Monday, May 8: Stage 3, Vasto - Melfi, 213 km
Michael Matthews wins stage three. Jayco-AlUla photo
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Weather at the finish city of Melfi at 2:009 PM, local time: 19C (65F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is rain in the area.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Michael Matthews' Team Jayco AlUla.
Michael Matthews finished off a flawless Team Jayco AlUla performance in stunning style as he sprinted to glory on stage three of the Giro d’Italia.
The win marks a spectacular return to the Italian Grand Tour for the Australian, with today’s result taking his tally to three stage wins at La Corsa Rosa and marks the 19th triumph for GreenEDGE Cycling at the Giro.
The squad made their intentions clear from the opening kilometres as they moved to the head of the peloton to keep the gap to a two-rider breakaway in check. Debutant Campbell Stewart and the experienced Michael Hepburn did a mountain of work on the flat, before Italian duo Alessandro De Marchi and Filippo Zana took over on the first climb of the day.
Italian champion Zana set a fierce tempo on the cat.3 ascent, shredding the peloton to pieces and distancing a host of Matthews’ fast finishing rivals. Callum Scotson then took over on the final climb, piling on more pressure while Matthews sat comfortably in the wheels.
After guiding him into the finale, it was then over to Matthews to finish things off in style as the 32-year-old used all his experience and race craft to launch his sprint early, catching his competitors by surprise as he raced away to take his first Giro d’Italia victory since 2015.
Michael Matthews:
“Honestly, I’m just speechless, what I’ve been through these last two months, to come back with a victory for the team, it’s amazing.
"We rode all day today and my teammates were fully committed for me to win the stage. I mean, I don’t have words at the moment, it’s been such a rollercoaster this year and to be already on stage three with a stage win it is all I can ever dream of.
"I heard that Pedersen was dropped on the climb so I was hoping that he would be a little bit pinned for the sprint. I knew I just needed to go a little bit early and get the jump on them and yeah, it worked out.
"It’s been a rollercoaster for me, so I just came here to this Giro to have fun, enjoy riding my bike and enjoy being with my teammates and today it was such a team effort that win. That was for the boys.”
David McPartland (Sport Director):
“Today was super teamwork from all of the boys, they were incredible. We took control from the start of the day on one of the longest stages of the Giro and along with Trek we controlled the day from start to finish.
"The boys pushed the pace on the final climb and that was the plan, we knew all the details of that final climb, we had identified it as an ideal finish for Michael and it was more just a case of if guys like Mads Pedersen, Magnus Cort and Kaden Groves would make it.
"We wanted to force it right from the bottom, use that final climb and we did that. The boys were super, all of them. We timed and used all our resources perfectly today, it doesn’t happen always and we need to enjoy the victory and the way it was done today.
"Michael finished the work off perfectly, even coming through the final technical part we managed it perfectly and the victory for Michael is a victory for the whole team.”
Complete results:
213 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.362 km/hr
1 | Michael Matthews | Jayco-AlUla | 5hr 1min 41sec |
2 | Mads Pedersen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
3 | Kaden Groves | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
4 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
5 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
6 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
7 | Primoz Roglic | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
8 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
9 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
10 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
11 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
12 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
13 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
14 | Michel Hessman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
15 | Remco Evenepoel | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
16 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
17 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
18 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
19 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
20 | Ilan Van Wilder | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
21 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
22 | Lars Van Den Berg | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
23 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
24 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
25 | Stefan Küng | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
26 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
27 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
28 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | s.t. |
29 | Luca Covili | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
30 | Pavel Sivakov | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
31 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
32 | Oscar Riesebeek | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
33 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
34 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
35 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
36 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
37 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
38 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | s.t. |
39 | Marco Frigo | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
40 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
41 | Joao Almeida | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
42 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
43 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
44 | Harm Vanhoucke | Team DSM | s.t. |
45 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
46 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
47 | Thymen Arensman | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
48 | William Barta | Movistar | s.t. |
49 | Bruno Armirail | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
50 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
51 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
52 | Derek Gee | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
53 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
54 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
55 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
56 | Nico Denz | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
57 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
58 | Callum Scotson | Jayco-AlUla | @ 18sec |
59 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:20 |
60 | Jan Hirt | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
61 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | 0:22 |
62 | Stephen Williams | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:13 |
63 | Filippo Zana | Jayco-AlUla | 1:30 |
64 | Cristian Scaroni | Astana Qazaqstan | 1:48 |
65 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:52 |
66 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 2:03 |
67 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | s.t. |
68 | Vadim Pronskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
69 | Ryan Gibbons | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
70 | Clément Russo | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
71 | Warren Barguil | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
72 | Michel Ries | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
73 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:10 |
74 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:37 |
75 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
76 | Sam Oomen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
77 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | s.t. |
78 | Alessandro Tonelli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
79 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
80 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
81 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | s.t. |
82 | Mirco Maestri | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
83 | Davide Bais | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
84 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
85 | Martin Marcellusi | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
86 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | s.t. |
87 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | 4:14 |
88 | Sebastian Berwick | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:40 |
89 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
90 | Magnus Cort | EF Education-EasyPost | 5:01 |
91 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 5:47 |
92 | Davide Gabburo | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
93 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
94 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
95 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
96 | Pascal Ackermann | UAE Team Emirates | 6:57 |
97 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
98 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
99 | Alessandro De Marchi | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
100 | Jake Stewart | Groupama-FDJ | 7:57 |
101 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
102 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | s.t. |
103 | Jonathan Caicedo | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
104 | Marius Mayrhofer | Team DSM | s.t. |
105 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | 8:48 |
106 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Jayco-AlUla | 9:07 |
107 | Alex Kirsch | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
108 | Óscar Rodríguez | Movistar | s.t. |
109 | Henok Mulubrhan | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
110 | Valerio Conti | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
111 | François Bidard | Cofidis | s.t. |
112 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
113 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
114 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
115 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
116 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
117 | Joe Dombrowski | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
118 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
119 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
120 | Mattia Bais | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
121 | Davide Ballerini | Soudal Quick-Step | 15:11 |
122 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
123 | Kristian Sbaragli | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
124 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
125 | Samuele Zoccarato | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
126 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
127 | Filippo Fiorelli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
128 | Filippo Magli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
129 | Stefano Gandin | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
130 | Arne Marit | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | s.t. |
131 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
132 | Gianni Moscon | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
133 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
134 | Mark Cavendish | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
135 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
136 | Michael Hepburn | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
137 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
138 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
139 | Alessandro Iacchi | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
140 | Hugo Toumire | Cofidis | s.t. |
141 | Fabian Lienhard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
142 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | s.t. |
143 | Alexander Konychev | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
144 | Niklas Märkl | Team DSM | s.t. |
145 | Natnael Tesfazion | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
146 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
147 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | s.t. |
148 | Max Kanter | Movistar | s.t. |
149 | Charlie Quarterman | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
150 | Veljko Stojnic | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
151 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
152 | Edoardo Affini | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
153 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar | s.t. |
154 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
155 | Thomas Gloag | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
156 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | s.t. |
157 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg | Team DSM | s.t. |
158 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
159 | Mikaël Chérel | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
160 | Alex Baudin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
161 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | s.t. |
162 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
163 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
164 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
165 | Karel Vacek | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
166 | Paul Lapeira | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
167 | Davide Cimolai | Cofidis | s.t. |
168 | David Dekker | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
169 | Alexandre Delettre | Cofidis | s.t. |
170 | Alan Riou | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
171 | Stefan De Bod | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
172 | Daan Hoole | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
173 | Campbell Stewart | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
174 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
175 | Erik Fetter | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
176 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | 16:19 |
GC after stage 3:
434.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.186 km/hr
1 | Remco Evenepoel | Soudal Quick-Step | 10hr 18min 7sec |
2 | Joao Almeida | UAE Team Emirates | @ 32sec |
3 | Primoz Roglic | Jumbo-Visma | 0:44 |
4 | Stefan Küng | Groupama-FDJ | 0;46 |
5 | Aleksandr Vlasov | BORA-hansgrohe | 0:58 |
6 | Geraint Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
7 | Tao Geoghegan Hart | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:02 |
8 | Michael Matthews | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
9 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates | 1:08 |
10 | Mads Pedersen | Trek-Segafredo | 1:18 |
11 | Bruno Armirail | Groupama-FDJ | 1:19 |
12 | Mattia Cattaneo | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:26 |
13 | Lennard Kämna | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
14 | Nico Denz | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
15 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 1:31 |
16 | William Barta | Movistar | 1:33 |
17 | Ilan Van Wilder | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:34 |
18 | Andreas Leknessund | Team DSM | 1:40 |
19 | Edward Dunbar | Jayco-AlUla | 1:47 |
20 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | 1:49 |
21 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 1:54 |
22 | Pavel Sivakov | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:55 |
23 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | 1:56 |
24 | Rigoberto Uran | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:57 |
25 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | 1:58 |
26 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:59 |
27 | Patrick Konrad | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
28 | Michel Hessman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
29 | Laurens De Plus | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:04 |
30 | Thibaut Pinot | Groupama-FDJ | 2:05 |
31 | Thymen Arensman | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
32 | Ben Healy | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:07 |
33 | Toms Skujins | Trek-Segafredo | 2:10 |
34 | Aurélien Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:13 |
35 | Marco Frigo | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:15 |
36 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | 2:17 |
37 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:18 |
38 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 2:24 |
39 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 2:29 |
40 | Harm Vanhoucke | Team DSM | 2:30 |
41 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:33 |
42 | Alexander Cepeda | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:36 |
43 | Alessandro Verre | Arkéa-Samsic | 2:39 |
44 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 2:47 |
45 | Nicola Conci | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
46 | Derek Gee | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:48 |
47 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:49 |
48 | Simone Velasco | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
49 | Samuele Battistella | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:56 |
50 | Einer Rubio | Movistar | 3:07 |
51 | Kaden Groves | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:10 |
52 | Louis Vervaeke | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:12 |
53 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:19 |
54 | Lars Van Den Berg | Groupama-FDJ | 3:38 |
55 | Ryan Gibbons | UAE Team Emirates | 3:44 |
56 | Laurens Huys | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 3:47 |
57 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | 3:48 |
58 | Luca Covili | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 3:55 |
59 | Filippo Zana | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
60 | Clément Russo | Arkéa-Samsic | 4:38 |
61 | Mirco Maestri | EOLO-Kometa | 4:48 |
62 | Cristian Scaroni | Astana Qazaqstan | 4:50 |
63 | Stephen Williams | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:51 |
64 | Callum Scotson | Jayco-AlUla | 4:53 |
65 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | 5:02 |
66 | Oscar Riesebeek | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 5:07 |
67 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 5:08 |
68 | Luis León Sánchez | Astana Qazaqstan | 5:11 |
69 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | 5:12 |
70 | Warren Barguil | Arkéa-Samsic | 5:14 |
71 | Jonathan Lastra | Cofidis | 5:15 |
72 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 5:28 |
73 | Vadim Pronskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 5:29 |
74 | Jan Hirt | Soudal Quick-Step | 5:36 |
75 | Anton Palzer | BORA-hansgrohe | 5:43 |
76 | Brandon McNulty | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
77 | Amanuel Gebreigzabhier | Trek-Segafredo | 5:47 |
78 | Davide Bais | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
79 | Laurenz Rex | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 5:52 |
80 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 5:54 |
81 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | Ag2r-Citroën | 5:58 |
82 | Martin Marcellusi | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 5:59 |
83 | Michel Ries | Arkéa-Samsic | 6:05 |
84 | Alessandro Tonelli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 6:20 |
85 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 6:22 |
86 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 6:35 |
87 | Thibault Guernalec | Arkéa-Samsic | 6:39 |
88 | Sam Oomen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
89 | Magnus Cort | EF Education-EasyPost | 7:01 |
90 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 7:49 |
91 | Sebastian Berwick | Israel-Premier Tech | 8:14 |
92 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 8:22 |
93 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 8:37 |
94 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-EasyPost | 8:51 |
95 | Alessandro De Marchi | Jayco-AlUla | 9:00 |
96 | Davide Gabburo | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
97 | Edoardo Zambanini | Bahrain Victorious | 9:37 |
98 | Pascal Ackermann | UAE Team Emirates | 9:59 |
99 | Marius Mayrhofer | Team DSM | 10:16 |
100 | Mads Würtz Schmidt | Israel-Premier Tech | 10:37 |
101 | Jonathan Caicedo | EF Education-EasyPost | 10:40 |
102 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 10:41 |
103 | Lukas Pöstlberger | Jayco-AlUla | 10:46 |
104 | Jake Stewart | Groupama-FDJ | 10:54 |
105 | Bob Jungels | BORA-hansgrohe | 11:10 |
106 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | 11:18 |
107 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | 11:40 |
108 | Valerio Conti | Corratec-Selle Italia | 12:00 |
109 | Alex Kirsch | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
110 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 12:03 |
111 | Thomas Champion | Cofidis | 12:15 |
112 | Óscar Rodríguez | Movistar | 12:20 |
113 | Mattia Bais | EOLO-Kometa | 12:33 |
114 | Rudy Molard | Groupama-FDJ | 12:44 |
115 | Joe Dombrowski | Astana Qazaqstan | 12:59 |
116 | Maxime Bouet | Arkéa-Samsic | 13:00 |
117 | Rohan Dennis | Jumbo-Visma | 13:26 |
118 | François Bidard | Cofidis | 13:31 |
119 | Henok Mulubrhan | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 13:49 |
120 | Pieter Serry | Soudal Quick-Step | 13:50 |
121 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 15:36 |
122 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | 16:31 |
123 | Michael Hepburn | Jayco-AlUla | 16:35 |
124 | Edoardo Affini | Jumbo-Visma | 16:39 |
125 | Stefan De Bod | EF Education-EasyPost | 17:02 |
126 | Jasha Sütterlin | Bahrain Victorious | 17:24 |
127 | Campbell Stewart | Jayco-AlUla | 17:34 |
128 | Gianni Moscon | Astana Qazaqstan | 17:35 |
129 | Alan Riou | Arkéa-Samsic | 17:49 |
130 | Erik Fetter | EOLO-Kometa | 17:55 |
131 | Albert Torres | Movistar | 17:56 |
132 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | 18:03 |
133 | Arne Marit | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 18:04 |
134 | Kristian Sbaragli | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 18:10 |
135 | Carlos Verona | Movistar | 18:13 |
136 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 18:14 |
137 | Yukiya Arashiro | Bahrain Victorious | 18:21 |
138 | Alexandre Delettre | Cofidis | 18:24 |
139 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 18:25 |
140 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 18:30 |
141 | Filippo Fiorelli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 18:33 |
142 | Mark Cavendish | Astana Qazaqstan | 18:36 |
143 | Samuele Zoccarato | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
144 | Niklas Märkl | Team DSM | 18:37 |
145 | Fabian Lienhard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
146 | Alex Baudin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
147 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar | 18:40 |
148 | Charlie Quarterman | Corratec-Selle Italia | s.t. |
149 | Jonas Iversby Hvideberg | Team DSM | 18:41 |
150 | Paul Lapeira | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
151 | Davide Ballerini | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:43 |
152 | Mikaël Chérel | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
153 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 18:47 |
154 | Simon Clarke | Israel-Premier Tech | 18:50 |
155 | Hugo Toumire | Cofidis | 18:51 |
156 | Davide Cimolai | Cofidis | s.t. |
157 | David Dekker | Arkéa-Samsic | 18:58 |
158 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | 19:02 |
159 | Niccolo Bonifazio | Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | 19:03 |
160 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 19:08 |
161 | Alexander Konychev | Corratec-Selle Italia | 19:16 |
162 | José Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | 19:21 |
163 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 19:23 |
164 | Filippo Magli | Green Project-Bardiani-CSF | 19:26 |
165 | Diego Sevilla | EOLO-Kometa | 19:40 |
166 | Karel Vacek | Corratec-Selle Italia | 19:42 |
167 | Nicolas Dalla Valle | Corratec-Selle Italia | 19:47 |
168 | Natnael Tesfazion | Trek-Segafredo | 20:13 |
169 | Alessandro Iacchi | Corratec-Selle Italia | 20:14 |
170 | Thomas Gloag | Jumbo-Visma | 20:46 |
171 | Veljko Stojnic | Corratec-Selle Italia | 21:14 |
172 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | 21:19 |
173 | Stefano Gandin | Corratec-Selle Italia | 21:34 |
174 | Daan Hoole | Trek-Segafredo | 23:06 |
175 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 23:37 |
176 | Max Kanter | Movistar | 23:42 |
Stage 3 map & profile:
2023 Giro d'Italia stage 3 map
2023 Giro d'Italia stage 3 profile
Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Mark Cavendish before the stage start.
Points classification leader Jonathan Milan picks up his bike.
The peloton on its way to the finish city of Melfi
It's time to sprint
Here they come...
Michael Matthews celebrates his stage win.
GC leader Remco Evenepoel just after the stage finish
Stage winner Michael Matthews
GC leader Remco Evenepoel will start stage four in pink.