the Irish Ben Healyfrom the EF Education-EasyPost team, is the new leader of the Tour of Luxembourg in winning this Friday at third stagethe most difficult of the race with 168.4 kilometers between Mertert and Vianden.
Healy, who took over the lead from Danish Søren Kragh Andersen, won the third stage on his own with a 15-second margin over Swiss Marc Hirschi (UAE Emirates) and 18 over Belgian Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech).
The Irishman, who launched a strong attack about thirty kilometers from the finish, is wearing the leader’s jersey and is 19 seconds behind Hirschi in the general standings, and 24 seconds behind Teuns.
Spaniard Álex Aranburu (Movistar) dropped from third to twelfth place overall, 57 seconds behind Healy. This Friday is his nineteenth time on stage.
This Saturday the fourth and penultimate stage will take place, a 23.9 kilometer individual time trial that starts and ends in Pétange.
Source: La Verdad
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