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Etoile de Bessèges stage 3 - Live race coverage

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Bonjour and welcome to the♑ Cyclinngews live coverage of stage 3 of the Etoile de Besseges.

As the Cyclingnews blimp takes heightꦜ, the riders are ready to roll out of Besseges for the 155km stage.

Pete Cossins is at𝓰 the Etoile des Besseges for Cyclingnews and took this photo of the peloton. 

Alpecin-Fenix where one of the tea𒀰m doing a warm-up. 

It's cloudy and there's a risk of rain in the Gard department of France, near Aꩲvignon and Nimes. But it is a pleasant 15C.   

The riders faced 1.5km of neutralised riding but the flag has noജw dropped. 

Five riders 🐻immediately attacked to get a gap b༺efore the first climb but they have been closed down.

The GPM Côte de Portes comes aft🎃er 28km but an non-categorised climb before that is ma🅰king everyone suffer.

This was the roll out of the stage.

Here we go! 


Michał Kwiatkowski of Ineos was unfortunate to puncture on the climb but is chasing to get back in to the peloton.

Beꦓn Hermans (Israel) has joined Niba⛄li and Perez. 

The trio ha🃏ve been pul✱led back on the descent.  

The Côte de Por🌱tes is just 8km away. It climbs 7.1km but is gradual at 4%. 

We have more attacks a🧔nd more big names on the move.&nꦺbsp;

Tim Wellens (Lotto) and Greg van Averma🅷et (AG2R) are in th🐈e front group. 

Alberto Bettiol (E𒆙F) is also there but the peloton reacts an⛦d splits under the high speed.

The front group crosses the summit of the C&oci🥂rc;te de Portes, with Alexi Gougeard of AG2R꧒ taking maximum points...

There are 50 or so riders🌠 in the front group, with Trek-Segafre🐎do especially aggressive. 

T�𝓡�his video shows how fast the racing is on the early climbs. 

We have five new attackers: 

These early races are about finding form and building team spiri✃t. 

Despite the series of climbs the average speed forꦆ the first hour wa♉s a fast 40.9km/h. 

After a fast 53km of racing, it's time f🌳or the Côte des Brousses. 

The peloton is split into 3 groups, wit🐟h some sprinter✅s in the third group. 

This i🗹s one of the first photographs from the race.

The attacks have left a group of 50 riders around 🍸five mi𝔉nutes off the back.

Bernal and Brunel have been caught over the top of the Côte des Brousses༺ but the bagarre continues💎.

Stage 1 winner Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) could only manage fifth on stage 2, behind Rudy Barbier (Israel Start-Up Nation) and ahead of Nacer Bouhanni (Arkea-Samsic) but retained his overall le🦋ad. 

Kwiatkowsk🐼i was first over the top of the Côte des Brousses and 11 riders edged away.

85Km to go

The front group has reformed and so we have 17 riders together.&♏nbsp;

The 17 are working well to🅺gether and pushed out their lead to 2:10. 

EF and Cofidis are helping with the chase.  

The riders will soon climb the Côte de Tharaux, the final categoriᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚsed climb of the stage before a 70km pursuit match on the rolling roads to the finish in Besseges.

Egan Berna🍃l takes his turn on the front of the 17-✨rider attack. 

Click below to read the full Bernal story.

Wellens leads the attack over the top of the Côte de Tharau⭕x.

70km to go

The third group, now dubbed the gruppetto, is at 8:40. It 💛includes Nizzolo a🐭nd Barbier. 

The break of 17 are ridin🍷g smoothly together, going through and off on the front. 

This is the view from inside the break and inside the Israel t🅰eam car.&nbs🍌p;

50km to go

♛Also in the 17-rider attack are Nils Politt (Bora), Michael Gogl (Qhubeka) and Ed 🌟Theuns (Trek). 

More interesting stats from Fuoriclasse.

40km to go

The riders in the attack are no-doubt already thinking about their strategy for the finish and the rest of the r꧟ace. 

Jempy is giving it big𒁏 licks on the front but the gap is not falling.

Alpecin and Total are also helping with the chase but I fear it is too little and tꦫoo late.  

Belgian champion Tim Merlier rode the cyclo-cross World Championshipܫs on Sunday and is now working on the front for Alp♑ecin. 

25km to go

Rigoberto Uran is n🌟ow working on the froꦰnt of the break. 

20km to go

in the chase group several 🔜teams are ไblocking for their riders up in the attack. 

The 17-rider lead group hits a narrow climb now. It should start t🅷o reveal who is strongest in the attack.

H꧃e ﷺkicks again, trying to hurt the sprinters in the group.

15km to go

Crash!  

Kwiatkowski went wide on a curve🍸. He did not crash but has lost contact. 

Tim Wellens has edged clear on the descent. 

10km to go

Bernal does a long pull to chase Wellens. 

Wellens leads by 20 seconds as🌃 🧔he nears Besseges. 

Wellens pas꧋ses through the finish and ꦏtakes a 3-second time bonus. 

Wellens is only 12 seconds from the race lead in the current GC. Wi🐎🦩th the time bonus he is at 9 seconds.

Just 3.5km to go for Wellens.

Bernal and Kwiato are leading the chase but Wellens is extendi𓆏ng his lead. It is up to 40 seconds.

O☂dd Christian Eiking attacks alone but surely ꦺnobody can stop Wellens now.  

Wellens wins! 

The Belgian made a clever s🌳o🃏lo attack and time trialed to victory. 

Ed 💧Theuns (Trek) wins the battle for second place but Wellens beat them all today with his move.&nbཧsp;

It was clꦍose in the sprint but Theuns got it.𓄧  

This is the top ten for the stage:

Here's Tim Wellens enjoying his victory. 

Wellens i𝓡s a solo breakaway expert. But today Gilbert and Oldani also played a big role.

Wellens solo attack and the 1🏅7-rider attack has shaken up the overall GC. 

Wellens leads Theuns by a significant 4🤪4 seco༺nds.  

Lotto Soudal are naturally happy to take their first win of the 2💮021 season.

To see more great photos from✤ today's entertaining stage and to re๊ad our full report and see the full results, click below. 

That photo captur🔯ed the moment Wellens attacked and Kwiatkowski almost crashed due to oil on the road.

Here's anoth𓂃er shot of Wellens during his solo attack.

Ed Theuns gave a perfect round-up𓃲 of his race and the stag༒e.

The UCI's decision to ban the so-called 'super-tuck' position during races  has 🍷sparked debate amongst the riders at the Etoile de Besseges. 

While welcoming the UCI's attempts to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:improve rider safety within races, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michal Kwiatkowski is against the ban on the "super-tuck" position that the UCI said it will start to enforce in WorldTour events from 1 🦩Aprilღ. 

Click below to read his full reaction.

The UCI also announced a 🔯series of decision about safety matters and, in contrast, allowed an increase in the number of teams in the three Grand Tours in 2021. 

Clock below to read the full story.

There probably won’t be another event on the calendar this season where the organiser can say that they turned down requests to race from the likes of Movistar, Astana, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Deceuninck-QuickStep and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:UAE Team Emirates. However the Etoile de Bessges can and did.

Today the Etoil🗹e de Besseges remembered race founder Roland Fangille, who recently pas🀅sed away due to COVID-19. 

Pete Cossins is at the Etoile de Besseges for Cyclingnews and wrote this story for us about the race organisers and the special 202🎃1 edition of the race.

For the🐓 full report, results and photo gallery of stage 3 a🥃nd Wellen's solo win, click below.

Join us during the weekend for full live coveragওe of stage 4 and stage 5 to see if Wellens can defend his overall race lead. 

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