Turin, 1 July 2024 – La stage 3the longest of Tour de France 2024bring the caravan from Piacenza a Torino After 230,8 km con 3 GPM to climb, all of them fourth category: the perfect terrain for a quiet stage, closed by a final sprint, the one that crowns Biniam Girmay.
Biniam Girmay first on stage 3 of the Tour de France
But first there is a spicy finale when a fall splits the group, taking several sprinters out of the game. Many men from the general classification also remain behind, but in the case of Tadej Pogacar it seems like a good choice to get rid of (temporarily) the symbol of primacy, which passes to Richard Carapaz. There are therefore two first times: the stage victory for an Eritrean and the yellow jersey for an Ecuadorian. There stage 4the Pinerolo-Valloire Of 139,6 kmwill mark the farewell of this one Big loop all’Italia. Not only that: the menu also includes 3 GPMincluding that of Sestrières and the mythical Galibierthe first Except category which will immediately offer a good test to the men fighting for the general classification.
Learn more:
Tour 2024 stage 4, here is the mountain stage: route, favorites and TV times
The Chronicle
The race proceeds compactly on the climb of Tortona (1,1 km with an average slope of 6,3%): the climb dedicated to Fausto Coppi premia Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility). The flying finish line of Alexandria smiles at Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), while on the climb of Barbaresco (1,5 km with an average slope of 6,5%) goes first Matthew Sobrero (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe). The first escape attempt arrives at Albawhen the shot is taken Fabien Grellier (Team TotalEnergies), who manages to be the first to reach the top of the climb Summary Perno (3,1 km with an average slope of 4,6%) before being reabsorbed by the group, working towards the sprint: first, however, there is time for the crashes of Casper Pedersen (Soudal Quick-Step) e Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team), while Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is taken out of the way by a mechanical problem. Another fall involves among others Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Decenuninck), breaking the group: he remains in front Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty), who goes on to win while Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) becomes the new yellow jersey, snatching it from a Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) which willingly lets itself be paraded.
The route of the third stage
Stage 3 arrival order
1) Biniam Girmay (IWA) in 5h26’48” 2) Fernando Gaviria (MOV) st 3) Arnaud De Lie (LTD) st 4) Mads Pedersen (LTK) st 5) Dylan Groenewegen (JAY) st 6) Phil Bauhaus (TBV) st 7) Fabio Jakobsen (DFP) st 8) Davide Ballerini (AST) st 9) Sam Bennett (DAT) st 10) Bryan Coquard (COF) st
General ranking
1) Richard Carapaz (EFE) in 15h20’18” 2) Tadej Pogacar (UAD) st 3) Remco Evenepoel (SOQ) st 4) Jonas Vingegaard (TVL) st 5) Romain Bardet (DFP) +6” 6) Pello Bilbao (TBV) +21” 7) Guillaume Martin (COF) +21” 8) Egan Bernal (IGD) +21” 9) Jai Hindley (RBH) +21” 10) Aleksandr Vlasov (RBH) + 21”
