Tour de Suisse 2025, stage 3: route, altimetry, favourites and TV times

Rome, June 16, 2025 – Vincenzo's Italian scratch Albanian in the second stage of Tour of Switzerland 2025. In a narrow sprint, after Quinn's late attack Simmons, the Ef standard bearer preceded the host Fabio Christen and the British Lewis askey, marking an important success for both him and the team, which confirms a convincing start to the 2025 season. There were no movements in the general classification, with the Frenchman Romain Gregoire in the lead with 25 seconds on his compatriot Kevin vauquelin and 27” on the Dutch Bart Lemmen. The only change was Lennard's overtaking Stove, who climbed to seventh position, displacing the Spaniard Pablo Castrol. Tuesday 17 June the third stage with 25 final kilometers to follow.

Timeline

There are 195 kilometers for the Stage 3 of the Tour of Switzerland from Aarau to Heiden, with an uphill finish. The first hundred kilometers or so are not particularly hard, approaching the cities of Zurich and Winterthur to enter towards Lake Constance, not far from the finish, and there the real battle will begin. The last 25 kilometers will be decisive, with a lot of jumping. First you climb towards Knollhusen (second category) for 5.2 kilometers at 6.2% and with the summit 17 from the finish line. Following the third category of Burisvilen, just 2 kilometers at 7%, then a grand finale towards Heiden with 3.4 kilometers of climbing with average gradients of 5.2%. You arrive at around 800 meters above sea level just above Lake Constance.

Favorites

It can be a breakaway stage for sprint riders. Julian Alaphilippe and Marc Hirsch they will want to give Tudor a joy, but Gregoire he will be careful to defend the leader's jersey, and also watch out for Ben O'Connor,George Bennett, Warren Barguil, Lorenzo Fortunato as possible major players. Some of the protagonists expected on the eve are very late in the general like Tao Geoghegan Hart, more than three minutes behind, also featuring Felix Gall, Alexander Vlasov, Joao Almeida and Geraint Thomas nearby. Every day can be a good day to recover.

TV schedules

The third stage of the Tour of Switzerland will be held on Tuesday 17 June with departure time at 12.15 and arrival expected between 16 and 17. Only one stage is planned Live pay-per-view on Eurosport channels. In particular, Sky channel 210 will broadcast the race starting at 14.50 pm with commentary by Lucca Gregorio and Riccardo Magrini. Live streaming on Sky Go, Discovery Plus and Dazn. The Tour of Switzerland It is the last major event for stage race riders in preparation for the Tour de France after the Critérium du Dauphiné, which ended on Sunday with the dominant victory of Tadej Pogacar over Jonas Vingegaard. Read also - Pogacar dominates the Dauphiné: Lenny Martinez takes the final stage