Sagan, który pierwszego dnia był drugi, za plecami Marcela Kittela (Quick-Step Floors), tym razem był najszybszy na finiszu w Morro Bay, wyprzedzając na kresce Ricka Zabela (Katiusza-Alpecin) i Simone Consonniego (UAE Team Emirates). Dla Słowaka było to już 16 w karierze zwycięstwo w kalifornijskim wyścigu.
Prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej zachował kolega z ekipy Sagana, Rafał Majka, który dziś był 24. i po etapie dla sprinterów utrzymuje 2 sekundy przewagi nad Georgem Bennettem (LottoNl-Jumbo) i 14 nad Ianem Boswellem (Team Sky).
Dwaj pozostali Polacy w wyścigu, Paweł Poljański i Maciej Bodnar, uplasowali się dziś na 64. i 108. pozycji.
Wyniki 3. etapu:
- 1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 4:53:26
- 2 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
- 3 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
- 4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
- 5 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
- 6 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
- 7 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 8 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 9 Travis Mccabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 10 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 11 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
- 12 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
- 13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 14 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team
- 15 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
- 16 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:03
- 17 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
- 18 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
- 19 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo
- 20 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
- 21 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
- 22 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
- 23 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 24 Rafał Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 25 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
- 26 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
- 27 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 28 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 29 Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo
- 30 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
- 31 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 32 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 33 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
- 34 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky
- 35 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
- 36 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team
- 37 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling
- 38 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 39 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
- 40 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
- 42 Sepp Kuss (USA) Rally Cycling
- 43 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
- 44 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
- 45 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
- 46 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
- 47 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
- 48 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 49 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
- 50 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data
- 51 Matteo Dal Cin (Can) Rally Cycling
- 52 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 53 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 54 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team
- 55 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky
- 56 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
- 57 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
- 58 Janier Acevedo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 59 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
- 60 Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
- 61 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
- 62 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
- 63 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
- 64 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 65 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 66 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 67 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 68 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 69 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky
- 70 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
- 71 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 72 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
- 73 Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
- 74 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 75 Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 76 Greg Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 77 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
- 78 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
- 79 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 80 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
- 81 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
- 82 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk
- 83 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
- 84 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 85 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 86 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 87 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 88 Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
- 89 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 90 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 91 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk
- 92 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 0:00:26
- 93 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 94 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:28
- 95 Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:31
- 96 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo
- 97 Sean Bennett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 98 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
- 99 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 100 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
- 101 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
- 102 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 103 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:36
- 104 Andrea Guardini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
- 105 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates
- 106 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
- 107 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:39
- 108 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 109 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:45
- 110 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:52
- 111 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:00:54
- 112 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:00
- 113 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 0:01:02
- 114 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:11
- 115 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data
- 116 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:15
- 117 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:19
- 118 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling 0:01:41
- 119 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 120 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 121 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:50
- 122 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:54
- 123 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:07
- 124 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling 0:02:13
- 125 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors
- 126 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling
- 127 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
- 128 Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:23
- 129 Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:02:41
- 130 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:03:06
- DNF Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb
Klasyfikacja generalna po 3. etapie:
- 1 Rafał Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 12:22:43
- 2 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:02
- 3 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 0:00:14
- 4 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 0:00:16
- 5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:45
- 6 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:48
- 7 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 8 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
- 9 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
- 10 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
- 11 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
- 12 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky
- 13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:53
- 14 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:55
- 15 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 16 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:00:58
- 17 Janier Acevedo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:01:02
- 18 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:11
- 19 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:01:25
- 20 Jhonatan Restrepo (Col) Katusha-Alpecin
- 21 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:03:11
- 22 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling 0:03:48
- 23 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data 0:04:42
- 24 Greg Henderson (NZl) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:04:43
- 25 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 0:04:45
- 26 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:04:47
- 27 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin
- 28 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 29 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
- 30 Javier Megias (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
- 31 Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:05:31
- 32 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:05:53
- 33 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:07:02
- 34 Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 0:08:00
- 35 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:10:43
- 36 Sepp Kuss (USA) Rally Cycling 0:11:06
- 37 Matti Breschel (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:12:42
- 38 Rob Britton (Can) Rally Cycling 0:12:44
- 39 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:12:45
- 40 Matteo Dal Cin (Can) Rally Cycling
- 41 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
- 42 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 43 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 44 Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:13:13
- 45 Evan Huffman (USA) Rally Cycling 0:13:16
- 46 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:14:17
- 47 Daniel Jaramillo (Col) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:14:41
- 48 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors 0:14:43
- 49 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:15:21
- 50 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team
- 51 Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo 0:16:04
- 52 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:16:25
- 53 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:16:38
- 54 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:17:43
- 55 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:17:49
- 56 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
- 57 Travis Mccabe (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 58 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
- 59 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 0:17:51
- 60 Colin Joyce (USA) Rally Cycling 0:17:52
- 61 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 0:17:53
- 62 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:17:54
- 63 Tanner Putt (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:17:55
- 64 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:17:56
- 65 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
- 66 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
- 67 Joshua Berry (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 68 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
- 69 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 70 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
- 71 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team
- 72 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 73 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
- 74 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
- 75 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 76 Mathias Leturnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:18:16
- 77 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 0:18:19
- 78 Sean Bennett (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:18:20
- 79 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:18:24
- 80 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:29
- 81 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:18:38
- 82 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:18:45
- 83 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 0:18:47
- 84 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:18:54
- 85 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:19:19
- 86 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team 0:19:29
- 87 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling 0:20:06
- 88 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:20:15
- 89 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 0:20:22
- 90 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 0:20:40
- 91 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 0:20:49
- 92 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:20:50
- 93 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
- 94 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb
- 95 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac 0:20:53
- 96 Taylor Phinney (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:20:54
- 97 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 0:20:56
- 98 Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:20:57
- 99 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk
- 100 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team
- 101 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
- 102 Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
- 103 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 104 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
- 105 Jacob Rathe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 106 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:21:18
- 107 Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:21:19
- 108 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:21:20
- 109 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
- 110 Marko Kump (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:21:21
- 111 Gregory Daniel (USA) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:25
- 112 Jordan Cheyne (Can) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis
- 113 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:21:30
- 114 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb
- 115 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:21:33
- 116 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 0:21:52
- 117 Lawson Craddock (USA) Cannondale-Drapac 0:21:54
- 118 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:21:55
- 119 Andrea Guardini (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:22:38
- 120 Mads Würtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 0:22:40
- 121 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:23:01
- 122 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 0:23:03
- 123 Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:23:17
- 124 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:23:23
- 125 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:23:32
- 126 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 0:23:49
- 127 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:23:52
- 128 Ben Wolfe (USA) Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis 0:24:04
- 129 Martin Velits (Svk) Quick-Step Floors 0:24:22
- 130 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:25:19
