Brandon McNulty takes unexpected yellow jersey in Paris-Nice

UAE Team Emirates' US cyclist Brandon Mcnulty celebrates his overall leader yellow jersey on the podium after the 3rd stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 26,9 km team time trial between Auxerre and Auxerre, on March 5, 2024. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP)
UAE Team Emirates' US cyclist Brandon Mcnulty celebrates his overall leader yellow jersey on the podium after the 3rd stage of the Paris-Nice (Image credit: Getty Images)

Heading into Tuesday's team time trial, Visma-Lease a Bike, Lidl-Trek, Soudal-Quickstep and Ineos Grenadiers seemed to have the highest chances of leading Paris-Nice at the end of stage 3. Instead, UAE Team Emirates powered to a somewhat unexpected stage win, with American Brandon McNulty taking the yellow jersey of race leader.

UAE Team Emirates won the stage by 15 seconds over second-placed Jayco-AlUla, with EF Education-EasyPost slotting in third. Remco Evenepoel's Soudal-Quickstep team were fourth at 22 seconds, much to the Belgian's dismay, while Ineos and Visma were just behind.

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