Philipsen wins the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico and Ganna remains the leader

Philipsen wins the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico and Ganna remains the leader

Philipsen wins the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico and Ganna remains the leader

Euskaraz irakurri: Philipsenek irabazi du Tirreno-Adriatikoko hirugarren stage eta Gannak leadertzari eutsi dio

Jasper Philipsen (Apecin-Deceuninck) took the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico this Wednesday, March 8, when the sprint started by his teammate Matieu Van der Poel was good, in a race in which phil bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) and Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) completed the podium. Italian Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) maintained the lead.

The third stage of the ‘Race of the Two Seas’, the second so far in the competition that exceeds 200 kilometres, this time between the towns of Follonica and Foligno, once again had a close finish with a collective sprint.

The stage was about to fail in a mass sprint due to windsince with 10 kilometers to go the Jumbo-Visma attacked, and broke up a peloton that reunited again with 6 kilometers to go.

He Van der Poel’s work He left the victory on a platter to a Philipsen who rounded off the great work of his teammates. Bauhaus was second and girmay third.

In the general classification Filippo Ganna remains the ‘Maglia azzurra’ of the career. The Italian leads Lennard Kämna by 28 seconds (BORA-hansgrohe) and on 30 to Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers).

Jasper Philipsen has been the winner of the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico after beating Phil Bauhaus and Biniam Girmay in the final meters. Filippo Ganna remains at the top of the general classification.

Classification of the 3rd stage:

1 – PHILIPSEN Jasper (Alpecin) 5:19:08

2 – BAUHAUS Phil (Bahrain) mt

3 – GIRMAY Biniam (Intermarché) mt

4 – MOSCHETTI Matteo (Q36.5 Pro) mt

5 – CONSONNI Simone (Cofidis) mt

6 – VAN AERT Wout (Jumbo) mt

7 – THEUNS Edward (Trek) mt

8 – GROENEWEGEN Dylan (Jayco) mt

9 – JAKOBSEN Fabio (Soudal) mt

10 – MEEUS Jordi (BORA) mt

General ranking:

1 – WINS Filippo (INEOS) 5:19:01

2 – KÄMNA Lennard (BORA) +0:28

3 – SHEFFIELD Magnus (INEOS) +0:30

4 – MCNULTY Brandon (UAE) +0:34

5 – ARENSMAN Thymen (INEOS) +0:39

6 – ALMEIDA João (UAE) +0:41

7 – LEKNESSUND Andreas (DSM) mt

8 – PEDERSEN Casper (Soudal) +0:47

9 – KELDERMAN Wilco (Jumbo) +0:48

10 – LUTSENKO Alexey (Astana) mt

Source: Eitb

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