Tour de France
The longest stage of the 111th Tour de France, over 231 km from Piacenza to Turin, went to Biniam Girmay on Monday in a sprint of the field that had been severely decimated by a crash. The 24-year-old secured the first Tour victory for a rider from Eritrea. Before the first exchange of blows in the high mountains, the yellow jersey changed from Tadej Pogacar to Richard Carapaz, who was on the same time and is in the lead due to the better overall placings.
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In the third section, the whole field basically took a breather after the tough start and before the first mountain stage. There were no breakaway attempts worth mentioning, the field mostly rolled along as one. As expected, things got hectic in the finale. Due to the special constellation for the overall lead with four riders on the same time, the top teams were also in the mix at the front.
A crash involving several riders occurred 2.3 km from the finish, which slowed many of them down. Girmay was one of the few top sprinters to come through unscathed and two years after his stage victory at the Giro d’Italia, he also won the Tour. He won ahead of Fernando Gaviria (COL/Movistar) and Arnaud de Lie (BEL/Lotto).
Carapaz in yellow jersey for the first time
Ecuadorian Carapaz also escaped the chaos before the finish and arrived in 14th place on the stage, meaning the 2019 Giro winner from the EF racing team can wear the yellow jersey for the first time on Tuesday. He continues to lead the timesheets ahead of Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard. Felix Gall is 21 seconds behind in 18th place.
This ranking could change fundamentally on Tuesday. The fourth stage leads from Pinerolo over 140 km and 3,900 meters of altitude to Valloire in France. The first long climbs, which are not particularly steep, await with Sestriere (2,040 m) and the Col du Galibier (2,630 m) 20 km from the finish.
111. Tour de France
Dritte Etappe (Piacenza – Turin, 230.8 km): 1. Biniam Girmay ERI 5:46.28 2. Fernando Gaviria COL -“- 3. Arnaud De Lie BEL -“- 4. Mads Pedersen DEN -“- 5. Dylan Groenewegen NED -“- 6. Phil Bauhaus GER -“- 7. Fabio Jakobsen NED -“- 8. Davide Ballerini ITA -“- 9. Sam Bennett IRL -“- 10. Bryan Coquard FRA -“- weiters: 14. Richard Carapaz ECU -“- 38. Tadej Pogacar SLO -“- 68. Jonas Vingegaard DEN -“- 86.
Gregor Mühlberger
AUT
-“-
94.
Felix Gall
AUT
-“-
138.
Marco Haller
AUT -“- Gesamtwertung nach three of 21 Etappen: 1. Richard Carapaz ECU 15:20:18 2. Tadej Pogacar SLO -“- 3. Remco Evenepoel BEL -“- 4. Jonas Vingegaard DEN -“- 5. Romain Bardet FRA + 0:06 6. Pello Bilbao ESP 0:21 7. Guillaume Martin FRA -“- 8. Egan Bernal COL -“- 9. Jai Hindley AUS -“- 10. Aleksandr Wlasow RUS -“- weiters: 17. Primoz Roglic SLO -“- 18.
Felix Gall
AUT
-“-
111.
Gregor Mühlberger
AUT
44:59
148.
Marco Haller
AUT 47:11 Graph: APA/ORF
Stage plan:
29.06. 1. Stage Florence – Rimini (ITA, 206 km) 30.06. 2. Stage Cesenatico – Bologna (ITA, 200 km) 01.07. 3. Stage Piacenza – Turin (ITA, 229 km) 02.07. 4. Stage Pinerolo (ITA) – Valloire (138 km) 03.07. 5. Stage Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Saint-Vulbas (177 km) 04.07. 6. Stage Macon – Dijon (163 km) 05.07. 7. Stage Nuits-Saint-Georges – Gevrey-Chambertin (25 km/EZF) 06.07. 8. Semur-en-Auxois – Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises stage (176 km) 07.07. 9. Troyes – Troyes stage (199 km) 08.07. Ruhetaday 09.07. 10. Orleans – Saint-Amand-Montrond stage (187 km) 10.07. 11. Evraux-les-Bains – Le Lioran stage (211 km) 11.07. 12. Aurillac – Villeneuve-sur-Lot stage (204 km) 12.07. 13. Agen – Pau stage (171 km) 13.07. 14. Pau – Saint-Lary-Soulan stage (152 km/BAK) 14.07. 15. Stage Loudenvielle – Plateau de Beille (198 km/BAK) 15.07. Ruhetag 16.07. 16. Stage Gruissan – Nimes (187 km) 17.07. 17. Stage Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux – Superdevoluy (178 km) 18.07. 18. Stage Gap – Barcelonette (179 km) 19.07. 19. Stage Embrun – Isola 2000 (145 km/BAK) 20.07. 20. Stage Nizza – Col de la Couillole (133 km/BAK) 21.07. 21. Stage Monaco – Nizza (34 km/EZF)
BAK = Bergankunft
EZF = Individual Time Trial
Total length: 3,492 km
