2022 Vuelta a España

77th edition: August 19 - September 11, 2022

Stage 3: Sunday, August 21, 2022

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Sunday, August 21: Stage 3, Breda - Breda, 193.2 km

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That's two Vuelta stage wins in a row for Sam Bennett. ASO photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Breda at 2:10 PM, local time: 23C (73F), cloudy, with the wind from the west at 16 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

Rated ascent:

• Km 133.8: Rijsendeweg, 0.4 km @ 3.7%. Cat. 4

The race: All 181 stage 2 finishers began today's stage. Early in the stage Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) crashed and abandoned.

Here's the race organizer's stage three summary:

Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) is on a roll! On the day after his win in Utrecht, his first Grand Tour success in two years, the Irishman sprinted to another victory in Breda at the end of stage 3 of La Vuelta 22. He dominated Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and Dan McLay (Arkea-Samsic) to take his 10th Grand Tour stage win, the 5th in La Vuelta. Never had he claimed two stage wins in a row in three-week events. The final stage in the Netherlands also saw a third rider from Jumbo-Visma take La Roja: Edoardo Affini, after Robert Gesink and Mike Teunissen. The race will resume on Tuesday, in Basque country.

The peloton set off from Breda for a 193.2km loop around the Dutch city with 181 riders. Spanish and Dutch baroudeurs lead the first breakaway attempts until Belgium’s Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) launches a successful attack at km 4. He is joined at the front by Julius van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost), wearing the polka-dot jersey on his Dutch roads, as well as Jose Herrada (Cofidis), Jan Bakelants (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux), Ander Okamika (Burgos-BH), Pau Miquel (Kern Pharma) and Mikel Iturria (Euskaltel-Euskadi).

Woods crashes and abandons
They rapidly open a gap of 3 minutes but sprint teams are also quick to react. Sam Bennett’s Bora-Hansgrohe, Mads Pedersen’s Trek-Segafredo and Tim Merlier’s Alpecin-Deceuninck are the most involved to drive the chase. The attackers fly through the wind, maintaining an average speed of 45km/h in the first two hours. But the gap is down to 2 minutes as they enter the last 100km.

In the bunch, Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) suffers a crash with his teammate Itamar Einhorn. The Canadian climber, a 2-time stage winner in La Vuelta, is forced to give up on his GC ambitions as he has to abandon the race.

Van den Berg defends the polka dots
The tension increases in the bunch and the gap drops down to 1’ ahead of the climb of the day, Rijzendeweg (km 133.8). Thomas De Gendt comes first at the summit, ahead of Julius van den Berg, who successfully defends his leadership in the KOM standings before leaving the Netherlands to go to the Basque country.

De Gendt also dominates the intermediate sprint (km 170.6) and then drops back to the bunch. Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) is involved in an incident with 19km to go, but he quickly gets back to the bunch with Pavel Sivakov and Tao Geoghegan Hart.

Bennett, unleashed
The break is eventually reeled in with 11km to go. And the battle for the front positions of the bunch is full on both for the sprinters and the GC leaders.

Alpecin-Deceuninck and UAE Team Emirates try to set Tim Merlier and Pascal Ackermann for the win. But Bora-Hansgrohe surge to the front inside the final 500m and Sam Bennett sprints to his second stage win in a row.

Complete results:

Stage 3 photos

193.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.144 km/hr

1	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	4hr 5min 53sec
2	MADS PEDERSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
3	DANIEL MCLAY	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
4	BRYAN COQUARD	COFIDIS	s.t.
5	FABIAN LIENHARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
6	TIM MERLIER	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
7	KADEN GROVES	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
8	CEDRIC BEULLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
9	PASCAL ACKERMANN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
10	DANNY VAN POPPEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
11	LIONEL TAMINIAUX	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
12	JAKE STEWART	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
13	ETHAN HAYTER	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
14	ITAMAR EINHORN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
15	GERBEN THIJSSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
16	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TEAM DSM	s.t.
17	CARLOS CANAL BLANCO	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
18	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
19	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
20	EDOARDO AFFINI	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
21	JORIS NIEUWENHUIS	TEAM DSM	s.t.
22	THYMEN ARENSMAN	TEAM DSM	s.t.
23	JHOAN ESTEBAN CHAVES	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
24	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
25	JESUS EZQUERRA MUELA	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
26	YEVGENIY FEDOROV	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
27	LUCAS PLAPP	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
28	RÉMY ROCHAS	COFIDIS	s.t.
29	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
30	ROBERT STANNARD	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
31	NANS PETERS	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
32	VINCENZO NIBALI	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
33	SIMON GUGLIELMI	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
34	SAM OOMEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
35	PRIMOŽ ROGLIČ	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
36	JOAO PEDRO GONÇALVES	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
37	JAN POLANC	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
38	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
39	MILES SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
40	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
41	MARK DONOVAN	TEAM DSM	s.t.
42	LUIS LEON SANCHEZ	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
43	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
44	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
45	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CANO	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
46	NELSON OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
47	MARC SOLER	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
48	GINO MÄDER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
49	MIKEL LANDA	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
50	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
51	JONAS IVERSBY HVIDEBERG	TEAM DSM	s.t.
52	SIMON PHILIP YATES	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
53	JAI HINDLEY	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
54	REMCO EVENEPOEL	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
55	RICHARD CARAPAZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
56	PATRICK BEVIN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
57	JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
58	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
59	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
60	PAVEL SIVAKOV	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
61	JUAN AYUSO PESQUERA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
62	GREGOR MÜHLBERGER	MOVISTAR	s.t.
63	BOY VAN POPPEL	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
64	PIETER SERRY	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
65	NIKIAS ARNDT	TEAM DSM	s.t.
66	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
67	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
68	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
69	JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
70	ILAN VAN WILDER	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
71	LUIS ANGEL MATE MARDONES	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
72	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
73	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
74	FAUSTO MASNADA	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
75	LUCAS HAMILTON	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
76	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
77	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
78	ANTOINE RAUGEL	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
79	JETSE BOL	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
80	HAROLD ALFONSO TEJADA	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
81	CARL FREDRIK HAGEN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
82	RYAN MULLEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
83	HUGH JOHN CARTHY	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
84	BEN TURNER	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
85	ANTONIO TIBERI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
86	JAMES SHAW	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
87	RÉMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
88	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
89	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
90	DAVIDE VILLELLA	COFIDIS	s.t.
91	DAVIDE CIMOLAI	COFIDIS	s.t.
92	EDOARDO ZAMBANINI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
93	JOSE MANUEL DIAZ GALLEGO	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
94	QUENTIN PACHER	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
95	JUAN PEDRO LOPEZ PEREZ	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
96	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
97	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
98	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
99	ROGER ADRIA OLIVERAS	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
100	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
101	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
102	RAUL GARCIA PIERNA	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
103	JOAN BOU COMPANY	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
104	FRANCISCO GALVAN	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
105	JASHA SÜTTERLIN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
106	XANDRO MEURISSE	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
107	THOMAS CHAMPION	COFIDIS	s.t.
108	RUBEN FERNANDEZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
109	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
110	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
111	MERHAWI GHEBREMEDHIN	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
112	REIN TAARAMÄE	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
113	VICTOR LANGELLOTTI	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
114	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
115	CLÉMENT CHAMPOUSSIN	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
116	IVO MANUEL ALVES OLIVEIRA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
117	ANDREA VENDRAME	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
118	IBAI AZURMENDI	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
119	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
120	BOB JUNGELS	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
121	VOJTĚCH ŘEPA	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
122	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
123	URKO BERRADE FERNANDEZ	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
124	SÉBASTIEN REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
125	THIBAUT PINOT	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
126	JOSE FELIX PARRA CUERDA	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
127	WOUTER POELS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
128	LUKE DURBRIDGE	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
129	MATTEO FABBRO	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
130	MICHAEL HEPBURN	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
131	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
132	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
133	FRED WRIGHT	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
134	PAU MIQUEL DELGADO	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
135	GIANNI VERMEERSCH	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
136	MARK PADUN	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
137	FILIPPO CONCA	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
138	CHRIS HARPER	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
139	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
140	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
141	KAMIL MALECKI	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
142	JONATHAN CAICEDO	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
143	ANDER OKAMIKA	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
144	JULIUS VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
145	NICOLAS PRODHOMME	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
146	SAMUELE BATTISTELLA	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
147	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
148	JARRAD DRIZNERS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
149	VADIM PRONSKIY	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
150	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
151	HECTOR CARRETERO	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
152	DARIO CATALDO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
153	LOUIS VERVAEKE	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
154	MAXIM VAN GILS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
155	DANIEL NAVARRO	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
156	OSCAR CABEDO CARDA	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
157	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
158	JAN HIRT	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
159	JULIUS JOHANSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
160	JONAS KOCH	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
161	THIBAULT GUERNALEC	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
162	CALLUM SCOTSON	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	@ 31sec
163	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	0' 32''
164	JAY VINE	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	0' 39''
165	MATHIAS JØRGENSEN	MOVISTAR	0' 54''
166	DAAN HOOLE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
167	XABIER MIKEL AZPARREN	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
168	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	1' 18''
169	KELLAND O’BRIEN	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	1' 34''
170	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	1' 52''
171	GOTZON MARTIN SANZ	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
172	ROHAN DENNIS	JUMBO-VISMA	2' 09''
173	JIMMY JANSSENS	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	2' 55''
174	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	4' 12''
175	DARYL IMPEY	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
176	MIKEL ITURRIA SEGUROLA	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
177	FLORIS DE TIER	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
178	HENRI VANDENABEELE	TEAM DSM	s.t.
179	JOSE HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
180	MIKEL BIZKARRA	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	7' 28''

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Edoardo Affini (Jumbo-Visma)
• Mountains classification leader: Julius Van Den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Points classification leader: Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Best young rider: Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Teams classification leader: Jumbo-Visma

391.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.981 km/hr

1	EDOARDO AFFINI	JUMBO-VISMA	8hr 20min 7sec
2	SAM OOMEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
3	PRIMOŽ ROGLIČ	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
4	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
5	MIKE TEUNISSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
6	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
7	ETHAN HAYTER	INEOS GRENADIERS	@ 13sec
8	RICHARD CARAPAZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
9	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CANO	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
10	PAVEL SIVAKOV	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
11	LUCAS PLAPP	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
12	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
13	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
14	REMCO EVENEPOEL	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	0' 14''
15	ILAN VAN WILDER	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
16	JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
17	FAUSTO MASNADA	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	s.t.
18	MADS PEDERSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	0' 27''
19	KADEN GROVES	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	0' 31''
20	SIMON PHILIP YATES	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
21	LUCAS HAMILTON	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
22	LUKE DURBRIDGE	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
23	PASCAL ACKERMANN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0' 33''
24	MARC SOLER	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
25	JAN POLANC	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
26	JUAN AYUSO PESQUERA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
27	JOAO PEDRO GONÇALVES	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
28	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
29	IVO MANUEL ALVES OLIVEIRA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
30	JAKE STEWART	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0' 38''
31	RUDY MOLARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
32	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
33	QUENTIN PACHER	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
34	SÉBASTIEN REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
35	THIBAUT PINOT	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
36	BEN TURNER	INEOS GRENADIERS	0' 39''
37	DANNY VAN POPPEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	0' 41''
38	JAI HINDLEY	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
39	RYAN MULLEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
40	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
41	SERGIO ANDRES HIGUITA	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
42	ALEX KIRSCH	TREK-SEGAFREDO	0' 42''
43	LUIS LEON SANCHEZ	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
44	GINO MÄDER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
45	MIKEL LANDA	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
46	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
47	JASHA SÜTTERLIN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
48	JUAN PEDRO LOPEZ PEREZ	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
49	FRED WRIGHT	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
50	WOUTER POELS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
51	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
52	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
53	EDOARDO ZAMBANINI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
54	DARIO CATALDO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
55	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	0' 43''
56	NELSON OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
57	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
58	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
59	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
60	MILES SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0' 45''
61	VINCENZO NIBALI	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	0' 46''
62	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
63	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
64	HAROLD ALFONSO TEJADA	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
65	SAMUELE BATTISTELLA	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
66	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
67	MICHAEL HEPBURN	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	0' 52''
68	JORIS NIEUWENHUIS	TEAM DSM	0' 53''
69	THYMEN ARENSMAN	TEAM DSM	s.t.
70	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
71	NIKIAS ARNDT	TEAM DSM	s.t.
72	JONAS IVERSBY HVIDEBERG	TEAM DSM	s.t.
73	MARK DONOVAN	TEAM DSM	s.t.
74	FABIAN LIENHARD	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0' 55''
75	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
76	CLÉMENT CHAMPOUSSIN	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
77	ANDREA VENDRAME	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
78	PAU MIQUEL DELGADO	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
79	BOB JUNGELS	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
80	NICOLAS PRODHOMME	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
81	RAUL GARCIA PIERNA	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	0' 57''
82	FRANCISCO GALVAN	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
83	URKO BERRADE FERNANDEZ	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
84	ROGER ADRIA OLIVERAS	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	s.t.
85	TIM MERLIER	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	0' 59''
86	JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1' 00''
87	YEVGENIY FEDOROV	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	1' 01''
88	LIONEL TAMINIAUX	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	1' 03''
89	ROBERT STANNARD	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
90	GIANNI VERMEERSCH	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	s.t.
91	PATRICK BEVIN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	1' 04''
92	CARL FREDRIK HAGEN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
93	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
94	VADIM PRONSKIY	ASTANA-QAZAQSTAN	s.t.
95	NANS PETERS	AG2R-CITROEN	1' 08''
96	VOJTĚCH ŘEPA	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	1' 12''
97	RÉMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	1' 14''
98	JHOAN ESTEBAN CHAVES	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	1' 19''
99	HUGH JOHN CARTHY	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
100	JAMES SHAW	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
101	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
102	JONATHAN CAICEDO	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
103	MARK PADUN	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	s.t.
104	JULIUS VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	1' 21''
105	CHRIS HARPER	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 23''
106	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1' 24''
107	SIMON GUGLIELMI	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 25''
108	BOY VAN POPPEL	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
109	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
110	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
111	ELIE GESBERT	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
112	GERBEN THIJSSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
113	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
114	ANTOINE RAUGEL	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
115	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
116	REIN TAARAMÄE	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
117	JAN HIRT	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
118	JOSE FELIX PARRA CUERDA	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	1' 27''
119	CARLOS CANAL BLANCO	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	1' 32''
120	JOAN BOU COMPANY	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
121	IBAI AZURMENDI	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
122	PIETER SERRY	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	1' 44''
123	CEDRIC BEULLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	1' 49''
124	ITAMAR EINHORN	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
125	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
126	LUIS ANGEL MATE MARDONES	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	s.t.
127	MAXIM VAN GILS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
128	BRYAN COQUARD	COFIDIS	1' 50''
129	RÉMY ROCHAS	COFIDIS	s.t.
130	DAVIDE VILLELLA	COFIDIS	s.t.
131	RUBEN FERNANDEZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
132	SAM BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	1' 51''
133	HECTOR CARRETERO	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA	1' 52''
134	JESUS EZQUERRA MUELA	BURGOS-BH	1' 58''
135	JETSE BOL	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
136	JOSE MANUEL DIAZ GALLEGO	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
137	VICTOR LANGELLOTTI	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
138	ANDER OKAMIKA	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
139	DANIEL NAVARRO	BURGOS-BH	s.t.
140	DAVIDE CIMOLAI	COFIDIS	1' 59''
141	DAAN HOOLE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
142	JULIUS JOHANSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	2' 02''
143	XANDRO MEURISSE	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	2' 03''
144	KELLAND O’BRIEN	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	2' 05''
145	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	2' 08''
146	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	2' 22''
147	DANIEL MCLAY	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 28''
148	ANTONIO TIBERI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 33''
149	LOUIS VERVAEKE	QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL	2' 36''
150	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 42''
151	THOMAS CHAMPION	COFIDIS	2' 49''
152	THIBAULT GUERNALEC	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 52''
153	JAY VINE	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	2' 54''
154	JARRAD DRIZNERS	LOTTO SOUDAL	2' 58''
155	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROEN	3' 03''
156	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	s.t.
157	ROHAN DENNIS	JUMBO-VISMA	3' 07''
158	CALLUM SCOTSON	BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO	3' 09''
159	FILIPPO CONCA	LOTTO SOUDAL	3' 10''
160	JONAS KOCH	BORA-HANSGROHE	3' 12''
161	MATTEO FABBRO	BORA-HANSGROHE	3' 22''
162	GOTZON MARTIN SANZ	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	3' 24''
163	OSCAR CABEDO CARDA	BURGOS-BH	3' 41''
164	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	3' 42''
165	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS	MOVISTAR	3' 43''
166	MERHAWI GHEBREMEDHIN	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	3' 56''
167	JOHN DEGENKOLB	TEAM DSM	4' 13''
168	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	4' 44''
169	GREGOR MÜHLBERGER	MOVISTAR	4' 47''
170	DARYL IMPEY	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	5' 16''
171	JIMMY JANSSENS	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	5' 34''
172	MATHIAS JØRGENSEN	MOVISTAR	5' 57''
173	XABIER MIKEL AZPARREN	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	5' 58''
174	JOSE HERRADA	COFIDIS	6' 23''
175	MIKEL ITURRIA SEGUROLA	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	6' 41''
176	HENRI VANDENABEELE	TEAM DSM	7' 53''
177	THOMAS DE GENDT	LOTTO SOUDAL	9' 02''
178	MIKEL BIZKARRA	EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI	10' 20''
179	KAMIL MALECKI	LOTTO SOUDAL	13' 01''
180	FLORIS DE TIER	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	18' 48''

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

There were a couple of cycling immortals at the race, Jan Janssen (in white) and Joop Zoetemelk.

Simon Yates during the pre-race rider presentation ceremonies.

Enric Mas (left) & Alejandro Valverde

Jan Bakelandts

Sam Bennett sits up and enjoys his win.

Stage winner Sam Bennett

New GC leader Edoardo Affini