Stage 3 is the much anticipated team time trial. Many teams are scared to lose too much time, a few are super motivated.
Ten years after hosting an individual time trial, Cholet is back on the map of the Tour de France. The town being in a basin, it starts with a hill at 4 to 5%. The villages of La Romagne and La Séguinière on the way back aren’t flat either but it’s a mostly rolling course on which specialists Team Sky and BMC Racing Team can be at their ease on those 35km of swapping turns at a high speed.
Following the incidents of stage 1, only one Team Sky rider is with almost the same time as most of the other GC contenders. Geraint Thomas is even one second ahead of them after he collected one second of bonification at the bonus point of stage 2.
Hot favourites Team Sky have to beat Bora-Hansgrohe by fifteen seconds to bring the Welshman in the yellow jersey. Their challengers are BMC whose highest ranked rider is Greg Van Avermaet with a deficit of sixteen seconds from Peter Sagan.
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