Cycling: Mathieu van der Poel won the 219-kilometer stage from Monticiano to Gualdo Tadino. The Dutch champion left behind in the sprint on the third stage of Tirreno – Adriatico Wout van Aert. But the Belgian remains the overall leader.
Van der Poel strikes back
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin – Fenix) is opposite his crosser colleague wout van aert (Jumbo – Visma) managed to get revenge today. After the Belgian won the day before yesterday, the Dutchman was able to celebrate today. One reason for this was a tactical trick by Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck - Quick Step). The world champion left, on the rear wheel of Zdenek Stybar (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) riding, suddenly a gap opens up. As a result, Wout van Aert himself had to put his nose into the wind. As a result, he lacked the necessary energy in the last meters and the Dutch champion Mathieu van der Poel was able to easily pass in the slightly uphill home straight.
Ewan gives up
Five riders were in the breakaway group today. Niki Terpstra (Total Direct Energy), Mark Padun (Bahrain-Victorious), David Bais (Eolo – cometa), Tobias Ludvigsson (Groupama – FDJ) and Guillaume Boivin (Israel Start-Up Nation) had a lead of more than 9 minutes. But even this thick cushion should not be enough in the end to actually be able to intervene to win the stage. In the final kilometers, the peloton starved the remaining escapees on long arms. A good daily result was also achieved Caleb ewan (Lotto – Soudal) not today. The small Australian was distanced by a wind crest early in the race and then got off his bike without a chance.
#TirrenoAdriatico 🔱 / Les Quick-Step, en surnombre dans le final, not pas pu battre un van der Poel revanchard !
🏁 Stage 3
🏆 🇳🇱 Mathieu van der Poel (AFC)
2⃣ 🇧🇪 Wout van Aert (TJV) mt
3⃣ 🇮🇹 Davide Ballerini (DQT) mtpic.twitter.com/91pn556WcA— Chronique du Vélo (@ChroniqueDuVelo) March 12, 2021
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