Sarreau goes three for three with road race win on stage 3a at Tour Poitou-Charentes

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AG2R Citroën leader extends GC lead over Theuns to 16 seconds headed to afternoon ITT

Tour Poitou Charentes en Nouvelle Aquitaine 2022 36th edition 3rd stage a Nieuil lEspoir Vivonne 907 km 25082022 Marc Sarreau FRA AG2R Citroen Team photo Tommaso PelagalliSprintCyclingAgency2022
Marc Sarreau (AG2R Citroën) won for a third day in a row on stage 3a into Vivonne (Image credit: Tommaso Pelagalli/SprintCyclingAgency)

Marc Sarreau (AG2R Citroën) exteneded his streak of victories to three at the Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine and won the short 90.7km stage 3a on Thursday morning.

Paul Penhoët (Groupama-FDJ) finished second and Axel Laurance (B&B Hotels-KTM) third in the bunch sprint in Vivonne. 

Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) crossed the line in fourth to  maintain his position of second behind race leader Sarreau, but lost another six seconds to drop 16 behind Sarreau. Laurance moved up one spot to a tie in third with Emils Liepinš (Trek-Segafredo).

The GC could see a shakeup in the afternoon, as Sarreau said he could “lose a lot of time and therefore the leader’s jersey”.

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