Team bmc racing wins tour d France stage 3 team time trial in cholet,france.

Team BMC racing powers to emphatic stag 3 team time trial victory in Le Cholet, Tour d France. After toppling Team Sky and Quick-Step Floors to propel Greg Van Avermet into the maillot jaune.

 His teammate Tejay van Garderen finished on the same time to take second place overall, with Sky's Geraint Thomas third in the general classifications at three seconds.

How it unfolded

Bright sunshine and a light breeze greeted the teams as they lined up for the 35.5km team time trial in Cholet. Mitchelton-Scott were the first squad to take to the course, and although they were the obvious fastest first time, they also topped Team Sky and BMC at the early check on the course. The latter two squads were locked at one second behind the Australian team, but Sky began to pull away in the second half of the course.

More boos from the spectators dogged Team Sky as they drove an aggressive pace along the course, one that distanced first Luke Rowe and then Wout Poels. The remaining six stayed together to the finish, with Michal Kwiatkowski and Froome leading to the line to top Mitchelton-Scott by just under five seconds.

Top Ten General Classification

1, Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium) BMC Racing Team9:08:55,
2, Tejay van Garderen (United States) BMC Racing Team,
3, Geraint Thomas (Great Britain) Team Sky0:00:03,
4, Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) Quick-Step Floors0:00:05,
5, Bob Jungels (Luxembourg) Quick-Step Floors0:00:07,
6, Julian Alaphilippe (France) Quick-Step Floors,
 7, Tom Dumoulin (Netherland) Team Sunweb0:00:11,
8, Søren Kragh Andersen (Denmark) Team Sunweb,
 9, Michael Matthews (Australia) Team Sunweb,
10, Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale0:00:35.