Team Visma | Lease a Bike withstands third Giro stage unscathed
The climax of the Giro d’Italia’s opening weekend was the 160-kilometre stage that started and finished in Vlorë. The key point of the final stage on Albanian soil was the climb of the Qafa e Llogarasë. The summit of the climb was around forty kilometres from the finish line.
A group of six riders formed the breakaway of the day, but they were never given much breathing room. On the Qafa e Llogarasë, Lidl-Trek took control of the peloton. Several sprinters, including Wout van Aert, were dropped. The reduced peloton then descended towards the finish. After a nervous final stretch, Pedersen sprinted to the stage win.
“I’m looking forward to growing step by step in the coming weeks”
Wout van Aert
“We had hoped Wout would make it over the climb, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case,” Bart Lemmen said afterwards. “Before the climb, he had already told us he didn’t have the legs to compete for the win today. After that, our focus shifted to finishing safely and protecting Simon Yates as best we could in the hectic finale. That went smoothly.”
Tomorrow is a rest day. The teams will transfer to Italy, something Van Aert is looking forward to. “Today I chose not to push myself because I quickly felt that I didn’t have the good legs. That’s not surprising. My second place in the opening stage was better than expected, but both yesterday and today, I lacked that top feeling. I’m looking forward to growing step by step in the coming weeks.”
Giro d’Italia
Stage 3
Result
Rankings
Result
1
Mads Pedersen
Lidl – Trek
03:49:47
2
Corbin Strong
Israel – Premier Tech
+00:00:00
3
Orluis Aular
Movistar Team
+00:00:00
63
Simon Yates
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
69
Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
75
Steven Kruijswijk
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
99
Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:06:23
113
Dylan van Baarle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:12:57
142
Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:15:39
174
Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:16:46
177
Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:16:46
Rankings
1
Mads Pedersen
Lidl – Trek
07:42:10
2
Primož Roglič
Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe
+00:00:09
3
Mathias Vacek
Lidl – Trek
+00:00:14
11
Wilco Kelderman
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:41
12
Simon Yates
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:42
95
Steven Kruijswijk
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:12:04
106
Wout van Aert
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:16:20
115
Bart Lemmen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:20:21
124
Dylan van Baarle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:23:29
144
Edoardo Affini
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:29:23
169
Olav Kooij
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:32:01
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Wout van Aert
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Giro d’Italia
