{"id":629297,"date":"2026-06-09T14:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629297\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:04:13","slug":"tour-auvergne-rhone-alpes-stage-3-live-pivotal-team-time-trial-set-to-reshape-overall-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/629297\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes stage 3 LIVE: Pivotal team time trial set to reshape overall standings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2026-06-09T14:03:30.699Z<\/p>\n

UAE go quickest at the first checkpoint now. They’re the first team to go under 11 minutes there, two seconds quicker than Bahrain.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T14:03:00.300Z<\/p>\n

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2026-06-09T14:00:59.536Z<\/p>\n

No other teams yet troubling the top of the standings at the first checkpoint.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T14:00:19.452Z<\/p>\n

Bahrain drop to second at the finish, 12 seconds down on Jayco.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:59:37.004Z<\/p>\n

Pello Bilbao launches Santiago Buitrago up the final climb as Bahrain near the end of their TTT.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:57:35.002Z<\/p>\n

TotalEnergies second at the finish, almost a minute down on Jayco.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:56:49.269Z<\/p>\n

QuickStep, UAE, Movistar, and Astana the latest teams to start.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:54:11.217Z<\/p>\n

Jayco almost two minutes quicker than the rest at the finish with a time of 33:46.<\/p>\n

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2026-06-09T13:49:24.520Z<\/p>\n

NSN did just that with George Bennett, and they beat Lotto by under a second at the line.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:48:55.002Z<\/p>\n

With times counting as the first rider crosses the line, there’s something of a mini lead out as they set up their GC leader to power up the final slope.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:46:52.488Z<\/p>\n

Bahrain eight seconds up on Jayco at the second checkpoint as Lotto beat Picnic by three seconds at the finish.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:44:22.056Z<\/p>\n

That’s 10 teams of the 22 out on course now.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:43:39.655Z<\/p>\n

Caja Rural-Seguros RGA and Alpecin-Premier Tech the next teams to start.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:41:46.840Z<\/p>\n

35:37 for Picnic-PostNL at the uphill finish.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:41:09.341Z<\/p>\n

Bahrain Victorious are two seconds up on Jayco-AlUla at the first checkpoint.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:38:59.675Z<\/p>\n

Jayco-AlUla over a minute quicker than anyone else at the second checkpoint. Their time is the only one under 21 minutes at 20:58.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:33:59.612Z<\/p>\n

Tudor are off as Lotto beat Picnic at the second checkpoint by eight seconds.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:31:25.567Z<\/p>\n

Jayco-AlUla have set by far the quickest time at the first checkpoint. Their time of 11:03 is 33 seconds up on Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:29:44.820Z<\/p>\n

Cofidis next as Picnic-PostNL pass the second checkpoint with a time of 22:18.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:26:46.774Z<\/p>\n

Bahrain Victorious are the next team to start.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:25:31.260Z<\/p>\n

NSN bump Picnic-PostNL down to third from three so far, just beating them by a second at the first checkpoint.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:23:33.965Z<\/p>\n

‘You have to constantly feel things could go wrong’ \u2013 Decathlon CMA CGM explain why Paul Seixas is racing the team time trial in Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes<\/a><\/p>\n

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2026-06-09T13:21:48.505Z<\/p>\n

Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9 are 13 seconds quicker at the first checkpoint as TotalEnergies set off.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:18:27.338Z<\/p>\n

Picnic-PostNL are through the first time check with a time of 11:49.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:14:26.544Z<\/p>\n

Three teams now out on course as NSN start their effort. Jayco-AlUla are up next.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:12:40.568Z<\/p>\n

No checkpoint times yet as Picnic-PostNL haven’t yet hit the first check.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:12:15.017Z<\/p>\n

Our senior tech writer has been in France at the Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes this week, compiling a mega tech gallery.<\/p>\n

Here’s what he found.<\/a><\/p>\n

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2026-06-09T13:10:44.127Z<\/p>\n

They’re off and next it’s NSN.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:08:23.779Z<\/p>\n

Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9 are up next. They’re just about to head out.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:05:31.949Z<\/p>\n

The Dutch team is unlikely to add to their win tally today. They’re starting first as the last-placed team in the team classification.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T13:03:17.800Z<\/p>\n

Picnic-PostNL are about to kick things off. They’ve had a terrible season so far, with just one win, and they lie 29th in the UCI rankings. Team boss Roy Curvers has said that ‘Things aren’t going smoothly.’<\/a><\/p>\n

2026-06-09T12:59:40.842Z<\/p>\n

Charmig broke clear of his breakmates in a 10-man move with 12km to go on the 234km stage. \u2013 Another successful breakaway as Anthon Charmig wins stage 2<\/a><\/p>\n

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2026-06-09T12:58:09.243Z<\/p>\n

Here’s a look back at yesterday’s results from stage 2, which saw Anthon Charmig triumph from the break as the escapees triumphed for the second stage in a row.<\/p>\n

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2026-06-09T12:54:43.831Z<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the map of the stage, which starts and ends in Perreux. There are two time checkpoints along the way after 8km at 15.8km.<\/p>\n

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2026-06-09T12:51:57.769Z<\/p>\n

You can check out the full list of team start times here at our dedicated Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes 2026 stage 3 team time trial start times<\/a> page<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T12:50:41.995Z<\/p>\n

Teams will then head out at four-minute intervals, with the US squad of Alex Baudin, EF Education-EasyPost, the last team to start at 16:29.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T12:49:47.794Z<\/p>\n

Dutch squad Picnic-PostNL will be the first team to get underway.<\/p>\n

2026-06-09T12:48:51.000Z<\/p>\n

The action will get under way at 15:05 local time, so in around 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 3 of the Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, the 28.4km team time trial in Perreux.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Refresh 2026-06-09T14:03:30.699Z UAE go quickest at the first checkpoint now. They’re the first team to go under 11…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-629297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}