Sam Bennett has won his third straight stage win at the Binck Bank Tour after a photofinish ahead of Dylan Groenewegen.
Bennett once again stayed at the wheel of Groenewegen and launched a sprint in the last metres to cross the line ahead of the Dutchman, a victory that had to be checked by photo finish.
“I wasn’t sure at all [of having won],” Bennett said. “I think somebody touched my bike in the last corner and so the gears where jumping like mad. I couldn’t throw the bike around; I had to keep it solid. The gears were slipping and so I couldn’t get power down.
“I got a run at the UAE rider and if it wasn’t for that, I don’t think I would have got it. I was really lucky today. But it was enough to get it, so I’m really happy.”
The Bora-hansgrohe rider sits top of the general classification, with Jasper Philipsen and Groenewegen both 20 seconds behind him.
Binck Bank Tour 2019 – stage 3 results (Aalter – Aalter):
| 1 | Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) | 3:44:04 |
| 2 | Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 3 | Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 4 | Jurgen Roelandts (Movistar) | ,, |
| 5 | Florian Senechal (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | ,, |
| 6 | Edward Teuns (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 7 | Timothy Dupont (Wanty-Gobert) | ,, |
| 8 | Jakub Mareczko (CCC) | ,, |
| 9 | Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 10 | Amaury Capiot (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | ,, |
Binck Bank Tour 2019 – general classification after stage 3:
| 1 | Sam Bennett (Bora-hansgrohe) | 11:11:51 |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) | +20” |
| 3 | Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 4 | Lukasz Wisniowski (CCC) | +22” |
| 5 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (CCC) | ,, |
| 6 | Harry Tanfield (Katusha-Alpecin) | +23” |
| 7 | Josef Cerny (CCC) | ,, |
| 8 | Lars Bak (Dimension Data) | ,, |
| 9 | Edward Teuns (Trek-Segafredo) | +24” |
| 10 | Robert Stannard (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
