Bora-Hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett sprinted to victory in the 200km third stage of the Paris-Nice in Moulins/Yzeure yesterday.
The Irishman completed the race in 5:16:25, beating Lotto Soudal’s Caleb Ewan and Deceuninck-QuickStep’s Fabio Jakobsen to the line.
Bora-Hansgrohe’s Sam Bennett celebrating his stage three victory of the Paris-Nice yesterday. Photo: A.S.O./Alex Broadway
Team Jumbo-Visma’s Dylan Groenewegen retained his race lead, just six seconds clear of Team Sky’s Michal Kwiatkowski in second.
View more results below.
Stage three
1. Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 5:16:25
2. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
3. Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep
4. Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First
5. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
6. Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Direct Energie
7. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
8. Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
9. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
10. Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
General classification
1. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 11:47:44
2. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:00:06
3. Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:11
4. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:16
5. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky 0:00:17
6. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:20
7. Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:21
8. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:23
9. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10. Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:24
