Elia Viviani (Deuceninck-Quick-Step) won a sprint finish in the third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico, edging out Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) and Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) on the line.
“It was a chaotic sprint,” said Viviani who gave his team a second win after Julian Alaphilippe won on Thursday. “Even the general classification riders were fighting for position to avoid losing any time.
“I lost my two lead-out guys but we always have a spare one and, this time, it was Zdenek Stybar. He put me on a good wheel and that was Peter Sagan’s.”
Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) holds the leader’s blue jersey.
“It’s been a long day but the sprinters’ teams wanted to control,” said Yates. “We sat behind them and I tried to save energy. Tomorrow is not as hard as stage 5 but it could still be decisive.”
Saturday’s hilly fourth stage covers 221km from Foligno to Fossombrone.
An absolutely thrilling sprint finish in Stage 3 of #TirrenoAdriatico as @eliaviviani beats @petosagan and @FndoGaviria to the victory!
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— Velon CC (@VelonCC) March 15, 2019
Tirreno-Adriatico 2019 – stage 3 results (Pomarance – Foligno):
| 1 | Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | 5:26:45 |
| 2 | Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 3 | Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 4 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Dimension Data) | ,, |
| 5 | Jens Keukeleire (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 6 | Davide Cimolai (Israel Cycling Academy) | ,, |
| 7 | Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) | ,, |
| 8 | Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 9 | Davide Ballerini (Astana) | ,, |
| 10 | Luca Pacioni (Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM) | ,, |
Tirreno-Adriatico 2019 – general classification after stage 3:
| 1 | Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) | 10:37:34 |
| 2 | Brent Bookwalter (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
| 3 | Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) | +07” |
| 4 | Laurens De Plus (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 5 | Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | +22” |
| 6 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | ,, |
| 7 | Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb | ,, |
| 8 | Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | +27” |
| 9 | Wout Poels (Team Sky) | +47” |
| 10 | Jonathan Castroviejo (Team Sky) | ,, |
