Despite the absence of the Slovenian champion, the formidable Emirati team wins the team time trial in Auxerre. The American leads the general classification
Team UAE-Emirates is a team even without spearhead Tadej Pogacar, who does not race Paris-Nice. Not bad, because even without him his teammates dominated the team time trial, of 26.9 km with start and finish in Auxerre, valid as the third stage. In an anomalous time trial, conditioned by rain and with times that were still taken by the individual rider, UAE preceded Team Jayco-Alula by 15″ and Ef by 20″.
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The new leader of the general classification is the American Brandon McNulty, who has the same time as his teammates Finn Fisher-Black, Joao Almeida and Jay Vine. Wednesday first uphill arrival in Mont Brouilly.