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Sisteron (France) (AFP)
The Australian Caleb Ewan took first place on Monday in the third stage of the Tour de France after a strong start in the last meters that allowed him to overtake the Irishman Sam Bennett at the goal, while the yellow jersey remained in the possession of the Frenchman Julian Alvelip.
Alavelipp, winner of the second stage on Sunday, kept the yellow jersey, after the third stage, which stretched for a distance of 198 km from the Nice football stadium to the hilltop town of Sestouron in Haute Provence.
Iwan won three stages in the 2019 Tour de France, but started this year’s edition, which was launched after a two-month delay due to the emerging corona virus pandemic, badly after falling in the first stage, which witnessed several accidents .
This victory gave team Lotto a morale boost, which lost the efforts of two of the eight riders after Belgian Philippe Gilbert broke his knee in the first stage, while the German ruled out Yon DeGinkulp for failing to finish the first. stage on time.
Iwan, 26, said: “Everything went according to plan. I had to move at the right time. It was disappointing to lose two riders on the first day, but they all stayed on the sidelines and we did well.”
“The world is watching and everyone wants to be here. It is the biggest race in the world and I am happy,” he said.
The ranking of the first five riders in the third stage: 1- Australian Caleb Ewan 5: 17.42 hours
2- The Irishman Sam Bennett, at the same time
3- The Italian Giacomo Nitzolo, at the same time
4- French Hugo Hofstetter at the same time
5- Slovak Peter Sagan at the same time
The first five in the general classification:
1- French Julian Alavelip 13: 59.17 hours
2- British Adam Yates, 4 seconds behind
3- the Swiss Marc Hershey, with a difference of 7
4- Slovenian Tadj Bogachar, with a difference of 17
5- The Italian Davide Formolo, an advantage of 17
© 2020 AFP
