Słowak Peter Sagan triumfował w Ardooie na mecie trzeciego etapu Eneco Tour.
Mistrz świata na finiszu z peletonu pokonał Danny van Poppela (Team Sky) i Nacera Bouhanniego (Cofidis).
Prowadzenie w wyścigu utrzymał Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team).
Trzeci dzień rywalizacji przebiegał pod znakiem ucieczki w składzie Mark McNally (Wanty), Jesper Asselman (Roompot), Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling), Yukiya Arashiro (Lampre-Merida) i Stijn Steels (Topsport Vlaanderen).
Piątka harcowników wypracowała ponad 6 minut przewagi. Peleton przyspieszył we właściwym, tak się przynajmniej wydawało, momencie, 35 kilometrów przed metą do odrobienia pozostały 2 minuty. Grupa ucieczkowa wyczuła dla siebie szansę, gdy 10 kilometrów przed meta różnica wynosiła blisko minutę i opornie malała.
Losy etapu rozstrzygnęły się dosłownie na ostatnich metrach. Pościg na finałowy kilometr wpadł spóźniony o kilkanaście sekund i niechybnie by poległ, gdyby czołówka zbyt długo nie czarowała się. W końcu McNally ruszył na kreskę, ale czterech kolarzy zdążyło minąć Brytyjczyka, a po kolejne w tym sezonie zwycięstwo sięgnął niezrównany Sagan.
1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 4:10:36 2 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 5 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 6 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 8 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 9 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 10 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 11 Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ 12 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 13 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 14 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 15 Arnaud Démare (Fra) FDJ 16 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 17 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 18 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 19 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 20 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 21 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Drapac 22 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 23 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 24 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 25 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 26 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre - Merida 27 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 28 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 29 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 30 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team 31 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 32 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 33 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 34 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 35 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 36 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 37 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 38 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 39 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 40 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 41 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 42 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 43 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 44 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 45 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step 46 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 47 Michael Matthews (Aus) 48 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 49 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 50 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 51 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 52 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 53 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 54 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 55 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Cannondale-Drapac 56 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 57 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 58 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step 59 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 60 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-BikeExchange 61 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 62 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 63 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 64 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 65 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 66 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 67 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 68 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 69 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 70 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 71 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 72 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 73 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 74 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 75 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 76 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 77 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 78 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 79 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 80 Mario Jorge Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 81 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 82 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 83 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha 84 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 85 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 86 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 87 Matthias Brändle (Aut) IAM Cycling 88 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 89 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 90 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 91 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 92 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 93 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 94 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 95 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 96 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ 97 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 98 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 99 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 100 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 101 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 102 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 103 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff Team 104 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 105 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 106 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 107 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 108 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 109 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 110 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 111 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 112 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step 113 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha 114 Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Movistar Team 115 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 116 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 117 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 118 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 119 S?ren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 120 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 121 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 122 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 123 Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 124 Berden de Vries (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 125 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 126 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 127 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team 128 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 129 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 130 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 131 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 132 Beno?t Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ 133 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 134 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Team 135 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 136 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 137 Tom Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 138 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 139 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 140 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 141 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 142 Michael M?rk?v (Den) Team Katusha 143 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida 00:25 144 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 145 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 146 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:38 147 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 00:43 148 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 00:53 149 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 00:56 150 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida 151 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 152 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 01:06 153 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:18 154 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 01:23 155 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 156 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 01:56 157 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 158 Michał Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 02:07 159 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 160 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 161 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 162 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 163 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha 164 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 165 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 166 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 167 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 168 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida 169 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida 170 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 171 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 02:33 172 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data 173 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 174 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 07:48
1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 8:35:24 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 00:03 3 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:05 4 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 00:14 5 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 6 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:15 7 Matthias Brändle (Aut) IAM Cycling 8 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:16 9 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 10 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:17 11 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 00:18 12 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 00:19 13 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Drapac 14 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:20 15 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 16 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17 S?ren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:21 18 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step 19 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 00:22 20 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 21 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 22 Arnaud Démare (Fra) FDJ 00:23 23 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 24 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team 25 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 00:24 26 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha 27 Michael Matthews (Aus) 28 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 00:25 29 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 00:27 30 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 31 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 32 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 00:29 33 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 34 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:30 35 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 36 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 00:32 37 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 38 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 39 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 40 Ryan Mullen (Irl) Cannondale-Drapac 41 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:33 42 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team 43 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 00:34 44 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff Team 45 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac 46 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step 47 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 48 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 00:36 49 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 00:37 50 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha 51 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 52 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 00:38 53 Beno?t Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ 00:39 54 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 00:40 55 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Team 56 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 57 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 00:41 58 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Team 59 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 60 Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Movistar Team 00:42 61 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 62 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team 63 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 64 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 65 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 66 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 67 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 00:44 68 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 00:46 69 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 70 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 71 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 00:47 72 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 73 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 00:48 74 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 75 Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ 00:49 76 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 00:50 77 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 78 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 00:52 79 Berden de Vries (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 80 Michael M?rk?v (Den) Team Katusha 81 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 00:53 82 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal 83 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 00:56 84 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 00:57 85 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 86 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 87 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 88 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 00:58 89 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 00:59 90 Tom Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:00 91 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 01:02 92 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 93 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 94 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:03 95 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 96 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 97 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 98 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 01:04 99 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 100 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 102 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 01:05 103 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ 104 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 01:06 105 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 106 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:07 107 Aimé De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 108 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre - Merida 01:08 109 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 01:09 110 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Orica-BikeExchange 01:10 111 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 112 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 01:11 113 Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 01:12 114 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 115 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 116 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:13 117 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ 01:14 118 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 01:15 119 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 120 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:17 121 Mario Jorge Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 122 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:18 123 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 124 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 125 Alex Edmondson (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 01:19 126 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 127 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 01:21 128 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 129 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 130 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 01:22 131 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:23 132 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 01:24 133 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 01:27 134 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:28 135 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 01:29 136 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:31 137 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:33 138 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 01:36 139 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 01:37 140 Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 01:38 141 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:45 142 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 143 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 144 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 01:46 145 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida 01:48 146 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 01:50 147 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:51 148 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 01:56 149 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:05 150 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 02:11 151 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Tinkoff Team 02:22 152 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida 02:23 153 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 02:24 154 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 02:35 155 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 02:56 156 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 02:57 157 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 03:02 158 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 03:03 159 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha 03:08 160 Michał Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 03:10 161 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 03:14 162 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 03:15 163 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 03:16 164 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 03:23 165 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 03:24 166 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida 03:36 167 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 03:40 168 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida 03:43 169 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 03:52 170 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data 171 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 04:39 172 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 05:16 173 Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 09:29 174 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 09:47