Aussie CalebEwan stormed home to win the third stage of Tour de France with an incredible sprint finish! WATCH: 9WWOS TDF
A basketball player weaving through the defence. A skier dancing between the gates. A soccer player dribbling zig-zag toward the goal.
"I found my way through the wheels," Ewan said. "Coming from behind, it's a bit of a risk, but I found my way along the barrier and I came with a lot of speed and it worked."Living up to his nickname of "Pocket Rocket," the 165cm Ewan reached a top speed of 68.8km/h in the finale."In the last k I was a bit too far forward so I dropped back a bit into the wheels," Ewan said.
"We had a really good day. The team really controlled everything. We tried to go for the sprint and Sam got second today. You can't see, but I'm smiling," Alaphilippe said behind a mask. "We defended today and we'll do it again tomorrow." "We need to take every sprint opportunity that we can because they're quite rare this year," Ewan said.After the opening two stages in the Mediterranean city of Nice, the race veered inland over a 198km route to Sisteron, which is labelled the "Gateway to Provence."Three French riders -- Anthony Perez, Jérôme Cousin and Benoît Cosnefroy -- broke away at the start and established an advantage of nearly three minutes.
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