Quick-Step Floors’ Elia Viviani won the 229km third stage of the Giro d’Italia, which finished in Eilat, Israel, today.
The Italian won his second consecutive stage in a bunch sprint, finishing in 5:02:09. He beat compatriot EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale’s Sacha Modolo and Bora-Hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett (Ireland) into second and third respectively.
Elia Viviani won the 229km third stage of the Giro d’Italia in Israel today. Pictured here is a peloton in action during last year’s Giro d’Italia. Photo: Photo credits
BMC Racing’s Rohan Dennis (Australia) retained his race lead – one second clear of Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) – and will take the pink jersey to Italy in stage four on Tuesday.
View more results below.
Stage three
1. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 5:02:09
2. Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
3. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe
4. Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia
5. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
6. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
7. Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
8. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
9. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
10. José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
Selected
34. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data
40. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data
90. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
General classification
1. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 9:05:30
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb +0:01
3. José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin +0:13
4. Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin +0:17
5. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team +0:19
6. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott +0:21
7. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors +0:22
8. Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin +0:28
9. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida +0:28
10. Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team +0:29
Selected
48. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data +1:02
61. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data +1:09
78. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data +1:26
