Tour de France Stage Report: Stage 3 was always going to be a day for the sprinters, and the fast-finishers didn’t disappoint with an exciting final kilometre. In crash riddled last kilometres, the sprinters battled it out in the last metres with Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) hitting the front a little too early allowing Fernando Gaviria (Movistar), Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny) and Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) to squeeze past him for the Eritrean to win his first Tour stage. Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) finished ahead of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) to take the yellow jersey.
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Stage 3 last kilometre
The first sprint in the 2024 Tour de France was won by Biniam Girmay. The 24-year-old Intermarché-Wanty rider managed to take control of the sprint after a chaotic final in Turin, finishing ahead of Fernando Gaviria and Arnaud De Lie. Richard Carapaz crossed the line in 14th place and took over the yellow leader’s jersey from Tadej Pogačar.
Biniam Girmay takes his first Tour de France stage win
Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France general director: “The sprinters will have started the 2024 Tour with their teeth gritted, but now they’ll have something to sink them into with the finish in Turin. Prior to that, the peloton will pay a passing tribute to Fausto Coppi by heading through Tortone, where il campionissimo died. By that point, though, the sprinters’ domestiques will already be hard at work, their focus on ensuring a sprint finale. There’ll be little room for manoeuvre for the breakaway riders.”
Stage 3 profile
The third day of the Tour de France might suit the sprinters, but it is far from easy. The riders have 229 kilometres to ride from Piacenza to Turin, where a bunch sprint is very likely. There is the Cote de Tortona-Fausto Coppi (1.1km at 6.3%), the Cote de Barbaresco (1.5km at 6.5%) and the Cote de Sommariva Perno (3.1km at 4 .6%), all Cat.4 climbs. The finish is in Turin, capital of the Piedmont region, which has impressive architecture and art because of its Roman history. The city also has a sports history, it hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics, is home to football clubs Juventus and Torino and the finish of the World’s oldest bike race: Milan-Turin, which usually ends in a bunch sprint.
Could it be Mark Cavendish’s day?
Tadej Pogačar suits yellow
At the finish in Turin, there wasn’t only a stage victory up for grabs, but also the overall lead. The first four riders on GC: Tadej Pogačar, Remco Evenepoel, Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz, were all on the same time. Whom soever finished in the best place on the stage, would probably take over the yellow jersey.
Aero or sun protection for Dylan Groenewegen?
KOM and points leader Jonas Abrahamsen – Probably won’t lose the green jersey today, but will keep the ‘maillot à pois rouges’ (he kept both)
With Tadej Pogačar in the yellow jersey, the Tour left Piacenza for the longest stage of the 2024 Tour de France. There was some enthusiasm to be in the early break, but no one put in a real attack. After about 7 kilometres, two riders from Uno-X Mobility decided to try something.
Belgian champion, Arnaud De Lie must be a good bet for his first Tour stage win
Jasper Philipsen also has a good chance today
Jonas Vingegaard looked good on stage 2
The jerseys at the start in Piacenza: Madouas, Pogačar, Abrahamsen, Evenepoel and stage 2 winner, Vauquelin
Will we see the World champion going for the stage win, or will he be leading out Jasper Philipsen?
Good to see Tim Declercq back at work, but strange not seeing ‘El Tractor’ in Quick-Step kit
The peloton knew it was a sprinter’s day and stayed together mostly
Wine country
Torino is that way for Fabien Grellier
The pace kept the peloton in a ling thin line into the finale
It was a hard fought for sprint
A very emotional win for Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty) ahead of Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) and Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny)
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Tour de France Stage 3 Result:
1. Biniam Girmay Hailu (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty in 5:26:48
2. Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) Movistar
3. Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto Dstny
4. Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek
5. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jayco AlUla
6. Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious
7. Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) dsm-firmenich-PostNL
8. Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan
9. Sam Bennett (Irl) Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale
10. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis.
Tour de France Overall After Stage 3:
1. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost in 15:20:18
2. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
4. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma | Lease a Bike
5. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich-PostNL at 0:06
6. Pello Bilbao Lopez de Armentia (Spa) Bahrain Victorious at 0:21
7. Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
8. Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) INEOS Grenadiers
9. Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
10. Aleksander Vlasov (-) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.
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