Alex Dowsett in action during the Stage 7 time trial of the 2016 Tirreno-Adriatico (Credit: Watson)
British time trial champion Alex Dowsett (Movistar) took time trial victory on stage three of the Circuit de la Sarthe to move into the overall lead of the French stage race.
Dowsett has form in the race having won the equivalent stage in 2014, and justified his billing as one of the favourites going into the short 6.8km test, setting a time of 7-49 with an average speed of more than 52kph on the generally flat course.
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