Results Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 | Tobias Lund Andresen wins stage 3; De Lie, Philipsen, Magnier and Milan left in the dust
CyclingWednesday, 11 March 2026 at 16:21
Stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico was the first day for the sprinters and there was star-studded list of riders looking to fight for the stage win. The strongest on the day was the man that benefited from the best leadout as well: Tobias Lund Andresen, who continues his breakthrough season with what is perhaps the best win of his career.
Diego Pablo Sevilla attacked at the start of the day but there was no interest from other riders to follow, and so the Spanish rider led the race for several kilometers by himself. However there wasn't a proper hard pace throughout the day because of this, making the long, slightly hilly and rainy stage one where a regular bunch sprint wouldn't be prevented in any scenario. At Paris-Nice in the meantime, the race began to explode right from kilometer 0 with echelons taking place, and a crash that took race leader Juan Ayuso out of the race.
Sevilla himself waited for the peloton still with 130 kilometers to go, and from there on the peloton just rolled together through the following hours of the race. The heavy rain did lead to some tension, and at an intermediate sprint Isaac did go on to capture one second for the overall classification.
In the final 25 kilometers however there were some attacks as the peloton became awake once again, with a very dangerous attack containing Ethan Hayter, Jonas Abrahamsen and Liam Slock going up the road. Plenty riders attempted to follow however they were caught, and the trio was also caught shortly after. This led to a bunch sprint that was coming to light afterwards.
Lidl-Trek and Decathlon CMA CGM Team looked evenly matched in terms of leadout power, but it was Tord Gudmestad who led the sprint out with Jonathan Milan in his wheel. But the efforts of the stage became apparent in that final sprint as the Italian sprinter did not get up from the saddle as soon as he began his sprint.
Milan did not have the legs and in the slight uphill finale it was Tobias Lund Andresen who jumped from his wheel to take the stage win in Magliano de' Marsi. Arnaud de Lie and Jasper Philipsen joined him on the final podium.
Cycling has more exposure than ever currently and the big stars of the peloton face a new danger that comes with the large amount of fans that chase the riders during their training sessions. The amount of riders asking for pictures, chasing riders down, recording videos and even chasing them in cars creates a danger that Tadej Pogacar's agent Alex Carera understands and describes well.
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- Does it go fishing for his posts by itself when you prompt it or do you have to rat on him for each one?Mistermaumau11-03-2026
- Pogacar would never in his life allow himself to stand on the wheel of the Red Bull team, he would work shifts with them because he would not have the nerve to take the stage otherwise, and the rat from Denmark has no such moral problems. F*** him.Mou-Cro-HR11-03-2026
- Horrible scenes. I hope it’s not too serious. He looked to be really suffering, I don’t know if he should’ve even tried to carry on riding for that hundred yards or so. The weather was abysmal.antipodeanpedalfan11-03-2026
- This is how perplexity AI rates his posts: Mou-Cro-HR does insult other riders through derogatory nicknames like "Vinni the Fish" and "Ayuso the Rat," which are clearly meant to demean rivals while propping up Pogačar.Ketterechts11-03-2026
- Fish? Rat? There's something really wrong with you.MajorPayne11-03-2026
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- It's a shame Ayuso got hurt. He would have beaten the Danish Fish but now he's out. Don't get me wrong, I still think Ayuso is a rat, because he was against Pogi being on the same team, but he's still a very good cyclist.Mou-Cro-HR11-03-2026
- He has the past to pull something like that off, very seedy murky character.Mistermaumau11-03-2026
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- I would much rather see him developing in competition with Pog and del Toro rather than getting added to UAE's already stacked stable of riders.mrvco11-03-2026
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