PARIS: UAE Team Emirates powered to victory at a rain-hit stage 3 team time trial at Paris Nice in France today.

The team put in an excellent ride and also avoided the rain to put Brandon McNulty into the race lead after completing the hilly 26.9 km Auxerre course in a time of 31:23.

Finn Fisher-Black was first rider to cross the line with Jay Vine, Joao Almeida, and Brandon McNulty in close convoy. McNulty took yellow while Fisher-Black took the white jersey as best young rider. The team finished 15′ ahead of second place Jayco-AlUla.

McNulty said, ‘We’re super happy we won the stage, and then I got the news I’d be in the leader’s jersey which was a very nice surprise.”

Meanwhile, in Italy, Juan Ayuso continues to lead Tirreno-Adriatico by 1’ over Filippo Ganna (Ineos-Grenadiers) after a sprint stage won by Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin Deceuninck).

Source: Emirates News Agency