Ineos Grenadiers won the third stage of Paris-Nice, a 23.5km team time trial from Cosne Cours sur Loire to Pouilly sur Loire.

The team, led by Kevin Vauquelin, Oscar Onley, and Joshua Tarling, finished the race with a time of 26:40 at an average speed of 52.8 km/h. Juan Ayuso's Lidl Trek finished second, 2 seconds behind. Decathlon Cma Cgm Team finished third, 11 seconds behind, thanks to a strong performance by Daan Hoole. Jonas Vingegaard's Visma Lease a Bike lost 15 seconds, while UAE Emirates fared poorly, 37 seconds behind.

Ayuso is the new leader of the general classification.

Order of arrival:

1 INEOS Grenadiers 26.40,16

2 Lidl - Trek 0.02,47

3 Decathlon CMA CGM Team 0.11,27

4 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0.15,76

5 Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 0.20,71

6 EF Education - EasyPost 0.23,38

7 Movistar Team 0.28,32

8 UAE Team Emirates - XRG 0.37,12

9 Groupama - FDJ United 0.41,0

10 Cofidis 0.41,89

General classification:

1 Ayuso Juan Lidl - Trek 8:37:02

2 Vauquelin Kévin INEOS Grenadiers 0:02

3 Onley Oscar INEOS Grenadiers 0:03

4 Hoole Daan Decathlon CMA CGM Team 0:13

5 Armirail Bruno Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:17

6 Piganzoli Davide Team Visma | Lease a Bike,,

7 Vingegaard Jonas Team Visma | Lease a Bike,,

8 Vlasov Aleksandr Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 0:22

9 Martínez Daniel Felipe Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe ,,

10 Pithie Laurence Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe 0:24

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