Former world champion Mads Pedersen won the uphill sprint finish on stage 3 of Paris Nice. Pedersen out-sprinted Bryan Coquard and Wout Van Aert to take the win out of a reduced peloton that was split on the final categorized climb of the day. Fabio Jakobsen, Sam Bennett and Dylan Groenewegen were among the sprint favorites that lost out on the climb with 13 miles to go.

Christophe Laporte crashed in the final 300 meters after colliding with Kevin Geniets in the sprint but was quick to get up and remains in the lead of the race, one second ahead of his teammate Wout Van Aert. Stage four will present the first shake-up of the overall standings with an  8.6 mile individual time-trial from Domérat to Montluçon, ahead of the final four climbing stages of Paris-Nice.

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⏪ Revivez le dernier kilomètre.

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⏪Relive the last kilometre.#ParisNice pic.twitter.com/y1OOvY5cqu

— Paris-Nice (@ParisNice) March 8, 2022

PARIS NICE STAGE 3 RESULTS

1	Mads PEDERSEN	Trek – Segafredo	4:23:29
2	Bryan COQUARD	Cofidis	0:00
3	Wout VAN AERT	Jumbo-Visma	0:00
4	Jasper PHILIPSEN	Alpecin-Fenix	0:00
5	Anthony TURGIS	TotalEnergies	0:00
6	Biniam GIRMAY HAILU	Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux	0:00
7	Fred WRIGHT	Bahrain – Victorious	0:00
8	Danny VAN POPPEL	BORA – hansgrohe	0:00
9	Ethan HAYTER	INEOS Grenadiers	0:00
10	Juan MOLANO	UAE Team Emirates	0:00

OVERALL STANDINGS

1	LAPORTE Christophe	Jumbo-Visma	11:34:44
2	VAN AERT Wout	Jumbo-Visma	0:01
3	ROGLIČ Primož	Jumbo-Visma	0:09
4	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek – Segafredo	0:29
5	COQUARD Bryan	Cofidis	0:33
6	LATOUR Pierre	TotalEnergies	0:33
7	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	0:38
8	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek – Segafredo	0:39
9	VLASOV Aleksandr	BORA – hansgrohe	0:39
10	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	0:39

 

Photos: ASO/ Alex Broadway