'We made no mistakes' - Visma-Lease a Bike surge to team time trial victory at Paris-Nice, with Matteo Jorgenson moving into race lead

The Dutch team took control of the general classification putting Jorgenson into the yellow jersey

Visma-Lease a Bike
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Visma-Lease a Bike powered to victory in stage three’s team time trial at Paris-Nice on Tuesday and took over the overall race lead through Matteo Jorgenson as a result.

The Dutch team set a time of 30:26.96, averaging 56.2 kmph across the 28.4 kilometre course from Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours to Nevers. Jayco-AlUla were next best, finishing 14 seconds down on Visma, with Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe completing the top three a further ten seconds back.

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.

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