Marc Sarreau (AG2R Citroën) exteneded his streak of victories to 3 on the Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine and gained the brief 90.7km stage 3a on Thursday morning.
Paul Penhoët (Groupama-FDJ) completed second and Axel Laurance (B&B Resorts-KTM) third within the bunch dash in Vivonne.
Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) crossed the road in fourth to preserve his place of second behind race chief Sarreau, however misplaced one other six seconds to drop 16 behind Sarreau. Laurance moved up one spot to a tie in third with Emils Liepinš (Trek-Segafredo).
The French stage race supplied a doubleheader for the third day of racing with a flat 18.3km inidividual time trial on faucet within the afternoon from Smarves again to Vivonne.
The GC may see a shakeup within the afternoon, as Sarreau stated he may “lose a number of time and due to this fact the chief’s jersey”.
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