No joy for the sprinters in San Juan

The Vuelta a San Juan returned on the Autodromo del Villicum, for the start and finish of stage 3, which was – on paper, at least – ideally designed for the sprinters. For that very reason, a bunch of teams, including Soudal Quick-Step, worked together soon after an eight-man breakaway took shape, keeping the gap around the five-minute mark for the first part of the day before gradually increasing the tempo and reducing the escapees’ margin.
Remco Evenepoel once again moved to the head of the peloton with three kilometers to go, pushing an insane tempo that stretched the field and prevented any attacks, but just as the World Champion peeled off the front ahead of the flamme rouge, one rider took off and destabilized the sprint trains. This allowed him to get the win, just a few seconds clear of the chasers – a mix of fast men and Classics riders.
Yves Lampaert came across the line as the highest-ranked Soudal Quick-Step rider, in eighth place, while Fabio Jakobsen – even though he couldn’t get involved in the fight for the podium – retained his second place on the general classification, which remained more or less unchanged ahead of Wednesday’s stage, one that will feature a first-category climb taking the riders to an altitude of more than 2200 meters.
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Race details
1 |
Quinn Simmons Trek - Segafredo |
3:49:30 |
2 |
Maximiliano Richeze Araquistain Argentina |
0:00 |
3 |
Sam Bennett BORA - hansgrohe |
0:00 |
4 |
Fernando Gaviria Rendon Movistar Team |
0:00 |
5 |
Giacomo Nizzolo Israel - Premier Tech |
0:00 |
6 |
Peter Sagan TotalEnergies |
0:00 |
7 |
German Nicolás Tivani Pérez Team Corratec |
0:00 |
8 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
9 |
Daniel Oss TotalEnergies |
0:00 |
10 |
Juan Pablo Dotti Sindicato de Empleados Públicos of San Juan |
0:00 |
34 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:02 |
38 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:02 |
73 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:32 |
103 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:01 |
124 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:07 |
1 |
Sam Bennett BORA - hansgrohe |
11:30:54 |
2 |
Fabio Jakobsen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:06 |
3 |
Fernando Gaviria Rendon Movistar Team |
0:08 |
4 |
Giacomo Nizzolo Israel - Premier Tech |
0:10 |
5 |
Peter Sagan TotalEnergies |
0:14 |
6 |
Danny van Poppel BORA - hansgrohe |
0:14 |
7 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team DSM |
0:14 |
8 |
German Nicolás Tivani Pérez Team Corratec |
0:14 |
9 |
Daniel Oss TotalEnergies |
0:14 |
10 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:14 |
41 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:16 |
65 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:40 |
104 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
5:53 |
110 |
Jan Hirt
Soudal - Quick Step |
7:27 |
1 |
Tomas Contte Argentina |
10 pt |
2 |
Marcos Omar Mendez Argentina |
8 pt |
3 |
Christofer Robín Jurado López Panamá es Cultura y Valores |
6 pt |
4 |
Stefano Gandin Team Corratec |
6 pt |
5 |
Alessandro Santaromita Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
4 pt |
6 |
Marcelo Nahuel Mendez Municipalidad de Rawson |
4 pt |
7 |
Emiliano Contreras Chimbas Te Quiero |
3 pt |
8 |
Óscar Sevilla Ribera Team Medellin - EPM |
2 pt |
9 |
Lukas Nicolás Dundic Argentina |
2 pt |
10 |
Manuele Tarozzi Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
2 pt |
1 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team DSM |
11:31:08 |
2 |
Iker Bonillo Martin Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
0:02 |
3 |
Marco Brenner Team DSM |
0:02 |
4 |
Mathias Vacek Trek - Segafredo |
0:02 |
5 |
Vicente Rojas Naranjo Chile |
0:02 |
6 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
0:02 |
7 |
Quinn Simmons Trek - Segafredo |
0:10 |
8 |
Vinicius Rangel Costa Movistar Team |
0:22 |
9 |
Manlio Moro Italy |
0:34 |
10 |
Mattia Pinazzi Italy |
0:43 |
1 | BORA - hansgrohe | 34:33:26 |
2 | TotalEnergies | 0:00 |
3 | Team DSM | 0:02 |
4 | Soudal - Quick Step | 0:02 |
5 | Movistar Team | 0:02 |
6 | Israel - Premier Tech | 0:02 |
7 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:04 |
8 | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 0:04 |
9 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:04 |
10 | Team Medellin - EPM | 0:04 |