The British Adam Yates (INEOS Grenadiers) he silenced the efforts of the Spaniards Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) to win the third stage of the Tour of Germany, contested between Freiburg and Schauinsland, with 148.9 kilometers of travel, and lead with one day remaining.
Yates, who ended a drought of more than a year, was the strongest on the final climb and showed up at the finish line with a time of 3:41:19 and a 19-second lead over Bilbao, which, with the resulting difference. in bonus, gives him a difference of half a minute in the general classification.
Both runners outperformed other applicants. the Belgian Mauri Vansevenant (Quick Step Alpha Viny) and the Portuguese Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education-EasyPost) reached 28 seconds, and other popular ones like Colombian Ivan Ramiro Sosa and the spanish Antonio Pedroboth from Movistar, give up 35 and 40.
In the general classification, after Yates and Bilbao, Vansevenant also placed, 48 seconds behind, tied with the Dane from Trek Segafredo Matthias Skelmose Jensen, while Sosa and Pedrero settled in tenth and eleventh positions, at 1:06 and 1:09.
The former leader, the Italian Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost), He was sixteenth this Saturday in 1:36, where he lost all options.
This Sunday will be the fourth and final stage, between Schiltach and Stuttgart, with a route of 186.6 kilometers.
Source: La Verdad
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