BMC won the team time-trial on stage three of the Tour de France in Cholet today.
Team Sky finished second on stage three of Tour de France in Cholet today. Photo: ASO/Alex Broadway
They completed the 35km stage in 38:46 to beat Team Sky (38:50) and Quick-Step Floors (38:53).
With today’s victory, Belgium’s Greg van Avermaet moved into the overall lead in 9:08:55. He is followed by his teammate Tejay van Garderen (America) and Britain’s Geraint Thomas (Sky).
More results can be viewed below.
Stage three
1. BMC Racing Team 0:38:46
2. Team Sky 0:38:50
3. Quick-Step Floors 0:38:53
4. Mitchelton-Scott 0:38:55
5. Team Sunweb 0:38:58
6. EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:39:21
7. Bora-Hansgrohe 0:39:36
8. Astana Pro Team 0:39:38
9. Katusha-Alpecin 0:39:39
10. Movistar Team 0:39:40
General classification
1. Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 9:08:55
2. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
3. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky +0:00:03
4. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors +0:00:05
5. Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors +0:00:07
6. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
7. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb +0:00:11
8. Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
9. Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
10. Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale +0:00:35
*Selected
18. Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky +0:00:55
21. Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott +0:01:00
54. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data +0:01:52
54. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
160. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data +0:09:42
