February 1/23 10:27 am - Pier Andre Cote 8th Overall after Stage 3 of Saudi Tour
Posted by Editoress on 02/1/23
After two stages specific for sprinters, it looked (on paper) to be the GC specialists' turn to battle for top honours at the Saudi Tour. But, despite the steep final climb before the finish, young Norwegian Sören Waerenskjold managed to hold off a small group of survivors to claim his first ever pro victory by winning the decisive group sprint. The 2022 U23 time trial World Champion beat yesterday's winner Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) to the line while Cees Bol (Astana Qazaqstan Team) finished third. In the general classification, Milan takes over the leader’s Green jersey.
Pier Andre Cote (Human Powered Health) finished 10th (of 24) in the final sprint and moves up to 8th in the GC at 19s back.
Results from the third stage of the Saudi Tour in Saudi Arabia
| Stage 3: Al Manshiyah Train Station to Abu Rakah, 159.2 km | |
| 1 Sÿren Waerenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 4:23:18 |
| 2 Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 3 Cees Bol (Ned) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
| 4 Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis | |
| 5 Ruben Almeida Guerreiro (Por) Movistar Team | |
| 6 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 7 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 8 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 9 Max Kanter (Ger) Movistar Team | |
| 10 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Human Powered Health | |
| 11 Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 12 Marco Tizza (Ita) Bingoal WB | |
| 13 Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Cofidis | |
| 14 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Jayco Alula | |
| 15 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 16 Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Nor) Human Powered Health | |
| 17 William Barta (USA) Movistar Team | |
| 18 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Team Jayco Alula | |
| 19 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis | |
| 20 Xabier Azparren Irurzun (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 21 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | |
| 22 Hindsgaul Jacob Madsen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
| 23 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| 24 Mark Donovan (GBr) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 25 Stian Edvardsen-Fredheim (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:07 |
| 26 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Movistar Team | 0:11 |
| 27 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis | s.t. |
| 28 Casper Van Uden (Ned) Team DSM | 0:24 |
| 29 Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita) Team Corratec | |
| 30 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
| 31 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team | all s.t. |
| 32 Jambaljamts Sainbayar (Mgl) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 0:28 |
| 33 Aleksandr Riabushenko (?) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:35 |
| 34 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| 35 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Human Powered Health | |
| 36 Karel Vacek (Cze) Team Corratec | |
| 37 Jesse Ewart (Irl) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | |
| 38 Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 39 Atsushi Oka (Jpn) JCL Team Ukyo | |
| 40 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 41 Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 42 Benjami Prades Reverte (Esp) JCL Team Ukyo | |
| 43 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 44 Jack Bauer (NZL) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 45 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 46 Nurbergen Nurlykhassym (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
| 47 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM | |
| 48 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 49 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 50 Lukas Poestlberger (Aut) Team Jayco Alula | 1:11 |
| 51 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Team Jayco Alula | |
| 52 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jayco Alula | |
| 53 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis | |
| 54 Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Team Corratec | |
| 55 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 56 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Team Corratec | all s.t. |
| 57 Masaki Yamamoto (Jpn) JCL Team Ukyo | 1:21 |
| 58 Norsgaard Mathias Jÿrgensen (Den) Movistar Team | 1:39 |
| 59 Ceriel Desal (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| 60 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
| 61 Marcus Sander Hansen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
| 62 Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Team Corratec | |
| 63 Axel Mariault (Fra) Cofidis | |
| 64 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 65 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team DSM | all s.t. |
| 66 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Team DSM | 1:43 |
| 67 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 1:57 |
| 68 Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 69 Sean Flynn (GBr) Team DSM | 2:01 |
| 70 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 71 Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Team Jayco Alula | 2:08 |
| 72 Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| 73 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Cofidis | |
| 74 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 75 Enekoitz Azparren Irurzun (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 76 Raymond Kreder (Ned) JCL Team Ukyo | all s.t. |
| 77 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 2:22 |
| 78 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 79 Aaron van der Beken (Bel) Bingoal WB | |
| 80 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Bingoal WB | |
| 81 Ahmed Madan (Brn) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 82 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates | all s.t. |
| 83 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Esp) Movistar Team | 3:03 |
| 84 Ivo Manuel Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 85 Yuma Koishi (Jpn) JCL Team Ukyo | 3:08 |
| 86 Pavel Bittner (Cze) Team DSM | 3:14 |
| 87 Rodenberg Frederik Madsen (Den) Team DSM | s.t. |
| 88 Abdulaziz Hashim (KSA) Saudi Arabian National Team | 3:43 |
| 89 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Human Powered Health | 4:12 |
| 90 Adam de Vos (Can) Human Powered Health | |
| 91 Sasha Weemaes (Bel) Human Powered Health | |
| 92 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | |
| 93 Alexandre Balmer (Sui) Team Jayco Alula | all s.t. |
| 94 Cory Greenberg (USA) Human Powered Health | 4:25 |
| 95 Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 96 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Movistar Team | 4:27 |
| 97 Giulio Masotto (Ita) Team Corratec | 4:30 |
| 98 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 99 Antonio Barac (Cro) Team Corratec | both s.t. |
| 100 Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) JCL Team Ukyo | 5:08 |
| 101 Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 6:37 |
| 102 Murtadha Alshaghab (KSA) Saudi Arabian National Team | s.t. |
| 103 Hassan Aljumah (KSA) Saudi Arabian National Team | 8:45 |
| 104 Azzam Alabdulmunim (KSA) Saudi Arabian National Team | |
| 105 Hani Almrhoon (KSA) Saudi Arabian National Team | both s.t. |
| DNF Ibai Azurmendi Sagastibeltza (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| GC | |
| 1 Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 13:24:46 |
| 2 Cees Bol (Ned) Astana Qazaqstan Team | at 0:08 |
| 3 Max Kanter (Ger) Movistar Team | 0:16 |
| 4 Ruben Almeida Guerreiro (Por) Movistar Team | 0:17 |
| 5 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) UAE Team Emirates | 0:18 |
| 6 Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis | 0:19 |
| 7 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Jayco Alula | |
| 8 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Human Powered Health | |
| 9 Andoni Lopez De Abetxuko (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 10 Marco Tizza (Ita) Bingoal WB | |
| 11 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 12 Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 13 Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Nor) Human Powered Health | |
| 14 Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | |
| 15 Alessandro Fedeli (Ita) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 16 Xabier Azparren Irurzun (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 17 Hindsgaul Jacob Madsen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
| 18 Ruben Fernandez (Esp) Cofidis | |
| 19 William Barta (USA) Movistar Team | |
| 20 Mark Donovan (GBr) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 21 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) Bingoal WB | all s.t. |
| 22 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Cofidis | 0:30 |
| 23 Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 24 Casper Van Uden (Ned) Team DSM | 0:43 |
| 25 Jambaljamts Sainbayar (Mgl) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 0:47 |
| 26 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Human Powered Health | 0:54 |
| 27 Aleksandr Riabushenko (?) Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
| 28 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 29 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Bingoal WB | all s.t. |
| 30 Sÿren Waerenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:58 |
| 31 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:03 |
| 32 Stian Edvardsen-Fredheim (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 1:08 |
| 33 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jayco Alula | 1:11 |
| 34 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 1:22 |
| 35 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis | 1:23 |
| 36 Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Bahrain Victorious | 1:24 |
| 37 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Team Jayco Alula | 1:28 |
| 38 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 1:30 |
| 39 Samuele Zambelli (Ita) Team Corratec | |
| 40 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Team Jayco Alula | both s.t. |
| 41 Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM | 1:45 |
| 42 Ceriel Desal (Bel) Bingoal WB | 1:58 |
| 43 Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 2:13 |
| 44 Nurbergen Nurlykhassym (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team | s.t. |
| 45 Norsgaard Mathias Jÿrgensen (Den) Movistar Team | 2:14 |
| 46 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team | 2:37 |
| 47 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates | 2:38 |
| 48 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 2:41 |
| 49 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Bingoal WB | s.t. |
| 50 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 2:43 |
| 51 Felix Engelhardt (Ger) Team Jayco Alula | 2:57 |
| 52 Axel Mariault (Fra) Cofidis | 3:07 |
| 53 Alexander Edmondson (Aus) Team DSM | 3:27 |
| 54 Masaki Yamamoto (Jpn) JCL Team Ukyo | 3:32 |
| 55 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team DSM | 3:34 |
| 56 Ivo Manuel Alves Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 3:38 |
| 57 Jack Bauer (NZL) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 4:13 |
| 58 Juri Hollmann (Ger) Movistar Team | 4:46 |
| 59 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Cofidis | 5:14 |
| 60 Dusan Rajovic (Srb) Bahrain Victorious | 5:22 |
| 61 Eddy Fine (Fra) Cofidis | 5:44 |
| 62 Sean Flynn (GBr) Team DSM | 5:45 |
| 63 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Esp) Movistar Team | 6:09 |
| 64 Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain Victorious | 6:29 |
| 65 Matthew Gibson (GBr) Human Powered Health | 7:18 |
| 66 Marcus Sander Hansen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 7:30 |
| 67 Kamil Malecki (Pol) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 8:09 |
| 68 Pavel Bittner (Cze) Team DSM | 9:18 |
| 69 Sasha Weemaes (Bel) Human Powered Health | 9:56 |
| 70 Adam de Vos (Can) Human Powered Health | 10:06 |
| 71 Raymond Kreder (Ned) JCL Team Ukyo | 12:04 |
| 72 Cory Greenberg (USA) Human Powered Health | 12:08 |
| 73 Aaron van der Beken (Bel) Bingoal WB | 12:17 |
| 74 Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Bel) Bingoal WB | 12:20 |
| 75 Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 12:48 |
| 76 Nicolas Dalla Valle (Ita) Team Corratec | 13:07 |
| 77 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team | s.t. |
| 78 Lukas Poestlberger (Aut) Team Jayco Alula | 14:04 |
| 79 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 14:52 |
| 80 Atsushi Oka (Jpn) JCL Team Ukyo | 16:06 |
| 81 Jesse Ewart (Irl) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 82 Karel Vacek (Cze) Team Corratec | 16:21 |
| 83 Etienne Van Empel (Ned) Team Corratec | 16:42 |
| 84 Alessandro Iacchi (Ita) Team Corratec | 17:25 |
| 85 Enekoitz Azparren Irurzun (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 18:06 |
| 86 Yuma Koishi (Jpn) JCL Team Ukyo | 18:29 |
| 87 Rodenberg Frederik Madsen (Den) Team DSM | 18:45 |
| 88 Alexandre Balmer (Sui) Team Jayco Alula | 19:49 |
| 89 Txomin Juaristi Arrieta (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 19:58 |
| 90 Antonio Barac (Cro) Team Corratec | 20:01 |
| 91 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) UAE Team Emirates | 20:12 |
| 92 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 20:35 |
| 93 Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 20:35 |
| 94 Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi | 22:06 |
| 95 Benjami Prades Reverte (Esp) JCL Team Ukyo | 23:17 |
| 96 Ahmed Madan (Brn) Bahrain Victorious | 23:58 |
| 97 Nur Amirull Fakhruddin Mazuki (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 25:33 |
| 98 Giulio Masotto (Ita) Team Corratec | 25:51 |
| 99 Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) JCL Team Ukyo | 26:27 |
| 100 Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team | 31:40 |
| 101 Abdulaziz Hashim (KSA) Saudi Arabian National Team | 33:26 |
| 102 Azzam Alabdulmunim (KSA) Saudi Arabian National Team | 37:33 |
| 103 Hassan Aljumah (KSA) Saudi Arabian National Team | 38:28 |
| 104 Hani Almrhoon (KSA) Saudi Arabian National Team | 38:55 |
| 105 Murtadha Alshaghab (KSA) Saudi Arabian National Team | 43:25 |
Pier Andre Cote 9th Overall after Stage 2 of Saudi Tour
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