Tour de Luxembourg: Modolo wins stage 3

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MAMER LUXEMBOURG SEPTEMBER 16 Sacha Modolo of Italy and Team AlpecinFenix celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 81st SkodaTour De Luxembourg 2021 Stage 3 a 1893km stage from MondorfLesBains to Mamer 300m skodatour skodatour on September 16 2021 in Mamer Luxembourg Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images — Sacha Modolo of Italy and Team Alpecin-Fenix wins stage 3(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Sacha Modolo of Alpecin-Fenix timed his sprint perfectly to win stage 3 of the Skoda Tour de Luxembourg and take his first victory of the season. Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën) would finish in second, followed by Eduard-Michael Grosu (DELKO) in third.

With just 1,500 metres to go in the 189.3km contest, the remaining four riders in the breakaway - Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën), Kenneth van Rooy (Sport Vlaanderen), Alex Kirsch (Trek-Segafrdo), and Ceriel Desal (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB) - were in the sights of the charging peloton in Mamer. The big grind to the finish line was driven by Samuel Gaze of Alpecin-Fenix, providing a textbook lead out for Modolo.

“I’m out of words. I’m so happy with this win! I’ve been waiting for it for years and I don’t hope for it anymore. But the team continued to believe in me, for which I’m really grateful! This one is for my family, for my wife,” said Modolo in a team statement. “The team was amazing, and I had an incredible lead-out. They really did a very good job! I gave it my all in the last 200m.”

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Full Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix	4:17:47
2	Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
3	Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko
4	Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Total Direct Energie
5	Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team
6	Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team
7	Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
8	Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
9	Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH
10	Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Rally Cycling
11	Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko
12	Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
13	Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM
14	Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM
15	Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
16	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
17	Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
18	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling
19	Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
20	João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep
21	Jarno Mobach (Ned) Leopard Pro Cycling
22	Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
23	Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
24	Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
25	Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange
26	Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix
27	Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
28	Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies
29	Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates
30	Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
31	David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
32	Jan Maas (Ned) Leopard Pro Cycling
33	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
34	Ben King (USA) Rally Cycling
35	Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ
36	Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
37	David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
38	Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
39	Samuel Gaze (NZl) Alpecin-Fenix
40	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
41	Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
42	Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
43	Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies
44	Cédric Pries (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling
45	Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange
46	Santiago Mesa (Spa) Burgos-BH
47	Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
48	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
49	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko
50	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
51	Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Delko
52	Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
53	Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
54	Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
55	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
56	Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
57	Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:08
58	Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis
59	Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ	0:00:10
60	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
61	Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Team BikeExchange
62	Tanel Kangert (Est) Team BikeExchange
63	Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
64	Angel Fuentes Paniego (Spa) Burgos-BH	0:00:13
65	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling
66	Jacques Lebreton (Fra) Cofidis
67	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Dare Development Team
68	Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
69	Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
70	Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
71	Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
72	Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team	0:00:18
73	Dayer Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic
74	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
75	Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
76	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo	0:00:21
77	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:00:22
78	Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
79	Roberto González (Pan) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM
80	Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates
81	Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM
82	Julian Mertens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
83	Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal
84	Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM	0:00:34
85	Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange	0:00:36
86	Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix	0:00:39
87	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
88	Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal	0:00:44
89	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo
90	Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team
91	Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis	0:00:52
92	Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange
93	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko	0:00:55
94	August Jensen (Nor) Delko	0:01:08
95	Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic
96	Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:01:12
97	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix
98	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:01:28
99	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM	0:01:49
100	Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) Team Colpack Ballan	0:04:55
101	Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
102	Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis
103	Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:06:00
104	Marlon Gaillard (Fra) TotalEnergies
105	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies
106	Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
107	Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling
108	Lubomír Petrus (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix
109	Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
110	Kenny Molly (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
111	Nathan Brown (USA) Rally Cycling
112	Miguel Heidemann (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling	0:07:32
113	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Burgos-BH	0:07:33
114	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:08:50
115	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:09:04
116	Ceriel Desal (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:09:49
117	Etienne van Empel (Ned) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM
118	Leonardo Tortomasi (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM	0:13:10
119	Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling
120	Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
DNS	Pier Andre Cote (Can) Rally Cycling
DNS	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal

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General classification after stage 3
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Marc Hirschi (Swi) UAE Team Emirates	12:18:53
2	João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:00:04
3	David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:00:19
4	Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:00:23
5	David de la Cruz (Spa) UAE Team Emirates
6	Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
7	Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic	0:00:33
8	Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team	0:00:35
9	Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis
10	Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies
11	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
12	Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM	0:00:41
13	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
14	Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ	0:00:45
15	Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:00:56
16	Petr Vakoc (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix
17	Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama-FDJ
18	Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
19	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep
20	Torstein Træen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
21	Oier Lazkano Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:04
22	Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH	0:01:26
23	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko	0:01:28
24	Jan Maas (Ned) Leopard Pro Cycling	0:01:39
25	Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic	0:02:49
26	Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:03:01
27	Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team	0:03:02
28	Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Team BikeExchange	0:04:13
29	Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	0:05:56
30	Eduard Prades Reverter (Spa) Delko
31	Jack Bauer (NZl) Team BikeExchange	0:06:28
32	Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling	0:07:01
33	Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroën Team	0:07:06
34	Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo	0:07:22
35	Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko	0:08:13
36	Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
37	Mauri Vansevenant (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:08:27
38	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:08:34
39	Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) Team Colpack Ballan	0:08:40
40	Jose Herrada (Spa) Cofidis	0:09:11
41	Fernando Barceló Aragon (Spa) Cofidis	0:09:19
42	Callum Scotson (Aus) Team BikeExchange	0:10:45
43	Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Team BikeExchange	0:11:48
44	Julian Mertens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:12:34
45	Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis	0:12:40
46	Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:13:14
47	Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Trek-Segafredo	0:13:17
48	Tanel Kangert (Est) Team BikeExchange	0:13:27
49	Luc Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:13:30
50	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Dare Development Team
51	Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:13:35
52	Nathan Brown (USA) Rally Cycling	0:13:46
53	Jarno Mobach (Ned) Leopard Pro Cycling	0:13:52
54	Fabio Van Den Bossche (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:14:29
55	Jonathan Hivert (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM	0:15:04
56	Roberto González (Pan) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM	0:15:08
57	Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Total Direct Energie	0:15:34
58	Remy Mertz (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
59	Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal
60	Ben King (USA) Rally Cycling	0:15:50
61	Tom Wirtgen (Lux) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB
62	Dayer Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic	0:15:52
63	Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM	0:15:56
64	Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels p/b KTM	0:16:29
65	Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM	0:16:32
66	Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroën Team	0:16:33
67	Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic	0:16:42
68	Brent Bookwalter (USA) Team BikeExchange
69	Sacha Modolo (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix	0:16:52
70	Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic	0:16:54
71	Angel Fuentes Paniego (Spa) Burgos-BH	0:17:01
72	Harry Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal	0:17:28
73	Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates	0:17:44
74	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko	0:18:01
75	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM	0:18:53
76	Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix	0:19:20
77	Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic	0:19:33
78	Jacob Hindsgaul Madsen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	0:19:46
79	Tim Torn Teutenberg (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling	0:19:49
80	Cedric Beullens (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
81	Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek-Segafredo	0:20:03
82	Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team	0:20:07
83	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:20:11
84	Samuel Gaze (NZl) Alpecin-Fenix	0:20:18
85	Alex Kirsch (Lux) Trek-Segafredo	0:20:30
86	Otto Vergaerde (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	0:21:01
87	Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling	0:21:33
88	Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:22:25
89	Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:22:48
90	Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team	0:24:06
91	Eduard-Michael Grosu (Rom) Delko	0:24:47
92	Marlon Gaillard (Fra) TotalEnergies	0:25:33
93	Morten Hulgaard (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
94	Kenny Molly (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:25:49
95	Aaron Van Poucke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:27:55
96	Jacques Lebreton (Fra) Cofidis	0:28:08
97	Arne Marit (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:28:11
98	Cédric Pries (Lux) Leopard Pro Cycling
99	Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:28:37
100	Jhojan Garcia Susa (Col) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:28:59
101	August Jensen (Nor) Delko	0:29:19
102	Miguel Heidemann (Ger) Leopard Pro Cycling	0:29:34
103	Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels p/b KTM	0:29:58
104	Manuel Peñalver Aniorte (Spa) Burgos-BH	0:33:00
105	Santiago Mesa (Spa) Burgos-BH
106	Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis	0:33:06
107	Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM	0:33:26
108	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies	0:34:11
109	Lubomír Petrus (Cze) Alpecin-Fenix
110	Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:35:24
111	Emerson Oronte (USA) Rally Cycling	0:35:46
112	Juan Antonio Lopez-Cozar Jaimez (Spa) Burgos-BH	0:37:31
113	DESAL Ceriel Desal (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauzen WB	0:38:00
114	Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM	0:38:15
115	Arvid de Kleijn (Ned) Rally Cycling
116	Etienne van Empel (Ned) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM	0:42:49
117	Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal	0:46:17
118	Leonardo Tortomasi (Ita) Vini Zabu' Brado KTM	0:46:36
119	Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	0:51:25
120	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:54:20

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