Tour de Luxembourg: Pepijn Reinderink Wins Stage 3

Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal-QuickStep) won stage 3 of the Tour de Luxembourg, having forged ahead from a decisive breakaway and managing to outlast a late-race pursuit. With only 7 kilometers left in the race, Reinderink separated from his breakaway companions and maintained a narrow lead to the finish line, crossing it just one second ahead of Davide Piganzoli (Visma-Lease a Bike), who took second place, and third-placed Thomas Gachignard (TotalEnergies). Reinderink's teammate Mattéo Vercher finished fourth, four seconds behind the winner.

Following this stage, Piganzoli advanced four places in the overall classification, gaining the overall lead by six seconds over Gachignard and by nine seconds over Vercher.

Stage 3 included a challenging 179.6km route from Wiltz to Diekirch, featuring climbs at key points like Um Knupp, Montée de Knaphoscheid, and two ascents over Montée de Haemerich and Montée de Seitert before reaching the finish.

Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost) started the race leading overall, having won stage 2 the previous day, with only a four-second advantage over both Pierre Gautherat (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech). Following the start, multiple attacks occurred within the first few kilometers, which caused splits in the peloton. Around 35 kilometers into the race, a significant breakaway formed that included riders such as Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Noah Ramsay (Alpecin-Premier Tech Development), and Pepijn Reinderink.

As the front group continued gaining time ahead of the peloton and approached the second climb, Montée de Knaphoscheid, they maintained a lead of 1:45 as they reached the third climb, Um Knupp. Eventually, the race saw a merging of groups, forming a larger breakaway consisting of 19 riders.

During the final laps of the circuit, as riders tackled the Montée de Haemerich, the group began to fragment. Reinderink and Igor Arrieta (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) pushed ahead before Gachignard made his move along the Montée de Seitert. A late push from Piganzoli closed the gap, but Reinderink managed to create a lead on the last ascent over Montée de Haemerich, ultimately reaching the finish line in Diekirch first.