Demare imposes his speed on the sprint; Lazkano continues to lead
The French Arnaud Demare (Groupama) has prevailed in the third stage of the Boucles de la Mayenne disputed between Saint Berthevin and Meslay du Maine, 181.3 kilometers long, in which the man from Vitoria maintained the lead Oier Lazkano (Movistar).
Demare (Beauvais, 31 years old) was the fastest in a mass sprint on a false flat, where he attacked 200 meters from the finish line to win ahead of the Belgian milan menten (Lotto dstny) and from Dutch Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor), with a time of 4h.05.32.
In a day of foreseeable sprint, the player from Alava Oier Lakzano retained the leader’s jersey with just one day to go, with a difference of 38 seconds over Demare and 40 compared to Portuguese Ivo Oliveira (UAE Emirates).
This Sunday the fourth and final stage of the French event will take place with the 167-kilometre route between Montsûrs and Laval. It will be a mountainous day in which the runners will ascend a total of six mountain passes (four in the 2nd category and two in the 1st category), the last of them (Cote de la Damberie in the 2nd category) located 30 kilometers from the finish line.
STAGE CLASSIFICATION
1 – DÉMARE Arnaud (Groupama) 4:05:42
2 – MENTEN Milan (Lotto) mt
3 – DE KLEIJN Arvid (Tudor) mt
4 – GUDMESTAD Tord (One-X) mt
5 – MALUCELLI Matteo (Bingoal) mt
6 – TESSON Jason (TotalEnergies) mt
7 – ZINGLE Axel (Cofidis) mt
8 – VAN GESTEL Dries (TotalEnergies) mt
9 – PEÑALVER Manuel (Burgos-BH) mt
10 – VENTURINI Clement (AG2R) mt
GENERAL RANKING
1 – LAZKANO Oier (Movistar) 8:40:05
2 – DÉMARE Arnaud (Groupama) +0:38
3 – OLIVEIRA Ivo (UAE) +0:40
4 – ZINGLE Axel (Cofidis) +0:41
5 – MIND Milan (Lotto) +0:43
6 – HINDSGAUL Jacob (One-X) mt
7 – DUJARDIN Sandy (TotalEnergies) +0:45
8 – COSNEFROY Benoît (AG2R) mt
9 – GUILLON Célestin (Van Rysel) +0:48
10 – COSTIOU Ewen (Arkéa) +0:49
Source: Eitb
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