Results Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2026 Stage 3 | Tommaso Dati upsets WorldTour favourites to take victory ahead of Schmid & Ulissi
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Tommaso Dati pulled off the standout result of his career Stage 3 at the Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, with the Team UKYO rider beating WorldTour opposition in Iseo after a selective day built around Passo Tre Termini.
Dati won ahead of Mauro Schmid of Team Jayco AlUla and Diego Ulissi of XDS Astana Team, capping a stage that saw the early breakaway swept up on the main climb before the race was thinned out behind. That made it a notable result for Team UKYO, with Dati seeing off two of the biggest names left in the front of the race after the key selection had already been made on the only major climb of the day.
Passo Tre Termini proves decisive
A seven-man breakaway had shaped much of the stage, with Luca Colnaghi, Nicholas Travella, Will Harding, Giosue Epis, Mirko Bozzola, Ben Granger and Jesper Stiansen all spending time out front.
The move looked increasingly dangerous earlier in the day, particularly with Stiansen starting the stage only 19 seconds down on GC, but the gap came down sharply before the peloton hit Passo Tre Termini.
From there, the climb changed the race. Stiansen briefly went solo, but he too was brought back as the bunch took control on the ascent. Alessandro Verre led over the KOM, ahead of Peter Oxenberg and Andrew August, with Axel Laurance also taking points. Just as importantly for the overall picture, race leader Filippo D'Aiuto was dropped on the climb and left chasing behind the front group.
Surprise result from reduced front group
After the descent, the peloton remained stretched and reduced rather than fully resetting, with INEOS Grenadiers and later MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort visible at the front.
Dati then emerged as the surprise winner in Iseo, finishing ahead of Schmid and Ulissi to give Team UKYO a big stage success against stronger on-paper teams. The result also leaves the general classification in a far more open position after D'Aiuto's difficulties on Passo Tre Termini.
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