Scarborough, Saturday, May, 5th 2018 – A spectacular stage under the Yorkshire sun and in front of impressive crowds saw Maximilian Walscheid sprint to victory by the sea in Scarborough. The German made the best of the hard work of his Sunweb team who chased all breakaway attempts and perfectly launched their sprinter on the final straight. Walscheid eventually beat Cort Nielsen and Aberasturi to the line to claim his first success this season. The overall leader’s blue jersey remains on the shoulders of Magnus Cort Nielsen with one day to go on the Tour de Yorkshire.
After solid team work brought back late-breakaway attempts inside the final 20 kilometres, Team Sunweb’s Max Walscheid (GER) sprinted to the victory at the Tour de Yorkshire’s third stage today.
After the win, Walscheid said: “Today was a really hard day; I was suffering throughout the stage but I had a great team behind me who chased for me throughout the day. I managed to enter the descent in a good spot which was key because it wasn’t possible to move up afterwards. Usually I am best in the flat sprints, so to win a difficult stage is nice for me and shows that I’m developing towards being able to win harder races. After being able to really show my top speed here I’m looking forward to more nice races through the rest of the season.”
Team Sunweb coach Tom Veelers (NED) added: “We had a tough race today and had to close gaps late on when groups went clear. The team were really strong and worked well together to get the job done, and they delivered Max into a good position heading into the final. Max has shown that he has a really good sprint capacity with this well deserved win.”
STAGE CLASSIFICATION
1. Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Team Sunweb) in 4h10’27’’
2. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Astana Pro Team) s.t
3. Jon Izaga Aberasturi (Euskadi Basque Country – Murias) s.t
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Astana Pro Team) in 11h44’02’’
2. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) at 10’’
3. Eduard Reverter Prades (Euskadi Basque Country – Murias) at 12’’
