Skip to content

2019 Tour of Colombia: Stage 3 Results

  • Ron 

Colombian Juan Sebastian Molano has won the third stage of the 2019 Tour of Colombia, his first in UAE Team Emirates colours. He sprinted to victory over Julian Alaphilippe and Diego Ochoa after 167.6km around Llanogrande.

Molano was able to hold his position in the group over four climbs of Alto El Nano unlike the other sprinters. With spark still in his legs, he gave the team its fourth victory of the 2019 season.

The sprinter also now leads the points classification.

“It was a beautiful moment, to get my first win with my new team and doing so here in Colombia – it’s fantastic,” Molano said. “Gaviria unfortunately was not well. I had a big responsibly and I was able to repay the enormous trust given to me by the team.

“I felt great all day, on the climbs my legs were good and I found myself secure in the finishing straight for the sprint. The work of my team-mates getting there was perfect all day. I want to thank the team who kept me going throughout the stage.”

Stage 3 Brief Results:

  1. Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) at 3h42’52”
  2. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) s.t.
  3. Diego Antonio Ochoa Camargo (Manzana Postobon) s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3:

  1. Rigoberto Uran (EF Education First) at 7h19’37”
  2. Daniel Martinez (EF Education First) s.t.
  3. Lawson Craddock (EF Education First) s.t.
  4. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) at 2″
  5. Egan Bernal (Team Sky) at 8″
  6. Bob Jungels (Deceuninck-QuickStep) s.t.
  7. Jhonatan Narvaez (Team Sky) at 9″
  8. Ivan Sosa (Team Sky) at 10″
  9. Chris Froome (Team Sky) s.t.
  10. Sebastian Henao (Team Sky) s.t.
Tags:
Bike World News