Sam Bennett won stage 3 at the Tour de Wallonie after he came out on top ahead of Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) and John Degenkolb (Lotto-Soudal) in a dramatic sprint finish.
Zdenek Stybar (Deceunink-Quick-Step), Greg Van Avermaet (CCC), Jonathan Narvaez (Team Ineos) and Loic Vliegen (Circus Wanty) looked to have pulled away with 10k to go but the peloton caught them in the last kilometre and Bennett crossed the line first.
“After yesterday I needed that. The springs came out yesterday and I just had nothing. Today was a big difference,” Bennett said.
“We just said we’d ride aggressively, and I’d just float around, because I knew my form must be there some place but I didn’t know if it’d come back today, so I just rode my own race until the last climb, and the boys did a great job in the finale today. With the positioning and the lead-out, the whole team rode a fantastic race and I’m really proud to finish off the job today.”
Tour de Wallonie 2020 – stage 3 results (Montzen – Visé):
| 1 | Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | 4:42:25 |
| 2 | Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) | ,, |
| 3 | John Degenkolb (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 4 | Matteo Trentin (CCC) | +01” |
| 5 | Amaury Capiot (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | ,, |
| 6 | Andrea Vendrame (AG2R la Mondiale) | ,, |
| 7 | Marco Haller (Bahrain McLaren) | ,, |
| 8 | Alexander Krieger (Alpecin-Fenix) | ,, |
| 9 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bingoal WB) | ,, |
| 10 | Clement Venturini (AG2R la Mondiale) | ,, |
Tour de Wallonie 2020 – general classification after stage 3:
| 1 | Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) | 12:57:28 |
| 2 | Amaury Capiot (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | +16” |
| 3 | James Fouche (Hagens Berman Axeon) | ,, |
| 4 | Clement Venturini (AG2R la Mondiale) | +17” |
| 5 | Oliver Naesen (AG2R la Mondiale) | ,, |
| 6 | Greg Van Avermaet (CCC) | ,, |
| 7 | Jenthe Biermans (Israel Start-Up Nation) | ,, |
| 8 | Lawrence Naesen (AG2R la Mondiale) | ,, |
| 9 | Loïc Vliegen (Circus-Wanty Gobert) | ,, |
| 10 | Nick Van der Lijke (Riwal Readynez) | ,, |
