Brytyjczyk Alex Dowsett (Movistar Team) najszybciej pokonał odcinek jazdy indywidualnej na czas – trzeci etap Circuit Cycliste Sarthe.
28-latek na dystansie niespełna 7 kilometrów w Angers pokonał o 8 sekund swojego drużynowego kolegę – mistrza Europy w tej specjalności – Jonathana Castroviejo. Podium etapu dopełnił Arthur Vichot (FDJ), notując stratę 10 sekund.
Brytyjczyk wygrał po raz pierwszy od lipca 2016 roku, gdy najlepszy okazał się na trasie jazdy indywidualnej na czas podczas Tour de Pologne.
Dowsett objął prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej francuskiego wyścigu, koszulkę odbierając Francuzowi Justinowi Julesowi (WB Vernaclassic Aqua Protect). Na dwa odcinki przed końcem kolarz Movistaru dysponuje 2-sekundową przewagą nad drugim Vichotem.
1 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 7:49:00 2 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 00:08 3 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 00:10 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 5 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 00:17 6 Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ 00:19 7 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 8 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:20 9 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 00:22 10 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 11 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loteri 00:23 12 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:25 13 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 14 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 00:26 15 Alex Kirsch (Lux) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 00:27 16 Jorge Arcas Pena (Spa) Movistar Team 00:28 17 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 18 Antoine Warnier (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 00:30 19 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 00:31 20 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 21 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:32 22 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 23 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 00:34 25 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Movistar Team 26 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:35 27 Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ 28 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport 00:36 29 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 00:37 30 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 31 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 00:38 32 Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 33 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 34 Leigh Howard (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport 00:39 35 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 36 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 37 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Aqua Blue Sport 00:40 38 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 39 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 40 Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:41 41 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 42 Clement Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 43 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie 00:42 44 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) ANS 45 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 46 Jetse Bol (Ned) Manzana Postobon 00:44 47 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 00:45 48 Wilmar Andres Paredes Zapata (Col) Manzana Postobon 49 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) AG2R La Mondiale 00:46 50 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 51 Jens Wallays (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 52 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport 00:48 53 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 54 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) Manzana Postobon 00:49 55 Bernardo Albeiro Suaza Arango (Col) Manzana Postobon 56 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 57 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 58 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 00:50 59 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 00:51 60 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 61 Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:52 62 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 63 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 00:53 64 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence 00:54 65 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 66 Fernando Orjuela Gutierrez (Col) Manzana Postobon 00:56 67 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 68 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 69 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 70 Justin Jules (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 00:57 71 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 72 Ruben Pols (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:59 73 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 74 Andrea Palini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 75 Juan Pablo Villegas Cardona (Col) Manzana Postobon 76 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:01 77 Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 01:04 78 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 01:05 79 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 01:06 80 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 01:07 81 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:09 82 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 01:11 83 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 01:14 84 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 01:15 85 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 01:16 86 Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 01:20 87 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 01:22 88 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team 01:23 89 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 01:24 90 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 01:25 91 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 01:28 92 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 93 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 01:32 94 Quentin Valognes (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 01:35 95 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 01:42 96 Gerd De Keijzer (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 01:44
1 Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Movistar Team 6:43:27 2 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 00:02 3 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 00:08 4 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 00:10 5 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 00:19 6 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:20 7 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 00:22 8 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loteri 00:23 9 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Direct Energie 00:24 10 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:25 11 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 12 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:27 13 Alex Kirsch (Lux) Wb Veranclassic Aqua Protect 14 Jorge Arcas Pena (Spa) Movistar Team 00:28 15 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 00:29 16 Antoine Warnier (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aqua Protect 00:30 17 Mathias Frank (Swi) Ag2R La Mondiale 00:31 18 Nick Van Der Lijke (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Lot 00:32 19 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giacattoli 00:33 20 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Movistar Team 00:34 21 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:35 22 Lawrence Warbasse (Usa) Aqua Blue Sport 00:36 23 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 00:38 24 Clement Venturini (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:39 25 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Aqua Blue Sport 00:40 26 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 27 Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:41 28 Mattia Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giacattoli 00:42 29 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence Ktm 30 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 00:44 31 Jetse Bol (Ned) Manzana Postobon 32 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence Ktm 00:45 33 Wilmar Andres Paredes Zapata (Col) Manzana Postobon 34 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence 00:46 35 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 36 Justin Jules (Fra) Wb Veranclassic Aqua Protect 00:47 37 François Bidard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 00:48 38 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) Manzana Postobon 00:49 39 Bernardo Albeiro Suaza Arango (Col) Manzana Postobon 40 Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence Ktm 41 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 42 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 00:50 43 Nans Peters (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 00:51 44 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aqua Protect 45 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 46 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence Ktm 00:52 47 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence 00:56 48 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 49 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:58 50 Jerome Cousin (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:01 51 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 01:05 52 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 01:09 53 Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ 54 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) Ag2R La Mondiale 01:10 55 Fernando Orjuela Gutierrez (Col) Manzana Postobon 01:12 56 Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ 57 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 01:15 58 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 59 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 01:18 60 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 01:20 61 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 62 Jens Wallays (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 63 Aleksei Tcatevich (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 01:25 64 Sergey Nikolaev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 01:28 65 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 01:33 66 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 01:45 67 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aqua Protect 01:53 68 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 01:55 69 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 70 Andrea Palini (Ita) Androni Giacattoli 01:57 71 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport 02:01 72 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wb Veranclassic Aqua Protect 02:06 73 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Androni Giacattoli 02:23 74 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 03:08 75 Leigh Howard (Aus) Aqua Blue Sport 04:11 76 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 05:22 77 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 05:48 78 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 06:10 79 Dorian Godon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 06:55 80 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie 81 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Androni Giacattoli 07:04 82 Martijn Budding (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 07:26 83 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 07:35 84 Marco Benfatto (Ita) Androni Giacattoli 07:41 85 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 07:45 86 Daniel Pearson (Gbr) Aqua Blue Sport 07:57 87 Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo 09:31 88 Carlos Barbero Cuesta (Spa) Movistar Team 09:57 89 Ruben Pols (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 10:16 90 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 10:20 91 Rayane Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 10:59 92 Juan Pablo Villegas Cardona (Col) Manzana Postobon 11:20 93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 11:39 94 Quentin Valognes (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 13:41 95 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 14:02 96 Gerd De Keijzer (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 14:29