Raiplay. Live from 15.25 on Eurosport 1, Sky channel 210, with commentary by Gregorio-Magrini. Streaming on Sky Go, Dazn and Discovery Plus. Read also - Giro d'Italia 2025, Pidcock's disappointment: "It's the fault of the lack of preparation"