Irlandczyk Sam Bennett popisał się znakomitym finiszem na mecie trzeciego etapu Paryż-Nicea.
Kolarz grupy Bora-hansgrohe na ostatnich metrach wyprzedził Alexandra Kristoffa (Katusha-Alpecin) i Johna Degenkolba (Trek-Segafredo).
Pozycję lidera wyścigu obronił Arnaud Demare (FDJ).
W trzecim dniu warunki pogodowe nieco odpuściły peletonowi, zza chmur wyjrzało słońce, a wiatr popychał kolarzy na południe. Tuż po starcie akcję zawiązali Pierre Latour (Ag2r), Benjamin King (Dimension Data) i Romain Combaud (Delko-Marseille). Zgodnie współpracująca trójka na lotnej premii (55 km) zameldowała się z przewagą blisko 7 minut, w strefie bufetu (96 km) dobiła do 7:20.
Peleton napędzany przez zespół FDJ przyspieszył, gdy do pracy włączyły się ekipy sprinterów. 40 kilometrów przed metą do odrobienia pozostały 2 minuty, a przed górską premią Côte de Charrecey (165 km; 2,1 km; 6,7%) już tylko niespełna minuta.
Latour zaatakował na przełęczy, na co odpowiedział Combaud. Uszczuplona ucieczka walczyła dzielnie, utrzymują 35-40 sekund. Rozpędzonej grupie zasadniczej dwójka uległa dopiero tuż przed ostatnim kilometrem.
Kolarze Quick-Step Floors na finiszowej prostej niezbyt udanie rozprowadzili Marcela Kittela. 26-letni Bennett zaatakował z drugiej strony, wychodząc po zwycięstwo z koła Kristoffa.
Sam Bennett @BORAhansgrohe "aggiusta" i velocisti della Parigi-Nizza e vince la 3a tappa sul traguardo di Chalon 🇮🇪👊 #EurosportCICLISMO pic.twitter.com/jNv8Upy3zV
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1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:31:14 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 3 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 4 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 5 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 6 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 7 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 8 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 9 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 10 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-Scott 11 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 12 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 13 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 14 Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ 15 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 16 Jan Polanc (Slo) Team UAE Emirates 17 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 18 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis 19 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 20 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-Scott 21 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 22 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 23 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 24 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille 25 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb 26 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 27 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 28 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 29 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 30 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott 31 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Emirates 32 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 33 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac 34 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ 35 Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 36 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ 37 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 38 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis 39 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 40 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 41 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Emirates 42 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 43 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 44 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal 45 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 46 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis 47 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 48 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 49 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 50 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 51 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 52 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 53 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille 54 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 55 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 56 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 57 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 58 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) FDJ 59 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 60 Michał Gołaś (Pol) Team Sky 61 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 62 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 63 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott 64 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 65 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 66 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 67 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 68 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 69 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 70 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 71 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 72 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 73 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 74 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 75 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 76 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 77 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 78 Simone Petilli (Ita) Team UAE Emirates 79 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott 80 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Team UAE Emirates 81 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 82 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 83 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 84 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 85 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 86 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 87 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe 88 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Delko Marseille 89 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 90 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 91 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 92 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 93 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 94 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 95 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 96 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis 97 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 98 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 99 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 100 Pierre Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 101 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 102 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille 103 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 104 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 105 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 106 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 107 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 108 Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Emirates 109 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 00:18 110 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille 111 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Sunweb 00:23 112 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille 00:26 113 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille 114 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 115 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 116 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 117 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 118 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 119 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 120 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:28 121 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 122 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 123 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 00:32 124 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:34 125 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 126 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 127 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 128 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 00:36 129 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 130 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 00:38 131 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie 00:39 132 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:40 133 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 134 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 135 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 136 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 00:43 137 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-Scott 00:59 138 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ 01:01 139 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 01:03 140 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 01:08 141 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 01:12 142 Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 143 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Hansgrohe 144 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille 145 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 01:16 146 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 147 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ 148 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 149 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 150 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 151 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 152 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott 01:22 153 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 01:25 154 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky 155 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 156 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 157 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 158 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 01:29 159 David De La Cruz (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 01:49 160 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 161 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis 02:02 162 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 03:41 163 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Team UAE Emirates 05:37 164 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 165 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 166 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida DNF Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 12:14:42 2 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 00:06 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 00:13 4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 00:17 5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 00:19 6 Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:21 7 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 00:23 8 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ 9 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 10 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac 00:31 11 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 00:33 12 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 00:50 13 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 01:00 14 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 01:01 15 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 01:06 16 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 01:12 17 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb 01:17 18 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 01:18 19 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 20 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 21 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 22 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 01:31 23 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 02:07 24 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 02:20 25 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 02:42 26 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 02:51 27 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 03:04 28 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-Scott 03:10 29 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 04:10 30 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ 04:24 31 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 09:06 32 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott 11:27 33 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott 12:53 34 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) FDJ 15:07 35 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 15:17 36 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 15:41 37 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 15:55 38 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 16:02 39 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 16:14 40 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 16:23 41 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal 16:24 42 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille 43 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis 44 Ben Swift (GBr) Team UAE Emirates 45 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb 46 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis 48 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 49 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 50 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 51 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 52 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 16:27 53 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 16:33 54 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-Scott 55 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 56 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 16:34 57 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 16:37 58 Michał Gołaś (Pol) Team Sky 59 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Delko Marseille 60 Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ 61 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis 62 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 63 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 16:52 64 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 16:59 65 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 17:04 66 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 17:05 67 Alberto Losada (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 17:11 68 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb 69 Mitch Docker (Aus) Orica-Scott 17:35 70 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 17:40 71 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 17:49 72 Jose Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 73 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 17:52 74 David De La Cruz (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 17:53 75 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 17:57 76 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 18:13 77 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) FDJ 18:55 78 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille 18:57 79 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-Scott 80 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 81 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 19:05 82 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 19:10 83 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 20:05 84 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 85 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 25:24 86 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Delko Marseille 26:02 87 Julien Morice (Fra) Direct Energie 26:13 88 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 30:40 89 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 90 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 91 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 92 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 93 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 94 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 95 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 96 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 97 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 98 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 99 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ 100 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 101 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis 102 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 103 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 104 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 105 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 106 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 107 Jan Bárta (Cze) Bora-Hansgrohe 108 Manuele Mori (Ita) Team UAE Emirates 109 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 110 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 111 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis 112 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott 113 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 114 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 115 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Sunweb 30:49 116 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille 30:53 117 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille 31:06 118 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Delko Marseille 119 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 120 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 121 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 31:14 122 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 31:18 123 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 31:20 124 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 31:23 125 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 32:05 126 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky 127 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 128 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 32:09 129 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 32:27 130 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 32:28 131 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 33:13 132 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 133 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille 134 Simone Petilli (Ita) Team UAE Emirates 135 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 33:28 136 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 33:39 137 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 33:41 138 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 33:47 139 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis 35:15 140 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 36:17 141 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 142 Pierre Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 37:26 143 Jan Polanc (Slo) Team UAE Emirates 37:31 144 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Team UAE Emirates 145 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 146 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 147 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 148 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 149 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 150 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 151 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 37:57 152 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 37:59 153 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 38:34 154 Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data 38:39 155 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Hansgrohe 38:43 156 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 157 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 38:46 158 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 38:47 159 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 160 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 40:04 161 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Team UAE Emirates 162 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 40:30 163 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 40:44 164 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale-Drapac 41:20 165 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 166 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Team UAE Emirates 45:41