2024 Giro d'Italia

106th edition: May 4 - 26, 2024
Stage 3: Monday, May 6

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Monday, May 6: Stage 3, Novara - Fossano, 166 km

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Tim Merlier just beats Jonathan Milan to win stage three. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Fossano at 1:40 PM, local time: 17C (63F), rain showers, with the wind from the northwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). The rain is forecst to end about 4:00 PM.

The stage: Predominantly flat stage with some minor ups and downs in the central part. Mostly flat, straight, normal-width roads dotted with standard city obstacles in urban areas. The short climb of Lu is perhaps the only asperity of the day. The finale is characterized by the short climb of Cherasco.

Last kilometers
The last 3 km are virtually straight with only one sharp bend at 1300 m to go. Perfectly flat profile except for the false flat section from -4.5 km to -3 km, which climbs steadily at around 5% with wide bends. Final straight of 1300 m on a 9 m wide asphalt road.

The race: Eddie Dunbay (Jayco AlUla), who crashed yesterday, did not start. Late in the race Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost), suffering from knee problems, abandoned.

With Tadej Pogacar in pink, the peloton starts stage three in Novara. RCS photo.

Here's the race organizer's short report:

Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) has won Stage 3 of the 107th Giro d’Italia, the 166km long Novara-Fossano. Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and Biniam Girmay (Intermarché – Wanty) finished second and third respectively.

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) retains the Maglia Rosa.

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner Tim Merlier said: “This is my hardest victory so far. It was a really hard final. It’s been very difficult to come across to Pogačar and Thomas. I was in a difficult situation in the last hill. But Julian Alaphilippe was there for me. The team helped me tremendously. I was in the sprinters’ breakaway earlier. Luke [Lamperti] was there as well but it wasn’t good for us, so I tried to slow the group down a bit so we could have a bunch sprint finish”.

Here's the report from GC second-place Geraint Thomas' Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Geraint Thomas continued his strong start to the Giro d'Italia with a daring late attack alongside the maglia rosa on stage three.

The Welshman was superbly supported by his INEOS Grenadiers team-mates on the run into Fossano, and found himself in the perfect position to follow a surprising late acceleration.

Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) jumped on the move of Mikkel Honore (EF Education-Easypost), with Thomas able to ride across the gap over the final short rise of the stage with three kilometres to go. On the run-in Thomas was able to follow Pogacar as the pair opened out a gap to the sprint trains behind.

Here's the peloton about 58 kilometers into the stage on the Lu climb.

Despite a valiant effort the duo were reeled in on the final straight.

Earlier Thomas had taken a single bonus second at the intermediate sprint, finishing just behind Pogacar. Team-mate Ben Swift made the decisive early acceleration to take the three seconds.

The team combined superbly in the final 40km, holding position well on the left-hand side of the road, with big turns from Connor Swift, Ben Swift and Tobias Foss, before Thymen Arensman stretched out the bunch to deliver Thomas to the 3km to go banner.

In Cherasco, 23 kilometers from the finish.

No one expected what happened next, but by the finish the sprint took hold, with Tim Merlier (Soudal - Quick-Step) winning out.

Overall Thomas retained second overall, sitting 46 seconds back on Pogacar.

Tim Merlier wins stage three.

Complete results:

Stage 3 photos

166 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.458 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	3hr 54min 35sec
2	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
3	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
4	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
5	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
6	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
7	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
8	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
10	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
12	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
13	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
14	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
15	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
17	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
19	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
20	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
22	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
23	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
24	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
30	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
31	Max Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
33	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
34	Daniel Martinez	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
36	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
38	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
39	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
40	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
41	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
42	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
44	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
45	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
46	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
47	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
48	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
49	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
51	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
53	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
55	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
56	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
58	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
59	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
61	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
62	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
64	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
66	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
67	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
68	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
69	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
70	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
71	Lucas Plapp	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
72	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
73	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
74	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
75	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
76	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
77	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
79	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
80	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
81	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
82	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
84	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
85	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
86	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
88	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
89	Alexander Krieger	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
91	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
92	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 19sec
93	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	0:27
94	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
95	Attila Valter	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
96	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
97	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
98	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
99	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	0:36
100	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:46
101	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:59
102	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	1:10
103	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
104	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
105	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
107	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
108	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
109	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
111	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
112	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
113	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	1:27
114	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
115	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	1:35
116	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
117	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:58
118	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
119	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
120	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	2:00
121	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
122	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	2:11
123	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
124	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
125	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:36
126	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
127	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
128	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
129	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	s.t.
130	Fabio Jakobsen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:47
131	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	3:31
132	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	s.t.
133	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
134	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
135	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
136	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	3:37
137	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
138	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
139	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
140	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	s.t.
141	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
142	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
143	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
144	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
145	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
146	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
147	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
148	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
149	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
150	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
151	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
152	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
153	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
154	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
155	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
156	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
157	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
158	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
159	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
160	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
161	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
162	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
163	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
164	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
165	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
166	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	4:22
167	Julius Van Den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	5:29
168	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	5:36
169	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
170	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	6:13
171	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	7:55
172	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	8:31
173	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	11:29

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Mountains classification leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Points classification leader: Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Best young rider: Cian Uijtdebroeks (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Team classification leader: Bora-hansgrohe

467 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.260 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	11hr 3min 2sec
2	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 46sec
3	Daniel Martinez	BORA-hansgrohe	0:47
4	Einer Rubio	Movistar	0:56
5	Cian Uijtdebroeks	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	1:07
7	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	1:11
8	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	1:13
9	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	1:26
10	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
12	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:33
13	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:40
14	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	1:44
15	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
16	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	1:52
17	Max Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	2:00
18	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	2:07
19	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	2:09
20	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:33
21	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
22	Lucas Plapp	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
23	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	2:43
24	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	2:49
25	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
26	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	2:50
27	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:00
28	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	3:06
29	Florian Lipowitz	BORA-hansgrohe	3:08
30	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	3:27
31	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	4:06
32	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	4:09
33	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	5:41
34	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	6:10
35	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	6:30
36	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	6:34
37	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	6:49
38	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	6:55
39	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	7:13
40	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	7:34
41	Attila Valter	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	7:47
42	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	8:09
43	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	8:26
44	Andrea Piccolo	EF Education-EasyPost	9:38
45	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	9:47
46	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	10:16
47	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	10:20
48	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	10:51
49	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	11:18
50	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:27
51	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	11:33
52	William Barta	Movistar	11:39
53	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	11:43
54	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	12:26
55	Cristian Scaroni	Astana Qazaqstan	12:44
56	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	12:56
57	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	13:50
58	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
59	Nick Schultz	Israel-Premier Tech	14:20
60	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	15:09
61	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:18
62	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	15:23
63	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	15:42
64	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	15:52
65	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	18:02
66	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	19:09
67	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	19:15
68	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	19:30
69	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	20:02
70	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
71	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	20:31
72	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	21:08
73	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti Kometa	21:28
74	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	21:36
75	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	22:10
76	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	22:18
77	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	22:29
78	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
79	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	22:30
80	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	22:37
81	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	24:13
82	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	24:28
83	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	24:41
84	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	24:55
85	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	25:14
86	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	25:15
87	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	26:00
88	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	26:25
89	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	26:59
90	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	27:06
91	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	27:24
92	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	27:33
93	Stefano Oldani	Cofidis	s.t.
94	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
95	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	27:39
96	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	28:23
97	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	28:24
98	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	28:27
99	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	29:00
100	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	29:17
101	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	30:45
102	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	31:10
103	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	31:21
105	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	31:35
106	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	31:39
107	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	32:35
108	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
109	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	33:06
110	Louis Barré	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	33:09
111	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	33:28
112	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	33:30
113	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	33:36
114	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	34:28
115	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	34:39
116	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	35:23
117	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	35:34
118	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti Kometa	35:48
119	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	37:00
120	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
121	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	38:01
122	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
123	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	38:07
124	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	38:14
125	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	38:15
126	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	38:56
127	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	38:57
128	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	38:59
129	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	39:06
130	Max Kanter	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
131	Alexander Krieger	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
132	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	39:16
133	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	39:19
134	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	39:24
135	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	39:26
136	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	39:27
137	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	39:38
138	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
139	Olav Kooij	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
140	Danny Van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
141	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
142	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
143	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
144	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
145	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
146	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	39:40
147	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	39:41
148	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	39:43
149	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	39:51
150	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	40:05
151	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	40:13
152	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
153	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	40:16
154	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
155	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	40:48
156	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	41:06
157	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	41:17
158	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	41:39
159	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
160	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	42:10
161	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
162	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	42:43
163	Fabio Jakobsen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	43:00
164	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	43:18
165	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	43:48
166	Riley Pickrell	Israel-Premier Tech	44:39
167	David Dekker	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	44:47
168	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Wanty	45:13
169	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	45:51
170	Julius Van Den Berg	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	47:17
171	Bram Welten	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	48:08
172	Torstein Træen	Bahrain Victorious	49:53
173	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La	51:11

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Tadej Pogacar signs in.

Teams presentation: Jayco-AlUla riders Caleb Ewan and Lucas Plapp

Biniam Girmay finished third.

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL rider Fabio Jakobsen

Current best young rider Cian Uijtdebroeks

Christophe Laporte

At the start the leaders of the race's classifications are at the front: White jersey Cian Uijtdebroeks; Pink jersey Tadej Pogacar; Purple jersey Filippo Fiorelli.

Here they come...

Tim Merlier wins a close one.

Tadej Pogacar finished safely in the pack, 46th.

Stage winner Tim Merlier

Tadej Pogacar will start stage 4 in pink.