Deutschland Tour: Giulio Pellizzari wins queen stage as Isaac del Toro retakes control of race lead

BAD DURKHEIM, GERMANY - AUGUST 22: Giulio Pellizzari of Italy and Team Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 40th Deutschland Tour 2026, Stage 3 a 170.8km stage from Herxheim to Bad Durkheim / #UCIWT / on August 22, 2026 in Bad Durkheim, Germany. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images).

Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) continued his strong August form by winning the queen stage of the Deutschland Tour, beating close friend off the bike, Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), to the line in Bad Dürkheim as the Mexican re-took the overall lead on stage 3.

Del Toro attacked away from the peloton with 33km to go on the steepest climb of seven categorised ascents along the 170km route, the Rotsteig, where race leader Louis Barré (Visma-Lease a Bike) was unable to follow, but Pellizzari managed to bridge across.

They rode the final 30km together after dropping lone early attacker Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) on the Annaberg, before arriving at the finish line where the Italian rode to the stage win and Del Toro back into the blue leader's jersey.

Barré's team tried but failed to bring him back to the two leaders, and even several solo bursts couldn't see him limit the damage to less than the 49 seconds he shipped at the line. With one stage remaining on Sunday, Del Toro will start with a 52-second buffer over the Frenchman, which, if he successfully defends, will bring him his fourth stage race victory of the season.

"Today is a super day. Yesterday we were super happy with Magagnotti's win, so today we wanted to do it again, and it was the perfect day to do it," said Pellizzari after the stage,

"We were in the perfect position when Isaac went. I just took my tempo and then in the end I came back. We had good collaboration – he was going for GC and I was going for the stage – we tried to do our best, and we are just super happy," he added, with both 22-year-old rising stars living in San Marino.

"We are super good friends, me and Isaac, of course, and during the race we have a good battle. I always say we are friends 1cm before the finish line; from there we are friends, so I'm super happy now he is leading in GC. Tomorrow is still one day; we will try with Alessio [Magagnotti], but today it's a perfect day for me, Isaac, and all San Marino."

GC action unfold over tricky terrain in brutal wet conditions

The third stage and fourth day of racing in Germany opened up to several early attacks, with three categorised climbs in the first 75km: Lolosruhe (3.8 km at 5.8%) and two laps up the Kalmit (5.2 km at 7.4%), but none of these moves stuck to form a true break of the day.

As heavy rain fell on the peloton, Nelson Oliveira attacked away solo in the final 70km to form a breakaway, as earlier splits in the main bunch came back together before a tricky finale.

Visma-Lease a Bike were in control for Barré one the Movistar rider got away, but that only lasted until the approach to the Rotsteig, where UAE started to show their strength and Nils Politt moved to the front.

With the home rider accelerating onto the short but steep climb, Del Toro was led out by him and Antonio Morgado, with the latter pulling so hard that everyone else was already on a gap by the time the young Mexican made his long-range move.

Barré had little in response, despite initially being able to hold a narrow gap, eventually dropping back to the remnants of the faltering peloton and being passed by a surging Pellizzari in the process.

He would never see Del Toro or Pellizzari again before the finish, losing 49 seconds and the race lead in the process. As the pair of San Marino residents fought out the stage win, Del Toro seemed happy to exhaust himself in establishing as big of a lead on GC as possible heading into the final day, with Pellizzari winning the stage.

Marc Hirshi (Tudor) showed signs of his previous best by attacking on the Annaberg to finish third on the stage, which also moved him up to third overall.

The Deutschland Tour will conclude tomorrow with a punchy 156km course starting and finishing in Heilbronn, where Del Toro will look to confirm overall victory for UAE Team Emirates-XRG.

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Results

Position	Rider	Time
1	Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:03:44
2	Isaac del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:00
3	Marc Hirschi (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:34
4	Senna Remijn (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:49
5	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:49
6	Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team	0:00:49
7	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:49
8	António Morgado (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:00:49
9	Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:00:49
10	Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:00:49
11	Lander Loockx (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:00:49
12	Juan Pedro López (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:49
13	Dylan Teuns (Bel) Cofidis	0:00:49
14	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:00:49
15	Louis Barré (Fra) Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:00:49
16	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	0:00:49
17	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Soudal Quick-Step	0:00:49
18	Pelayo Sánchez (Esp) Movistar Team	0:00:49
19	Gorka Sorarrain (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:49
20	Edgar David Cadena (Mex) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:00:49
21	Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:00:49
22	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Germany	0:00:49
23	Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:00:53
24	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	0:01:23
25	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	0:01:34
26	Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Germany	0:01:34
27	Johannes Adamietz (Ger) REMBE | rad-net	0:01:34
28	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek	0:01:46
29	Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious	0:01:48
30	Arno Wallenborn (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:01:59
31	Théo Hébert (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:03:15
32	Tijmen Graat (Ned) Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:03:15
33	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:06:10
34	Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:06:10
35	Bart Lemmen (Ned) Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:06:10
36	Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:06:10
37	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	0:06:10
38	Martijn Rasenberg (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:06:10
39	Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis	0:06:10
40	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	0:06:10
41	Michel Hessmann (Ger) Movistar Team	0:06:10
42	Gorka Corres (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:06:10
43	Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team	0:06:10
44	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:06:10
45	Henri Uhlig (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:06:10
46	Jesper Stiansen (Nor) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06:10
47	Alan Jousseaume (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:06:10
48	Robin Donzé (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:06:10
49	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:06:10
50	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	0:07:47
51	Paul Voß (Ger) Germany	0:07:47
52	Tobias Müller (Ger) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:07:47
53	Patrick Reißig (Ger) Germany	0:07:47
54	Ko Molenaar (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:07:47
55	Ole Theiler (Ger) REMBE | rad-net	0:07:47
56	Max Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:07:47
57	Moritz Mauss (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:07:47
58	Yaël Joalland (Fra) Cofidis	0:07:47
59	Ben Felix Jochum (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:07:47
60	Jonathan Malte Rottmann (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:07:47
61	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek	0:07:47
62	Julian Borresch (Ger) REMBE | rad-net	0:07:47
63	Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:07:47
64	Mil Morang (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:07:47
65	Miguel Heidemann (Ger) REMBE | rad-net	0:07:47
66	Roy Hoogendoorn (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:07:47
67	Ian Kings (Ger) Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:07:47
68	John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	0:07:47
69	Dominik Röber (Ger) Germany	0:07:47
70	Ellande Larronde (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:07:47
71	Alexander Hajek (Aut) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:07:47
72	Mees Vlot (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	0:07:47
73	Joren Bloem (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:07:47
74	Alexandre Kess (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	0:07:47
75	William Smith (Gbr) Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:07:47
76	Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	0:07:47
77	Alvaro Sagrado (Esp) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:07:47
78	Noé Ury (Lux) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:07:47
79	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:07:47
80	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	0:07:47
81	Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:07:47
82	Lennart Voege (Ger) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:07:47
83	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:07:47
84	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	0:07:47
85	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:07:47
86	Lorenzo De Longhi (Ita) Cofidis	0:07:47
87	Alessio Magagnotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:07:47
88	Guus van den Eijnden (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:07:47
89	Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:07:47
90	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	0:07:47
91	Clément Venturini (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:07:47
92	Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	0:07:47
93	Tibor Del Grosso (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	0:07:47
94	Rory Townsend (Irl) Unibet Rose Rockets	0:07:47
95	Leon Arenz (Ger) REMBE | rad-net	0:07:47
96	Felix Groß (Ger) Germany	0:07:47
97	Jakob Neumann (Ger) Team Storck-MRW Bau	0:07:47
98	Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:07:47

General classification after stage 3

Position	Rider	Time
1	Isaac del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	14:02:12
2	Louis Barré (Fra) Team Visma|Lease a Bike	+0:00:52
3	Marc Hirschi (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:01:05
4	Andrea Raccagni Noviero (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:01:21
5	Natnael Tesfatsion (Eri) Movistar Team	+0:01:22
6	Mathias Vacek (Cze) Lidl-Trek	+0:01:23
7	Gorka Sorarrain (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:01:23
8	Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:01:25
9	Stefano Oldani (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:01:25
10	Giulio Pellizzari (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:01:26
11	Edgar David Cadena (Mex) Team Storck-MRW Bau	+0:01:30
12	Florian Stork (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:01:32
13	Dylan Teuns (Bel) Cofidis	+0:01:33
14	Lander Loockx (Bel) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:01:35
15	Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies	+0:01:36
16	Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Germany	+0:01:39
17	Senna Remijn (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:01:55
18	Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis	+0:01:56
19	Jonas Rutsch (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:02:14
20	António Morgado (Por) Germany	+0:02:20
21	Johannes Adamietz (Ger) REMBE|rad-net	+0:02:20
22	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	+0:02:22
23	Frank van den Broek (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:02:24
24	Juan Pedro López (Esp) Movistar Team	+0:02:26
25	Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:02:29
26	Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Lidl-Trek	+0:02:29
27	Giovanni Aleotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:02:35
28	Pelayo Sánchez (Esp) Movistar Team	+0:02:37
29	Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:03:18
30	Arno Wallenborn (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:03:40
31	Tijmen Graat (Ned) Team Visma|Lease a Bike	+0:04:05
32	Edoardo Zambanini (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:06:41
33	Bart Lemmen (Ned) Team Visma|Lease a Bike	+0:06:43
34	Henri Uhlig (Ger) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:07:22
35	Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:07:34
36	Jesper Stiansen (Nor) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:07:39
37	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:07:41
38	Robin Donzé (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:07:42
39	Michel Hessmann (Ger) Movistar Team	+0:07:43
40	Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar Team	+0:08:01
41	Théo Hébert (Fra) TotalEnergies	+0:08:09
42	Tibor Del Grosso (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:08:20
43	Alexander Hajek (Aut) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:08:27
44	Clément Venturini (Fra) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:08:32
45	Jan Maas (Ned) Cofidis	+0:08:52
46	Paul Magnier (Fra) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:08:59
47	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Lidl-Trek	+0:09:00
48	Tobias Müller (Ger) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:09:12
49	Mil Morang (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:09:17
50	Guus van den Eijnden (Ned) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:09:19
51	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Visma|Lease a Bike	+0:09:19
52	Alan Jousseaume (Fra) TotalEnergies	+0:09:22
53	Gorka Corres (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:09:31
54	Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:09:33
55	Martijn Rasenberg (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:10:05
56	Fabien Doubey (Fra) TotalEnergies	+0:10:22
57	Patrick Reißig (Ger) Germany	+0:10:28
58	Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:10:36
59	Joren Bloem (Ned) Unibet Rose Rockets	+0:10:49
60	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:10:50
61	Dominik Röber (Ger) Germany	+0:11:00
62	Paul Voß (Ger) Germany	+0:11:02
63	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:11:09
64	Alexandre Kess (Lux) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:11:20
65	Miguel Heidemann (Ger) REMBE|rad-net	+0:11:43
66	Ben Felix Jochum (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:11:50
67	John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:11:51
68	William Smith (Gbr) Team Visma|Lease a Bike	+0:12:00
69	Max Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek	+0:12:18
70	Alvaro Sagrado (Esp) Team Storck-MRW Bau	+0:14:00
71	Mees Vlot (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:18:32
72	Laurenz Rex (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step	+0:19:21
73	Ole Theiler (Ger) REMBE|rad-net	+0:20:19
74	Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:20:57
75	Ellande Larronde (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	+0:21:18
76	Julian Borresch (Ger) REMBE|rad-net	+0:22:00
77	Alessio Magagnotti (Ita) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+0:24:05
78	Alberto Bruttomesso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:24:09
79	Lorenzo De Longhi (Ita) Cofidis	+0:24:11
80	Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+0:24:14
81	Ian Kings (Ger) Team Visma|Lease a Bike	+0:24:15
82	Roy Hoogendoorn (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:24:15
83	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:24:16
84	Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Cofidis	+0:24:17
85	Lennart Voege (Ger) Team Storck-MRW Bau	+0:24:18
86	Yaël Joalland (Fra) Cofidis	+0:24:20
87	Ko Molenaar (Ned) Team Picnic PostNL	+0:24:20
88	Jonathan Malte Rottmann (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:24:22
89	Joshua Huppertz (Ger) Team Lotto Kern-Haus Outlet Montabaur	+0:24:23
90	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious	+0:24:25
91	Moritz Mauss (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG	+0:24:28
92	Noé Ury (Lux) Team Storck-MRW Bau	+0:24:29
93	Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech	+0:24:43