South African Louis Meintjes placed eighth in stage three of the Digital Swiss 5 virtual race last night.
NTT Pro Cycling’s Louis Meintjes finished eighth in stage three of the Digital Swiss 5 last night. Photo: Live stream
The 33.1km stage, which started in Fiesch and finished atop Nufenen Pass, was won by Sunweb’s Nicolas Roche.
Ilnur Zakarin (CCC Team) finished 1:10 behind Roche, with Lawrence Warbasse (AG2R la Mondiale) third.
“That was a very, very difficult and intense race – it was on from the beginning,” said Roche.
“I just had to pace myself because I had Michal [Kwiatkowski], Zakarin and Warbasse just behind me on the climb. I could see I wasn’t able to gain much space on them but I was riding steadily and basing my effort on them behind.
“The climb and effort was a bit longer than I expected and the last 3km were absolutely horrible. I’m quite happy, it was a good effort for us and the team. I wanted to commit to this and I’m happy it’s worked out.”
Tonight’s stage will cover 36.8km, from Oberlangenegg to Langnau.
View more provisional results below:
Stage three results
| 1 | Nicolas Roche | Team Sunweb | 1:12:11 |
| 2 | Ilnur Zakarin | CCC Team | +0:01:10 |
| 3 | Lawrence Warbasse | AG2R la Mondiale | +0:01:17 |
| 4 | Christopher Hamilton | Team Sunweb | +0:01:40 |
| 5 | James Whelan | EF Pro Cycling | +0:01:51 |
| 6 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Team Ineos | +0:02:04 |
| 7 | Hermann Pernsteiner | Bahrain McLaren | +0:02:30 |
| 8 | Louis Meintjes | NTT Pro Cycling | +0:02:54 |
| 9 | Rein Taaramae | Total Direct Energie | +0:03:08 |
| 10 | Gavin Mannion | Rally Cycling | +0:03:25 |
