DPA
· 08.03.2023
The 28-year-old Bocholter from Bahrain-Victorious After 216 kilometres from Follonica to Foligno, he was only beaten in the sprint on stage 3 by the Belgian Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) were beaten. Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty) from Eritrea sprinted to third place.
Meanwhile, Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) remains in a promising position in the race for overall victory. The German defended his second place overall and is still 28 seconds behind the Italian Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers).
A stepping up of the pace of the Dutch Jumbo-Visma team led by three-time Vuelta winner Primoz Roglic and the attentive Kämna briefly broke away from the peloton around eleven kilometres before the finish. In the end, however, the escapees were caught again and the expected bunch sprint ensued.
The race continues on Thursday with the fourth stage over 218 kilometres from Greccio to the mini mountain finish in Tortoreto. The long-distance race ends on Sunday in San Benedetto del Tronto.
1st Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 5:19:08
2nd Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:00
3rd Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty) +0:00
4th Matteo Moschetti (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) +0:00
5th Simone Consonni (Cofidis) +0:00
6th Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) +0:00
7th Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) +0:00
8th Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jayco-AlUla) +0:00
9th Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:00
10th Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:00
1st Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) 10:38:09
2nd Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:28
3rd Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:30
4th Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) +0:34
5th Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:39
6th Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) +0:41
7th Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM) +0:41
8th Casper Pedersen (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:47
9th Wilco Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma) +0:48
10th Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team) +0:48
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