Tour of Slovenia: Ide Schelling wins hectic stage 3 sprint victory

LEITZA SPAIN APRIL 04 Ide Schelling of The Netherlands and Team BORAHansgrohe celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 62nd Itzulia Basque Country 2023 Stage 2 a 1938km stage from Viana to Leitza UCIWT on April 04 2023 in Leitza Spain Photo by David RamosGetty Images
Ide Schelling of Bora-Hansgrohe (Image credit: David Ramos/Getty Images)

Ide Schelling (Bora-Hansgrohe) won stage 3 of the Tour of Slovenia in Postojna, pipping Luka Mezgec (Jayco-AlUla) by a matter of centimetres. Robin Froidevaux (Tudor Pro Cycling) was third.

It was a hectic finale as the peloton went in the wrong direction with 800 metres to go. Italian champion Filippo Zana (Jayco-AlUla), pushing the pace for teammate and race leader Dylan Groenewegen, went straight on at a roundabout with 40 other frontrunners, instead of turning left.

Andy McGrath

Formerly the editor of Rouleur magazine, Andy McGrath is a freelance journalist and the author of God Is Dead: The Rise and Fall of Frank Vandenbroucke, Cycling’s Great Wasted Talent

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