As a result, the duo from the Dutch team also take first and second place in the overall standings. Jorgenson takes over the yellow jersey from Tim Merlier, six seconds ahead of Vingegaard. The two Jayco-AlUla pros Michael Matthews and Ben O'Connor, who steered their team to second place, are 21 seconds behind. The third best team was Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, for whom Aleksandr Vlasov and Florian Lipowitz clocked the time. Both are now in fifth and sixth place, 31 seconds behind Jorgenson. The German also leads the junior classification.
After the race, the Visma duo spoke in unison of a perfectly executed plan. "We didn't make any mistakes," said Vingegaard. And Jorgenson, who is now in yellow thanks to the bonus seconds he collected on the first two stages, added: "I don't know where we could have done anything better."
The time trial began on the Magny-Cours motorsport circuit, where Formula 1 cars were still racing until 2008 and where Michael Schuhmacher is the record winner. The route then led to the nearby small town of Nevers. There were several climbs to tackle, which meant that most of the teams lost the first pros early on.
The classification has thus sorted itself out just before the first stage in the mountains. Before the mountain arrival at La Loge des Gardes, however, there are already considerable gaps between the GC favourites. Joao Almeida (UAE Emirates - XRG) already has to make up 48 seconds on Jorgenson, the French hopes Guillaume Martin (Groupama - FDJ) and Lenny Martinez (Bahrain - Victorious) already more than a minute. Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl - Trek) is within similar striking distance to Vlasov and Lipowitz.
Paris-Nice 2025 - Results of the 3rd stage
Stage 3 (TTT): Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours - Nevers
Paris-Nice 2025: Stage 3 (TTT), Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours - Nevers
| Rnk. | Riders | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 00:30:27 | |
| 2 | +000:00:14 | |
| 3 | +000:00:24 | |
| 4 | +000:00:30 | |
| 5 | +000:00:32 | |
| 6 | +000:00:34 |
How the 3rd stage of Paris-Nice 2025 went
Tudor Pro Cycling kicked off the 22 teams. The Swiss team started in good conditions, which remained constant throughout the entire competition. Four minutes after Tudor, Jayco - AlUla was the second team to start the race. At the finish, the Australians with Michael Matthews and Ben O'Connor set a real benchmark of 30:41 minutes.
Ineos Grenadiers, one of the favoured teams, also had to bite their teeth out. Tobias Foss needed 18 seconds more, his captain Thymen Arensman another. Joao Almeida took another ten seconds to stop the clock for the UAE Emirates - XRG team.
Then top favourite Visma | Lease a Bike reached the finish line. In the person of Matteo Jorgenson and Jonas Vingegaard, the team set the new best time, which stood at 30:27 minutes - an average of 56.2 kilometres per hour. This was to be the winning time at the end of the day. Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe also delivered a good time, 24 seconds behind Florian Lipowitz and Aleksandr Vlasov, as did EF Education - EasyPost. Neilson Powless and Georg Steinhauser checked in 33 seconds behind Visma.
After that, not much happened in the front positions. Neither Bahrain - Victorious was able to keep its captains Santiago Buitrago and Lenny Martinez halfway within reach of the podium. And Soudal - Quick-Step, the team that started last, could hardly live up to the words of Tim Merlier, who wanted to try and defend his yellow jersey. However, Max Schachmann and his ambitions in the overall standings suffered the most.
