3rd and last stage of this Vuelta In Italy this Monday! And after the 134.6 kilometers between San Maurizio Canavese and Ceres, it is David Gaudu Who raised his arms! After a season galley the French of the Groupama-FDJ holds its prestigious success, by ahead of the line Mads Pedersen (Lidl-trek) et Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | lease a bike)! The Danish keeps him the head of the general classification … at the same time as Guisor.
VIDEO – The day before, Jonas Vingegaard had won the 2nd stage
The summary
In the first kilometers, a breakaway of 4 men stands out with Alessandro Verre (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost), Luca Van Boven (Intermarché-Wanty) and Patrick Gamper (Jayco alula). Behind, it's the training Lidl-Trek of Mads Pedersen which controls. The middle of the stage is quite hilly, we lose people, especially Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-deceuninck). A few kilometers further, he enters the peloton, but does not seem very concerned with the stage victory. While Glass et Quinn their companions in Fugue are distant, Mads Pedersen takes 3rd place in the intermediate sprint, just ahead … Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) 4e.
We arrive in the final, the trains are set up and the tension rises as the final climb and its 2.5km approach to 3.2%, the last kilometer is around 5%. While Quinn is the last to be picked up at 19 terminals from the line. The runners arrive in the first thumbs. It rolls very hard, the teams Visma | Lease a Bike et Lidl-Trek Print a very big rhythm and it deviates from everywhere. In the last kilometer, Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) takes matters into hand, with Pedersen in the wheel. The Danish takes the last turn, less than 200 meters from the line, at the top. Only Awesome and an impressive David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) are still in the wheel. And French delights, while Awesome That's it. Pedersen also stuck, while Guisor Continue. And the French has a magnificent success on this 3rd stage! Pedersen, Awesome et Ciccone Then pass the line. A very good Jordan Labrosse (Decathlon Ag2r) takes 5th place. Despite mini-glows everywhere, the first 71 are counted at the same time, all the main favorites are present.
