Lusail Circuit 10.9 km Timetrial
A bit of a change up from the previous few years. A timetrial again in Qatar to sort out the GC.
Solo-Echelonist of the day: Lars Boom
Cance looks a bit laid back in these early races so maybe we should look elsewhere. Boom does well on these kind of distances and he's well motivated to move up the GC. Plus he has to do something to artificially inflate his FSA DS attractivity if he is to be able to continue his long run of disappointing his VDSs.
Official site , Stageinfo , Startlist, STARTTIMES TT (local times, CET= -2h)
GC before stage 3:
| 1. | NEDTERPSTRA Niki | 6 | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 06h 43' 30'' | |
| 2. | BELROELANDTS Jurgen | 26 | LOTTO-BELISOL | 06h 43' 35'' | + 00' 05'' |
| 3. | BELBOONEN Tom | 1 | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 06h 43' 44'' | + 00' 14'' |
| 4. | DENMORKOV Michael | 128 | TINKOFF-SAXO | 06h 43' 50'' | + 00' 20'' |
| 5. | GERSIEBERG Marcel | 27 | LOTTO-BELISOL | 06h 43' 56'' | + 00' 26'' |
| 6. | GBRFENN Andrew | 2 | OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP | 06h 43' 56'' | + 00' 26'' |
| 7. | GBRSTANNARD Ian | 67 | TEAM SKY | 06h 43' 56'' | + 00' 26'' |
| 8. | DENBRESCHEL Matti | 123 | TINKOFF-SAXO | 06h 43' 56'' | + 00' 26'' |
| 9. | NEDBOOM Lars | 41 | BELKIN PRO CYCLING | 06h 44' 01'' | + 00' 31'' |
| 10. | NEDKROON Karsten | 126 | TINKOFF-SAXO | 06h 44' 01'' | + 00' 31'' |