Team Visma | Lease a Bike holds its ground in third stage Tour de Suisse
In the third stage of the Swiss stage race the riders were presented with a hilly course. The men from Team Visma | Lease a Bike took care of Lemmen and made sure the Dutchman stayed out of trouble. Quinn Simmons proved to be the strongest of a six-rider breakaway and was able to put his hands in the air after just under 200 kilometers.
“In the finale, we were nicely with three of us.”
Maarten Wynants
“It was a difficult day, but we got through it well,” sports director Maarten Wynants said. “Our plan was to be in the breakaway and from there compete for the win. Unfortunately that didn’t work out. Moreover, we lost Menno along the way. He is still struggling with the after-effects of a fall in Dunkerque. We didn’t want to take any risks with him.”Wynants is proud of the fighting spirit the team showed. “We wanted to defend Bart’s third place, and we succeeded. Moreover, in the final we were nicely in it with the three of us. Tijmen is showing nice progress and did a good job of supporting the team. That he was still there is very nice.” Tomorrow Wynants expects a special ride. “It will be a battle to get in the breakaway. We are going to do our best for a nice result.”
Tour de Suisse
Stage 3
Result
Rankings
Result
1
Quinn Simmons
Lidl – Trek
04:39:42
2
João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates – XRG
+00:00:18
3
Oscar Onley
Team Picnic PostNL
+00:00:18
14
Tiesj Benoot
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:18
16
Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:18
49
Tijmen Graat
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:47
66
Thomas Gloag
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:07:00
81
Steven Kruijswijk
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:09:12
99
Julien Vermote
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:11:34
–
Menno Huising
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
DNF
Rankings
1
Romain Grégoire
Groupama – FDJ
11:26:01
2
Kévin Vauquelin
Arkéa – B&B Hotels
+00:00:25
3
Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:27
17
Tijmen Graat
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:03:06
21
Tiesj Benoot
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:03:23
74
Thomas Gloag
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:18:08
84
Steven Kruijswijk
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:20:20
119
Julien Vermote
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:30:54
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