CRITERIUM DU DAUPHINE 2021 STAGE 3 RESULTS
Sonny Colbrelli finally broke through at the Criterium du Dauphine on Tuesday overhauling Alex Aranburu in an uphill sprint to Saint-Haon-le-Vieux. Austrian Lukas Postlberger of Bora retained the yellow jersey ahead of Wednesday’s 10.2 mile time trial.
Colbrelli had shown he was the strongest sprinter in the peloton in the first two stages. But on both days, the Italian had to settle for second after his Bahrain Victorious team failed to catch the last breakaway rider.
“After two second places, today I’m very happy for this victory,” Colbrelli said at the finish.
The peloton caught the day’s breakaway with 20km to go on a flat 107 mile ride.
Despite a crash late in the stage, the pack was all together as it hit the final uphill drag.
Aranburu of Astana surged clear with 300 meters to go but Colbrelli reacted at once and gave chase.
In a slow-motion battle up the slope, the Italian drew level with 100m to go and gradually pulled clear. American Brandon McNulty of UAE came through to grab third
“It was a very hard last kilometer,” said Colbrelli. “I followed Aranburu’s wheel but it was tough to pass him.”
Colbrelli increased his lead in the points classification and the bonus seconds he collected took him to two seconds behind Postlberger in the overall classification.
STAGE 3 RESULTS
| 1 | COLBRELLI Sonny | Bahrain – Victorious | 3:56:36 |
| 2 | ARANBURU Alex | Astana – Premier Tech | 0:00 |
| 3 | MCNULTY Brandon | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:00 |
| 4 | STUYVEN Jasper | Trek – Segafredo | 0:00 |
| 5 | KELDERMAN Wilco | BORA – hansgrohe | 0:00 |
| 6 | VENTURINI Clément | AG2R Citroën Team | 0:00 |
| 7 | BARBERO Carlos | Team Qhubeka ASSOS | 0:00 |
| 8 | RUSSO Clément | Team Arkéa Samsic | 0:00 |
| 9 | WELLENS Tim | Lotto Soudal | 0:00 |
| 10 | ASGREEN Kasper | Deceuninck – Quick Step | 0:00 |
OVERALL RESULTS
| 1 | POSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA – hansgrohe | 12:35:08 |
| 2 | COLBRELLI Sonny | Bahrain – Victorious | 0:02 |
| 3 | ARANBURU Alex | Astana – Premier Tech | 0:18 |
| 4 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar Team | 0:20 |
| 5 | ASGREEN Kasper | Deceuninck – Quick Step | 0:23 |
| 6 | PACHER Quentin | B&B Hotels p/b KTM | 0:24 |
| 7 | KONRAD Patrick | BORA – hansgrohe | 0:24 |
| 8 | THOMAS Geraint | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:24 |
| 9 | VAN WILDER Ilan | Team DSM | 0:24 |
| 10 | KRUIJSWIJK Steven | Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:24 |
RBA/AFP Photos: Bettini
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