Colombian Egan Bernal time-trialed to victory on stage three of Tour de Romandie in Villars today.
Australia’s Richie Porte finished third overall after stage three of the Tour de Romandie today. Photo: Photo credits
The Team Sky rider completed the 9.9km individual race against the clock in 25:11 ahead of Slovenian Primoz Roglic and Australian Richie Porte.
Roglic, who rides for LottoNL-Jumbo, retains the overall lead in 8:39:39. He is followed by Bernal and Porte (BMC Racing).
Results were as follows.
Stage three
1. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky 25:11
2. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo +00:04
3. Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team +00:18
4. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo +0:00:48
5. Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates +01:06
6. Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale +01:21
7. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team +01:25
8. Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates +01:28
9. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe +01:30
10. Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin +01:43
*Selected
82. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +05:25
101. Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data +06:24
109. Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data +06:52
121. Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data +08:05
General classification
1. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo 8:39:39
2. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky +00:06
3. Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team +00:27
4. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo +01:02
5. Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates +01:17
6. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team +01:22
7. Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8. Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates +01:42
9. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
10. Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida +01:55
*Selected
93. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +20:02
109. Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data +31:33
114. Johann van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data +39:27
116. Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data +39:28
