2020 Giro d’Italia – Stage 3 – Highlights, Report, Results
Highlights
Report
It wasn’t just the drizzly weather that made it a day for ducks — Mount Etna proved the perfect launch pad for Jonathan Caicedo to take flight and pull off his first Grand Tour victory on stage three of the Giro d’Italia.
Having to work hard early in the stage to jump across to make it into the break to join his fellow EF Pro Cycling compatriot, Lawson Craddock, it was a lumpy and winding stage right up until the 18-kilometer ascent to finish atop Mount Etna.
As the rain fell on the black lava covered slopes of Etna, Caicedo attacked with Giovanni Visconti (Vini Zabù – KTM). At the base of the climb with 3 minutes and 30 seconds on the clock ahead of a chasing peloton, it was edge-of-your-seat drama, those at home just willing Caicedo’s legs to hold on to the top. As the GC favourites started to size each other up behind, taking turns to deal out blows to one another, these yo-yoing attacks meant they weren’t closing the gap in their chase to Caicedo.
With 3 kilometers to go, and Visconti now gapped by Caicedo, the 1 minute 40 second lead that Caicedo had looked like it would hold to the end. As Caicedo came into the finishing straight, a beaming smile started to form across the young Ecuadorian’s face. Arms raised, the Ecuador national champs jersey shone brightly, and the day for EF Pro Cycling all of a sudden that rain felt like sunshine. It seems this race and Ecuador are becoming better and better acquainted.
Results
Stage
| 1 | Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Pro Cycling | 4:02:33 |
| 2 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM | 0:00:21 |
| 3 | Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:30 |
| 4 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:00:39 |
| 5 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:51 |
| 6 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe | |
| 7 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 8 | Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 9 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling |
General Classification
| 1 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 7:44:25 |
| 2 | Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Pro Cycling | |
| 3 | Pello Bilbao (Spa) Bahrain McLaren | 0:00:37 |
| 4 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:00:42 |
| 5 | Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:53 |
| 6 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:55 |
| 7 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) NTT Pro Cycling | 0:00:59 |
| 8 | Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates | 0:01:11 |
| 9 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:13 |
| 10 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:01:15 |
Points
| 1 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 25 |
| 2 | Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Pro Cycling | 23 |
| 3 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe | 19 |
| 4 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 17 |
| 5 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM | 16 |
Mountains
| 1 | Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Pro Cycling | 40 |
| 2 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Vini Zabu’ KTM | 18 |
| 3 | Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 12 |
| 4 | Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | 9 |
| 5 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 6 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Joao Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 7:44:25 |
| 2 | Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:53 |
| 3 | Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates | 0:01:11 |
| 4 | Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:01:27 |
| 5 | James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 0:01:40 |