UAE Team Emirates wins the team time trial in Auxerre in the third stage of Paris-Nice covering the 26.9 km of the route in 31'23".

McNulty crosses the finish line first and takes the yellow jersey from Pithie.

The rain was decisive, surprising Evenepoel's Soudal Quick Step (+21"), Jorgenson's Visma (+38") and Roglic's BORA (+54").

On the podium of the day were Team Jayco Alula 15" behind and EF Education 20" behind.

ARRIVAL ORDER:

1 UAE Team Emirates 31:23 51.429

ALMEIDA João MCNULTY Brandon FISHER-BLACK Finn VINE Jay GROßSCHARTNER Felix POLITT Nils SOLER Marc

2 Team Jayco AlUla 31:38 0:15 51.022

REINDERS Elmar MATTHEWS Michael HARPER Chris PLAPP Luke GROENEWEGEN Dylan DURBRIDGE Luke MEZGEC Luka

3 EF Education - EasyPost 31:43 0:20 50,888

BISSEGGER Stefan VALGREN Michael URÁN Rigoberto DOULL Owain RUTSCH Jonas PICCOLO Andrea SWEENY Harry

4 Soudal - Quick Step 31:45 0:22 50.835

EVENEPOEL Remco VAN WILDER Ilan VERVAEKE Louis LAMPAERT Yves CATTANEO Mattia MOSCON Gianni PEDERSEN Casper

5 INEOS Grenadiers 31:45 0:22 50,835

DE PLUS Laurens TARLING Joshua FRAILE Omar RODRÍGUEZ Carlos CASTROVIEJO Jonathan TURNER Ben BERNAL Egan

6 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 32:01 0:38 50,411

JORGENSON Matteo KOOIJ Olav KELDERMAN Wilco AFFINI Edoardo BOUWMAN Koen VAN DIJKE Mick VAN DIJKE Tim

7 Astana Qazaqstan Team 32:02 0:39 50,385

SCARONI Christian BATTISTELLA Samuele CHARMIG Anthon LUTSENKO Alexey SELIG Rüdiger TEJADA Harold GRUZDEV Dmitriy

8 Decathlon AG2R The World Team 32:02 0:39 50.385

GALL Felix ARMIRAIL Bruno BENNETT Sam GODON Dorian NAESEN Oliver PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien DE BONDT Dries

9 Cofidis 32:02 0:39 50.385

COQUARD Bryan GOUGEARD Alexis THOMAS Benjamin IZAGIRRE Ion IZAGIRRE Gorka PEREZ Anthony DEBEAUMARCHÉ Nicolas

10 Bahrain - Victorious 32:05 0:42 50,306

BILBAO Pello BUITRAGO Santiago HAIG Jack WRIGHT Fred GRADEK Kamil RAJOVIĆ Dušan SÜTTERLIN Jasha