Femke Gerritse (SD Worx-Protime): “I really didn’t expect this today!”

May 6 ^th 2025 - 18:04 [GMT + 2]

Femke Gerritse (SD Worx-Protime) won Stage 3 of La Vuelta Femenina 25 by Carrefour.es and is the new overall leader.

“I really didn’t expect this today! I took the bonus seconds at the intermediate sprint and I felt ‘ok, my sprint is good’. Beating Marianne [Vos] there gave me and my team a lot of confidence. Then the final was chaotic, but I just stayed calm. I felt someone coming, I think it was Vos, but I could keep the first place all the way to the finish line. It’s really incredible.”

“It was a really chaotic stage, because the first part was really twisty and turning, up-and-down, and also wet. Then there was the wind, which was hard enough, but more of a headwind than a crosswind. In the end, I had the perfect leadout, and I’m really grateful to my team. We took the lead with two kilometers to go, and Anna [van der Breggen] and Mischa [Bredewold] were so amazing!”

“It’s my first WorldTour win and my first Grand Tour stage win. I don’t even know what to say, it’s just so crazy! Before the stage, we knew that both Mischa Bredewold and I are really good sprinters. Not top sprinters like Lorena Wiebes or Elisa Balsamo, but they are not here. We really saw some chances, and we really believed that we could beat Marianne if we followed our plan. It worked out perfectly.”