Alaphilippe wins Tour of Britain’s stage 3 as Bevin takes overall lead

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Julian Alaphilippe wins stage 3 tour of britain 2018

Patrick Bevin (BMC) moved into overall lead at the Tour of Britain despite being pipped to the finish line by stage three winner Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) on Tuesday.

Alaphilippe held off Bevin and ONE Pro Cycling’s Emils Liepins to win a reduced bunch sprint in Bristol.

Green jersey holder Bevin is level on time with Cameron Meyer, the Mitchelton-Scott rider who won the Tour’s second stage on Monday.

“You can’t get better than leading the race. If we can hold it tomorrow, we’ll see how things shake out,” Bevin said. “Every kilometre today was tough. The guys did a great job, we got it right over the final climb.

“The stage win would have been really nice, but we’re still in the hunt for the overall.”

Alaphilippe is just two seconds behind Bevin and Meyer in the general classification.

“I’m happy to win, especially today as it’s my first race after a good break. In the end I was in a really good position. Bob (Jungels) did a really good job and voila!” Alaphilippe said.

The fourth stage will be held on Wednesday over a distance of 183.5km from Nuneaton to Leamington Spa.

Tour of Britain 2018 – stage 3 results (Bristol – Bristol):

1Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors)

2:47:41

2Patrick Bevin (BMC)

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3Emils Liepins (ONE Pro Cycling)

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4Ethan Hayter (Great Britain)

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5André Greipel (Lotto Soudal)

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6Connor Swift (Madison Genesis)

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7Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Katusha-Alpecin)

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8Jasha Sütterlin (Movistar)

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9Dion Smith (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)

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10Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert)

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General classification after stage 3:

1Patrick Bevin (BMC)

11:03:11

2Cameron Meyer (Mitchelton-Scott)

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3Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors)

+02”

4Jasha Sütterlin (Movistar)

+12”

5Wout Poels (Team Sky)

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6Christopher Hamilton (Team Sunweb)

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7Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors)

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8Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo)

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9Hugh Carthy (EF Education First-Drapac)

+19”

10Scott Davies (Dimension Data)

+22”

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