Balsamo wins Tour de Suisse stage 3, Reusser keeps race lead
After a long solo breakaway from Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Oatly), further attacks in the hilly finale, including from her teammate Cédrine Kerbaol, Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto), Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime) and stage 2 winner Amber Kraak (FDJ-Suez), stage 3 of the Tour de Suisse culminated in a frantic bunch sprint.
Despite the best efforts of SD Worx-Protime to dominate the finale, Lidl-Trek had things under control. It was close on the line, but Elisa Balsamo denied Mischa Bredewold a chance to make an SD Worx-shaped mark on the WorldTour stage race.
Meanwhile, Marlen Reusser (Movistar) was well looked after in the pack to secure her leadership of the race going into the final day. However, with former teammate Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) just three seconds down and a punchy parcours to come, the Tour de Suisse is finely poised going into stage 4.
[race_result id=14577 stage_id=87602 count=5 gc=0 year=2025]
[race_result id=14577 stage_id=87602 count=5 gc=5 year=2025]
