Mullen wins stage 3 time trial, Ganna grabs hold of overall lead in San Juan

Cycling Today

Ryan Mullen (Trek-Segafredo) won the time trial on stage 3 of the Vuelta a San Juan as Filippo Ganna (UAE Team Emirates) moved into the overall lead of the race.

The 23-year-old clocked a time of 17:43 on the 14.4km out-and-back course in San Juan, raced on road bikes, with Filippo Ganna finishing second at 25 seconds and Rafal Majka (Bora-hansgrohe) finishing third at 30 seconds, a fraction of a second quicker than Gregory Daniel (Trek-Segafredo).

“The course was very well suited to me, maybe I would have preferred it a little bit longer, but it was pretty close to being perfect for me. But I misjudged the pacing a little bit; I went out a little bit too hard and then the last four kilometers it was a pretty hard headwind, and I kind of came off the pace a little bit there”, said Mullen.

“I really suffered in the heat as well for the last four or five minutes, so it was more a case of just hanging on and keeping a little bit of rhythm and not lose too much time. Luckily I held on!”

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Vuelta a San Juan 2018 – stage 3 results (San Juan – San Juan ITT):

1	Ryan Mullen (Trek-Segafredo)	17:43
2	Filippo Ganna (UAE Team Emirates)	+25”
3	Rafal Majka (Bora-hansgrohe)	+30”
4	Gregory Daniel (Trek-Segafredo)	,,
5	Oscar Sevilla (Medellin-Inder)	+36”
6	Winner Anacona (Movistar)	+38”
7	Omar Mendoza (Medellin-Inder)	+44”
8	Remi Cavagna (Quick-Step Floors)	,,
9	Eduardo Sepulveda (Movistar)	+50”
10	Jhonatan Narvaez (Quick-Step Floors)	+52”

General classification after stage 3:

1	Filippo Ganna (UAE Team Emirates)	6:58:37
2	Rafal Majka (Bora-hansgrohe)	+05”
3	Oscar Sevilla (Medellin-Inder)	+11”
4	Omar Mendoza (Medellin-Inder)	+19”
5	Eduardo Sepulveda (Movistar)	+25”
6	Ricardo Escuela (Agrupacion Virgen De Fatima)	+27”
7	Winner Anacona (Movistar)	+35”
8	Jhonatan Narvaez (Quick-Step Floors)	+43”
9	Kanstantin Siutsou (Bahrain-Merida)	,,
10	Matti Cattaneo (Androni-Sidermec-Bottecchia)	+45”