Ramunas Navardauskas (Bahrain Merida) won the time trial of the 2017 Vuelta a San Juan, giving his team its very first win in professional cycling.
Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) came in second at three seconds from the winner, while his teammate, Matthias Brandle, came in third at seven seconds from Navardauskas.
Navardauskas leads the race overall by the same margins.
“My legs are light and I’m really relaxed. Probably are the victory effects!”, said Navardauskas. “Looking back, I was not thinking to win. I just wanted to give my best and try to make a good race. We had tried several times the route and was a kind of time trial where you had to push very very strong.”
Vuelta a San Juan 2017 – stage 3 results ITT:
| 1 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Bahrain Merida) | 14:03 |
| 2 | Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) | +03” |
| 3 | Matthias Brändle (Trek-Segafredo) | +07” |
| 4 | Remi Cavagna (Quick-Step Floors) | ,, |
| 5 | Walter Vargas (Medellin-Inder) | +17” |
| 6 | Sebastian Trillini (Italomat-dogo) | +19” |
| 7 | Oscar Sevilla (Medellin-Inder) | ,, |
| 8 | Laureano Rosas (Argentina) | +21” |
| 9 | Ricardo Escuela (Agrupacion Virgen De Fatima) | +32” |
| 10 | Kanstantin Siutsou (Bahrain Merida) | ,, |
General classification after stage 3:
| 1 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Bahrain Merida) | 6:22:27 |
| 2 | Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) | +03” |
| 3 | Matthias Brändle (Trek-Segafredo) | +07” |
| 4 | Remi Cavagna (Quick-Step Floors) | ,, |
| 5 | Sebastian Trillini (Italomat-dogo) | +19” |
| 6 | Oscar Sevilla (Medellin-Inder) | ,, |
| 7 | Laureano Rosas (Argentina) | +21” |
| 8 | Elia Viviani (Italy) | +23” |
| 9 | Tom Boonen (Quick-Step Floors) | +29” |
| 10 | Ricardo Escuela (Agrupacion Virgen De Fatima) | +32” |
