May 7/17 19:37 pm - Giro d'Italia: Stage 3
Posted by Editor on 05/7/17
Fernando Gaviria's First Win
It’s the Giro of the first timers. Fernando Gaviria claimed his first stage victory at the Corsa Rosa after Lukas Pöstleberger won in Olbia on his Grand Tour debut and André Greipel took his first Maglia Rosa in Tortolì. But it wasn’t a bunch sprint finish in Cagliari.
The first Colombian sprinter to win at the Giro, was part of a small groupthat battled the crosswinds in the final 10km. Gaviria, with the help of his Quick-Step Floors team takes the lead in the general classification over from André Greipel.
Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) said: “We didn’t plan this attack in the crosswinds. We wanted to be at the front if the bunch was going to fire up. We’re a strong team so we took the initiative. With six riders at the front, we outnumbered the others. When we saw a split in the bunch, we went full gas. I had two days with bad legs, or if my legs were good, the others had much better ones. I was bitter because I had done a lot of sacrifices at home to be ready for stage 1 of the Giro. Now we can enjoy the rest day as a team, because I have the Maglia Rosa for two days: the rest day and stage 4.” Tomorrow is the first rest day of the 100th Giro d’Italia.
Giro d'Italia
Michael Woods (Cannondale-Drapac) was top Canadian in 85th at 1:17 back. Woods is also is top Canadian in GC, sitting 67th at 1:40 back.
Results from the 3rd stage in Italy
| Stage 3: Tempi to Cagliari, 148 km | |
| 1 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors | 3:26:33 |
| 2 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 3 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 4 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data | |
| 5 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors | all s.t. |
| 6 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain-Merida | 0:03 |
| 7 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 8 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott | 0:13 |
| 9 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 10 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 11 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 12 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 13 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 14 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data | |
| 15 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 16 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 17 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 18 Ivan Savitckii (Rus) Gazprom – Rusvelo | |
| 19 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | |
| 20 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina | all s.t. |
| 85 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac | 1:17 |
| 107 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott | 1:29 |
| GC | |
| 1 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors | 14:45:16 |
| 2 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal | at 0:09 |
| 3 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:13 |
| 4 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 5 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Bahrain-Merida | both s.t. |
| 6 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-Scott | 0:17 |
| 7 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 8 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data | 0:23 |
| 9 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 10 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 13 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | |
| 14 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 15 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 16 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky | |
| 17 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | |
| 18 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Drapac | |
| 19 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 20 Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | all s.t. |
| 67 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac | 1:40 |
| 132 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott | 5:40 |
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