Küng wins stage three time trial in Algarve, Pogacar extends lead

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Stefan Küng took his first victory for new team Groupama-FDJ in Volta ao Algarve’s stage 3 time trial, finishing two seconds ahead of Søren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb) and five seconds ahead of Yves Lampaert (Deceuninck – Quick-Step).

“I am very proud to wear this great jersey, very happy with my new team and to celebrate this victory with them,” said Kung.

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) was the last man to go down the ramp and he successfully defended his jersey and completed the course only 17 seconds slower than Küng, setting the fifth best time of the day.

He is 31 seconds ahead of Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) in the general classification. Søren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb) is third, 36 seconds behind in the overall.

“I wasn’t expecting it, but I’m very happy,” said Pogacar. “The result is a reward for the careful preparation that went into this time trial, from studying the route and the specific directions from my sports directors over the radio. I gave it 100 percent, I made the best use of my energy and obtained this nice result.”

Volta ao Algarve 2019 – stage 3 results (Lagoa – Lagoa ITT):

1	Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ)	24:33
2	Søren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb)	+02”
3	Yves Lampaert (Deceuninck-Quick-Step)	+05”
4	Ryan Mullen (Trek-Segafredo)	+08”
5	Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)	+17”
6	Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ)	+31”
7	Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo)	+36”
8	Tao Geoghegan Hart (Team Sky)	,,
9	Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin)	+42”
10	Zdenek Stybar (Deceuninck-QuickStep)	+43”

Volta ao Algarve 2019 – general classification after stage 3:

1	Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)	10:16:14
2	Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick-Step)	+31”
3	Søren Kragh Andersen (Team Sunweb)	+36”
4	Wout Poels (Team Sky)	+37”
5	David de la Cruz (Team Sky)	+57”
6	Sam Oomen (Team Sunweb)	+01’08”
7	Zdenek Stybar (Deceuninck-Quick-Step)	+02’12”
8	Neilson Powless (Jumbo-Visma)	+02’13”
9	Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb)	+02’35”
10	Amaro Antunes (CCC)	+02’43”