Courageous Solo Break Seals Stage 3 Victory for Davide Formolo

Italy's Davide Formolo completed a courageous 60 km solo break over two Alpine summits to win stage three of the Criterium du Dauphine. Roglic drops Bernal again!

Courageous Solo Break Seals Stage 3 Victory for Davide Formolo

Overnight leader Primoz Roglic of Jumbo-Visma was second, extending his lead over French climber Thibaut Pinot and Ineos general Egan Bernal with a late burst at the very end of the 157km run between Corenc and Saint-Martin-de-Belleville.

Bernal was nine seconds adrift of Roglic while four-time Tour de France champion Froome eased up, finishing 15 minutes off the pace.

"It was a nice day," smiled the Slovenian after slipping on the leader's yellow jersey again.

"The two toughest days still remain, and we need to stay focussed, I have some tough guys round me," he said.

The 27-year-old Formolo of the UAE Emirates Team said afterwards he had also won an internal battle with himself to fight through the pain barrier.

"My morale dropped but I continued to work hard and the victory finally came," said the day's winner who went solo on the epic ascent of the Col de La Madeleine, 17.3km at over eight percent incline.

Speeding through flower-laden Alpine villages with their wooden ski chalets, Formolo stooped low in a daredevil descent before tackling the 14.8km final ascent at 6 percent, with the peloton closing in fast.
 
"On the last climb I didn't know and I prayed that I would be first," Formolo admitted after he crossed the line in 4hr 6min 56sec.

VIDEO: 2020 Criterium du Dauphine Stage 3 Highlights

2020 Criterium du Dauphine Stage 3 Top 10

1 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 4:06:56
2 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:33
3 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
4 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Pro Cycling
6 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain McLaren
7 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis
8 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
9 Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos 0:00:39
10 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team

2020 Criterium du Dauphine GC after Stage 3

1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 13:14:35
2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:14
3 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:20
4 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:24
5 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain McLaren 0:00:26
6 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Pro Cycling
7 Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos 0:00:31
8 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:00:32
9 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:35
10 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 

 

 
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