Dauphiné, third stage: Gaudu taunts Van Aert. Tomorrow the time trial for Ganna

David Gaudu won the third stage, from Saint-Paulien to Chastreix-Sancy, 169km. The 25-year-old Frenchman of Groupama-Fdj mocked Wout van Aert at the finish line (second category GPM), who also raised his arms believing he had won. Gaudu is also the new leader of the race. Seventh at the finish line Damiano Caruso. Stage four on Wednesday, Montbrison-La Batie d’Urfè, 32 km: a test, among others, for Filippo Ganna and Wout van Aert. The conclusion is scheduled for Sunday 12.

IN ITALY – Stage success (Fano-Riviera del Conero, 164.5 km) for Riccardo Lucca, of Work Service, in the fourth act of the Adriatica Ionica Race. The 25-year-old from Trentino, Davide Rebellin’s team mate, won for a gap ahead of the Romanian Dima by 24 ”and Verza by 28”, with Battaglin in fourth place and Antonio Nibali in sixth. Thus he achieved his first professional success. Filippo Zana (Bardiani-Csf-Faizanè), ninth at 1’10 “, kept the leader’s jersey. Last stage on Wednesday: Castelraimondo-Ascoli Piceno, 152.3 kilometers.