Place Name: Lugar Cebreiro
Address: Lugar Cebreiro 3, 27671 Pedrafita do Cebreiro, Lugo, Spain
Details: March 1, 2025
The GC should play out today on the roads to Pedrafita do Cebreiro. The stage is only 136KM but it is packed with almost 3,000M of climbing including the final 25KM that are almost all uphill. From Vilanova, the riders will take on the 10KM climb to Alto a Pitinidoira which averages 6.5% but the final 2KM is 10%. From there, the route rolls until the final 3KM, 6.5% Alto do Cebreiro which will top out just a few kilometers before the finish line.
Only two riders made the break including 10th overall Fredrik Dversnes of Uno-X Mobility and Unai Esparza of Illes Balears Arabay. Their lead was just 1 minute 45 seconds with 63KM to go with the main challenges of the stage still to come. Matteo Scalco of VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè attacked from the Israel-Premier Tech led peloton on the Alto Fonte da Saúde and bridged to the two leaders, making contact with 58KM to go. More riders chipped off the peloton included Jan Castellon of Caja Rural Seguros RGA, Ander Okamika of Burgos Burpellet BH, Asier Pablo Gonzalez of Illes Balears Arabay, Lucas Lopes of Radio-Popular-Paredes-Boavista, Diego Pablo Sevilla of Polti-VisitMalta, and Xavier Cañellas of Anicolor-Tien21. The nine riders came together at the start of the descent with 56KM to go but the bunch were not more than 30 seconds behind.
The break blew up on the Alto Catroventos. Counter attackers came out of the peloton to mix in with remnants of the break. With 32KM to go, Mauri Vansevenant of Soudal Quickstep, Johannes Kulset of Uno-X Mobility, Alessandro Tonelli of Polti-VisitMalta, Josh Burnett of Burgo Burpellet BH, and Samuel Fernández of Caja Rural Seguros RGA were leading the race with the bunch just a few hundred meters behind as they started the descent towards Vilanova. Marco Frigo did the last bit of work for Derek Gee on the Alto a Pitinidoira. Gee was isolated with 16KM to go, 2KM from the top, but the last riders from the break were caught, leaving roughly 15 riders still in contention for the win. Gee took the race on from the front and rode his pace. One rider after the next dropped away on the steepest part of the climb until only Sergio Geovani Chumil of Burgos Burpellet BH was there. Gee and Chumil got to the top with Davide Piganzoli of Polti-VisitMalta and Jefferson Cepeda of Movistar chasing around 20 seconds back and a group of 10 including second overall Magnus Cort of Uno-X Mobility at 45 seconds.
The gaps stayed almost unchanged as Gee and Chumil went under 4KM to go. Chumil never took a pull, leaving Gee to push on to preserve as much time on GC as he could. The pair rode to the line with Gee starting his sprint first with 200M to go. Chumil only got level with Gee in the last 50M and with a well timed bike throw, Chumil took the stage, the biggest victory of his career. Piganzoli came across 18 seconds later for third on the day.
Gee extended his GC lead to 37 seconds on Piganzoli with Cort now sitting in third, 49 seconds back of the Canadian with just 1 day of racing remaining.
Tags: O Gran Camiño, 2025, February, Stage 4, O Gran Camiño 2025, A Pobra do Brollón, Pedrafita do Cebreiro, Fredrik Dversnes, Unai Esparza, Matteo Scalco, Jan Castellon, Ander Okamika, Asier Pablo Gonzalez, Lucas Lopes, Diego Pablo Sevilla, Xavier Cañellas, Mauri Vansevenant, Johannes Kulset, Alessandro Tonelli, Josh Burnett, Samuel Fernández, Marco Frigo, Derek Gee, Sergio Geovani Chumil, Davide Piganzoli, Jefferson Cepeda, Magnus Cort