Mads Pedersen, the Dane who achieved the most surprising World Cup in recent years in 2019 (and deservedly so) by being the best against Trentin in Harrogate, He showed that one more day that he is a runner to be taken into account in the volatasand more on this third day of the Paris-Nice: the end of Dun-le-Palestel dived upwards, and that of the Trek, he maintained a power in the sprint that made him unattainable. “I’m heading in the right direction for the Classics coming up in a few weeks.said the man from the Trek. Van Aert tried, but in the end he couldn’t even be second, since a great Coquard, who came from behind, also beat him at the finish line. The leader Laporte went to the ground in the final stretch. Being within the neutralized section, he keeps the yellow jersey with some scratches on his shorts.
It was a day with winding terrain, 190 kilometers long, and what could be the last option for the small sprinters present at the eventsince this Wednesday will be the turn for the time trial and already, from Thursday to Sunday, broken mountain and mid-mountain terrain. Gougeard, Doull and De Gendt, the Belgian who rides more times solo than accompanied, formed the breakaway of the day. They came to have five minutes of rent, but behind, in the peloton, one of the teams that put the most effort into reducing the advantage was Trek, as they were aware that today Pedersen had a great opportunity. He turned out well for them.
The rhythm as the final bars approached, and once the three third grade levels of the day were exceeded, it began to take its toll, especially among the sprinters. Bennett, Jakobsen… several prominent names for the sprint that ran out of options. With 24 km to go, the breakaway came to an end, shortly before the bonus sprint, which caused a Roglic to move, adding two seconds. All sum. Movistar took command of the peloton, considering Cortina’s options (he was 13th) and Cofidis also for Coquard’s options.
Laporte was with Van Aert, but his crash alongside Geniets altered the sprint. Luckily, there were no more involved, thanks to the fact that it was an arrival that stung up and the speed was somewhat less than in a normal sprint. Padersen dominated with authority and Van Aert, after returning to bonuses, is one second behind Laporrte’s yellow, who wore it this Tuesday for the third and last consecutive day, since this Wednesday there will be a 13.4 km time trial. The three Jumbos continue to dominate the general classification after their exhibition on the opening day. and After the time trial, the riders who will fight until Nice to finish on top of the podium will be more defined.
Classification of the 3rd stage of the Paris-Nice
1st Mads Pedersen (DIN/Trek) 4h 23:29
2nd Bryan Coquard (FRA/ Cofidis) mt
3rd Wout van Aert (BEL/Jumbo) mt
4th Jasper Philipsen (BEL/Alpecin) mt
5th Anthony Turgis (FRA/TotalEnergies) mt
13th Iván García Cortina (Movistar) mt
General ranking
1st Christophe Laporte (FRA/ Jumbo) 7h 11:15
2nd Wout van Aert (BEL/Jumbo) at 1
3rd Primoz Roglic (ESL/Jumbo) 9
4th Mads Pedersen (DIN/Trek 29
5th Bryan Coquard (FRA/ Cofidis 33
13th Luis Leon Sanchez (Bahrain) 39
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