Quick-Step Floors’ Julian Alaphilippe came out on top in a reduced bunch sprint to win stage three of the Tour of Britain in Bristol today.
The Frenchman completed the race in 2:47:41, beating BMC Racing’s Patrick Bevin and One Pro Cycling’s Emils Liepins to the line.
Quick-Step Floors’ Julian Alaphilippe won the Clasica San Sebastian in the Spanish Basque country today. Photo: ASO/Alex Broadway
Bevin, however, took the race lead, milliseconds ahead of Mitchelton-Scott’s Cameron Meyer.
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Stage three
1. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 2:47:41
2. Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team
3. Emils Liepins (Lat) One Pro Cycling
4. Ethan Hayter (GBr) Great Britain
5. Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
6. Connor Swift (GBr) Madison Genesis
7. Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
8. Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
9. Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
10. Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
*Selected
66. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:02:59
67. Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data
73. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
General classification
1. Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team 11:03:11
2. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
3. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:02
4. Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 0:00:12
5. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
6. Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
7. Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
8. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo
9. Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:19
10. Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data 0:00:22
*Selected
59. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:06:31
64. Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:06:31
73. Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 0:10:26
