The Spanish runner Juan Ayuso has been placed leader of the general classification of Paris-Nice 2026 with just two seconds ahead of Kévin Vauquelin, after the INEOS victory Grenadiers in the team time trial of 23.5 kilometers of route and a new format where the times have been individual and there has been no need to wait for the one traditionally set by the fourth cyclist in each squad.
Paris – Nice 2026 | Summary of stage 3 (Team Time Trial)
The vINEOS victory for just two seconds advantage over Lidl-Trek gives the Spaniard an advantage at the top of the classification in a new format time trial, which has turned the day into a constant dance of times and alternatives at the head of the day’s classification, where the Visma Lease’s bet on Bike to bet on rolling in blocks It was surpassed by the strategies of teams like Decathlon, who were about to surprise again with Dan Hoole.
Result of stage 3 of the Paris Nice
The improvement of Movistar Team, both in the individual times and in the team time trials since the arrival of Iván Velasco, it was confirmed when passing through the intermediate point where the Spanish team was placed third behind Visma and UAE and finished the stage in seventh place, 28 seconds from the lead.
The cards were marked from the beginning, with two clearly differentiated strategiesthat of Visma riding in a block, and other very different ones by UAE and Decathlon, betting on leaving the final kilometers to Marc Soler and Brandon McNulty, the Emiratis, and Dan Hoole, the Gauls, the bet worked out better for Decathlon than for Visma with its third place finish.
INEOS and Lidl-Trek found the balanceor between both to reach the final meters after a first part where the team’s inertia gave way to the individual effort of few units that turned out to be the winner in a fight that, at times, seemed more like a Formula 1 race due to the subtle changes in strategies.
Paris Nice classification after stage 3
Paris-Nice 2026 classification after stage 3 ASO
Juan Ayuso now leads the general classification of Paris-Nice 2026 with 2 seconds ahead of the Frenchman Kévin Vauquelin and 3 seconds ahead of the British Oscar Onley, both from INEOS, while the Dutchman Dan Hoole is fourth, 13 seconds behind the Spaniard.
This Wednesday the fourth stage of Paris-Nice 2026 takes place between the towns of Bourges and Uchon, with a 195-kilometre route and a demanding high finish.
