Tour of the Alps 2021: Second triumph Moscon, Yates keeps GC lead

fotobureau Cor VosGianni Moscon wins the 3rd stage on the Tour of the Alps from the breakaway. He outguns Felix Großschartner on the line, while Simon Yates stays in the overall race lead. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 3rd stage Tour of the Alps 2021

1. Gianni Moscon (ita)
2. Felix Großschartner (aut) s.t.
3. Michael Storer (aus) + 0.01
4. Matteo Fabbro (ita) s.t.
5. Alessandro De Marchi (ita) s.t.
6. Antonio Nibali (ita) s.t.
7. François Bidard (fra) s.t.
8. Pello Bilbao (spa) s.t.
9. Luis Léon Sánchez (spa) s.t.
10. Hermann Pernsteiner (aut) + 0.13

GC after stage 3
1. Simon Yates (gbr)
2. Pavel Sivakov (rus) + 0.45
3. Pello Bilbao (spa) + 1.04
4. Daniel Martin (irl) s.t.
5. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) + 1.08
6. Jefferson Cepeda (ecu) s.t.
7. Jai Hindley (aus) + 1.27
8. Hugh Carthy (gbr) s.t.
9. Ruben Guerreiro (pol) + 1.52
10. Nick Schultz (aus) s.t.

Race report
Following a hard start a group with Moscon, Pinot, Nibali, Tejada, Fabbro, Grosschartner, Van Garderen, De Marchi, Pernsteiner, Birard, Gallopin, Storer, Ravasi and Christian manage to open up a gap. LL Sánchez tracks them down and the fifteen open up a gap of 2.30 minutes.

The gap has fallen below 1 minute on the last climb of the day. Moscon and Fabbro head out together, while Großschartner and Storer rejoin them. Bilbao attacks in the peloton to rejoin the dropped riders of the lead group.

After the last climb the leaders are 50 seconds clear, but the chasers - Bilbao, Bidard, Sánchez, Nibali, Pernsteiner and De Marchi - claw back time on the run-in to the line.

The six almost make the catch in the last kilometre and Moscon decides to open the sprint early. He goes with 300 metres left and Großschartner sticks to his wheel. He can't come around though and the Italian wins his seconds stage in three days.

Yates finishes safely in the peloton, 49 seconds down on Moscon, to keep the leader's jersey, while Bilbao moves up to third place overall.

Another interesting read: route 3rd stage 2021 Tour of the Alps.