Sagan takes second straight victory at the Tour de Suisse
Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) put on an amazing show to make it two in a row at the Tour de Suisse when he won today’s third stage in impressive fashion.
With a powerful attack on the final climb, he caught Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEDGE) and Silvan Dillier (BMC) and finally beat the Swiss pair in a 3-rider sprint. Maximilano Richeze (Etixx-QuickStep) won the sprint for fourth three seconds later.
With the bonus seconds and small gap, Sagan takes the race lead with a 3-second advantage over Roeleandts and Dillier. He should have a relatively easy day in tomorrow’s fourth stage which is the flattest of the race. There’s an early category 2 climb but from there it is a flat run until the riders face a relatively easy category 3 climb. The top comes with 9.9km to go and then it’s a downhill and flat run to the finish where the sprinters are expected to get their final chance.
Tour de Suisse 2016 – stage 3 results (Grosswangen – Rheinfelden):
| 1 | Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) |
4:31:17 |
| 2 | Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEDGE) |
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| 3 | Silvan Dillier (BMC) |
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| 4 | Maximiliano Richeze (Etixx – Quick-Step) |
+03” |
| 5 | Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Soudal) |
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| 6 | Jhonatan Restrepo (Katusha) |
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| 7 | Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEDGE) |
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| 8 | Rui Costa (Lampre – Merida) |
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| 9 | Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin) |
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| 10 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Orica-GreenEDGE) |
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General classification after stage 3:
| 1 | Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) |
9:14:13 |
| 2 | Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Soudal) |
+03” |
| 3 | Silvan Dillier (BMC) |
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| 4 | Jon Izaguirre (Movistar) |
+13” |
| 5 | Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) |
+14” |
| 6 | Gorka Izaguirre (Movistar) |
+17” |
| 7 | Wilco Kelderman (LottoNl-Jumbo) |
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| 8 | Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEDGE) |
+18” |
| 9 | Geraint Thomas (Sky) |
+19” |
| 10 | Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin) |
+20” |
