Mads Pedersen took victory on stage 3 of the Etoile de Bessèges, one day after his defeat to Axel Laurance (Alpecin deceuninck). The Danish driver from Lidl-Trek was faster than the Belgian Milan Menten (Lotto Dstny).
Escape of the day
A strong group marked the escape of the day with Simon Carr, Alexis Gougeard, Sander de Pestel, Thibault Guernalec, Jonas Abrahamsen, Thomas Gachinard and Théo Delacroix. The group of seven was a threat to the stage win, but proved not strong enough to contain the peloton, which broke away with 13km to go.
Tudor’s Marco Brenner attacked with just over 5 kilometers to go, but ended up being caught almost in the final kilometer. However, Lidl-Trek prepared the arrival for Mads Pedersen and the former world champion did not let the opportunity slip away.
Watch the arrival
Results of the 3rd stage of the Etoile de Bessèges
General classification of Etoile de Bessèges after the 3rd stage
