Tour de Luxembourg 2021 – Stage 3 [FULL STAGE]

September 16, 2021

Tour de Luxembourg 2021 – Stage 3 – Mondorf-les-Bains – Mamer : 189,3 km

The race has since joined the UCI ProSeries calendar however, and in doing so has been moved to a mid-september slot, changing it from a warm-up event to a last-ditch attempt for many riders to secure a contract for the following season. The race may take place in one of Europe’s smallest nations, but that doesn’t stop it from seeking out enough unique terrain for five action-packed stages. A lot of these stages crosscut each other, creating a route map that looks remarkably similar to a spider’s web. The five-day event typically begins with a short prologue before sending the riders on four undulating stages around the country, with the fifth and final stage often taking place on a lumpy circuit around the capital, Luxembourg City. It’s this final stage that often decides the general classification, with the stage winner often taking the overall victory thanks to the bountiful supply of bonus seconds on offer at the finish line.

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.

All the general classification contenders crossed the line tucked in the peloton, keeping Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) in the yellow leader’s jersey, four seconds ahead of João Almeida (Deceuninck-QuickStep). It’s another 15 and 19 seconds back to Groupama-FDJ teammates David Gaudu and Thibaut Pinot, who are third and fourth overall, respectively.

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.

With the stage win, Modolo moved to third in the points classification, 16 points behind leader Almeida and 13 points back of Hirschi who is second.

Results :
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

General Classification after Stage 3 :
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