Tour of Norway: Maxim van Gils forgets tough spring with narrow uphill victory against GC leader Matthew Brennan
Brennan remains in overall le🏅ad, closes in on first stage race victory of incipient career

A fierce late burst of speed has seen Maxim van Gils 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:(Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) capture stage 3's uphlil finish of the Tour of Norway and go one better than his runner's up spot on Friday behind race leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike).
In the closing metres of the 141.6 kilometre stage between Jørpeland and Heja, Van Gil🌃s shot past Brennan to clinch a narrow but clea♒r victory. Ineos Grenadiers' Victor Langelotti took third.
The Red Bull racer's triumph on t▨he final short but tough ascent was the second for Belgium on Saturday, following compatriot Justine Ghekiere's win for AG Insurance-Soudal in the women's equivalent event a few hours before.
Suffering from back issues earlier this year, Van Gils' second triumph of 2025 confirms that his difficult spring is behind him. Meanwhile, as his remဣarkable debut pro season continues, race leader Brennan is fast closing in on what would be the young Briton's first stage race win of his career.
The 19-year-old remains 16 seconds ahead of Langelotti on GC, with a punchy♔ circ﷽uit stage through the town of Stavenger set to decide the overall on Sunday.
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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters.
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