2026 Giro d'Italia

109th edition: May 8 - May 31, 2026
Stage 3, May 10, 2026

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Sunday, May 10: Stage 3, Plovdiv - Sofia, 175 km

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Paul Magnier wins stage three. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Sofia at 3:30 PM, local time: 23C (74F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west-northwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The stage: A stage that can be divided into two parts: the first is a steady false flat uphill and ends at the Borovets ski resort, while the second is a steady false flat downhill all the way to the finish in Sofia. The stage is held on wide roads, including in the mountains. In the final part of the approach to the city, the route enters a fast-flowing road section.

Final kilometers:
The last 8 km are virtually straight and all on a very slight downhill gradient until the final kilometer, where the road levels out. Finish width: 8 m.

The race: Not starting: Andrea Vendrame (Jayco AlUla) & Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).

Here's the report from stage winner Paul Magnier's Team Soudal Quick-Step:

Wearing his Castelli ciclamino wooed suit, Paul Magnier delivered our team’s 130th Grand Tour stage victory, thanks to a phenomenal sprint and a perfectly-executed bike throw in the closing meters of Sunday’s stage to become just the ninth Frenchman with multiple victories at a single edition of the Corsa Rosa.

Bulgaria’s capital was prepared for a bunch gallop, but it almost didn’t happen, as a three-man breakaway came close to giving the chasers the slip. The catch was made just 500 meters from the line, on the wide boulevards of Sofia and just before the peloton entered a cobbled stretch that made sprinting even more demanding.

Soudal Quick-Step’s Frenchman let the others open the sprint before launching another huge acceleration in the last 150 meters to edge out Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) on the line and rack up his 28th victory for the Wolfpack. It was a win that helped the 22-year-old consolidate his lead in the maglia ciclamino classification, which has now increased to more than 40 points ahead of the race traveling to Italy for the fourth stage, set to take place on Tuesday.

Paul Magnier wins stage three. RCS photo

“The plan was to be well-positioned with one kilometer to go, and that’s what we did. The guys were fantastic, just like on Friday’s stage, and I want to thank them for that. It feels amazing to beat some of the best sprinters in the world and keep the beautiful ciclamino jersey on my shoulders”, said the youngest ever French rider to score two victories at a Giro d’Italia edition.

Complete results:

Photos

175 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.051 km/hr

1	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	4hr 9min 42sec
2	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
3	Dylan Groenewegen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
4	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
5	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
6	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
7	Pascal Ackermann	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
8	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
9	Tobias Lund Andresen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
10	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
11	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
12	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
13	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
14	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
15	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
16	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
17	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
18	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
20	Alec Segaert	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
23	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
24	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
25	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
26	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
27	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
28	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
29	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Martin Tjøtta	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
31	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
32	Elmar Reinders	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
33	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
36	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
37	Andrea Mifsud	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
38	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
39	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
40	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
41	Matyas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
42	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
43	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
45	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
46	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
47	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
48	Axel Huens	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
49	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
50	Nikita Tsvetkov	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
51	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
52	Corbin Strong	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
53	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
54	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	s.t.
56	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
57	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
59	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
60	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
61	Luca Mozzato	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Christian Scaroni	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
64	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
65	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
66	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
67	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
68	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
69	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
70	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
71	Alan Hatherly	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
72	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
74	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
75	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
77	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
78	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
79	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
80	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
81	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
82	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	s.t.
83	Diego Ulissi	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
84	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
85	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
86	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
87	Thymen Arensman	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
88	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
89	Lorenzo Rota	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
90	Alessandro Pinarello	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
92	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
93	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
94	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
95	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
96	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
97	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
98	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
99	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
100	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Ludovico Crescioli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
102	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
103	Magnus Sheffield	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
104	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
105	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
106	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
107	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
108	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
109	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
110	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
111	Sjoerd Bax	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
112	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
114	Tim Rex	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
115	Ben Turner	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
116	Egan Bernal	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
117	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
118	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
120	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
121	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
122	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
123	Wout Poels	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
124	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
125	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
126	Arjen Livyns	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
127	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
128	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
129	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
130	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
131	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
132	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
133	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
134	Matteo Sobrero	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
135	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
136	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
137	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
138	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
139	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
140	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
141	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
142	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
143	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
144	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
145	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
146	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
147	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
148	Gregor Mühlberger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
149	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
150	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
151	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
152	Gianni Moscon	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
153	Timo Kielich	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
154	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
155	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
156	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
157	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
158	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
159	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
160	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
161	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
162	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
163	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
164	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
165	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
166	Jack Haig	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
167	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
168	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
169	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 25sec
170	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
171	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	0:30
172	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
173	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
174	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	0:41
175	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
176	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	6:02
177	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Thomas Silva (XDS Astana)
• Mountains classification leader: Diego Sevilla (Polti-VisitMalta)
• Points classification leader: Paul Magnier (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Best young rider: Thomas Silva (XDS Astana)
• Teams classification leader: Movistar

543 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.236 km/hr

1	Thomas Silva	XDS Astana Team	13hr 10min 5sec
2	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	@ 4sec
3	Egan Bernal	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
4	Thymen Arensman	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	0:06
5	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
6	Jan Christen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:10
7	Martin Tjøtta	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
8	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
9	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
10	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
11	Christian Scaroni	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
12	Juan Pedro Lopez	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Jan Hirt	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
14	Filippo Zana	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
15	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	s.t.
17	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	s.t.
18	Darren Rafferty	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
20	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Felix Engelhardt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
23	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Mathys Rondel	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
26	Davide Piganzoli	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
27	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Martin López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
29	Matteo Sobrero	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Felix Gall	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
31	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
34	Josh Kench	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
35	Tobias Lund Andresen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	1:05
36	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	1:11
37	Thomas Pesenti	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
38	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
39	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
40	Alec Segaert	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
42	Andrea Mifsud	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
43	Alan Hatherly	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
44	Alessandro Pinarello	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
45	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Ludovico Crescioli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
47	Derek Gee-West	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
48	Diego Ulissi	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
49	Magnus Sheffield	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Bart Lemmen	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
51	Callum Scotson	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
52	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	Francesco Busatto	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Afonso Eulalio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
56	William Barta	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
57	Wout Poels	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
58	David de la Cruz	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
59	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
60	Igor Arrieta	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
61	Chris Harper	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Rose Rockets	1:38
63	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	1:55
64	Manuele Tarozzi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	2:03
65	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	2:09
66	Alessandro Tonelli	Team Polti-VisitMalta	2:13
67	David González	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:15
68	Nikita Tsvetkov	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
69	Luca Paletti	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
70	Nickolas Zukowsky	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
71	Ben Turner	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Lorenzo Rota	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
73	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
74	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
75	Corbin Strong	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
76	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
77	Simone Gualdi	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
78	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
79	Lawrence Warbasse	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
80	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
81	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Nick Schultz	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
83	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
84	Gregor Mühlberger	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
85	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
86	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
87	Jonas Rutsch	Lotto-Intermarché	4:27
88	Vicente Rojas	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
89	Martin Marcellusi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
90	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
91	Søjberg Pedersen Rasmus	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	5:13
92	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	5:36
93	Toon Aerts	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
94	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
95	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
97	Axel Huens	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
98	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	s.t.
99	Fabio Christen	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	Gianni Moscon	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
102	Jack Haig	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
104	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	6:55
105	Diego Sevilla	Team Polti-VisitMalta	7:06
106	Ethan Vernon	NSN Cycling Team	7:10
107	Connor Swift	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	7:12
108	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
109	Pascal Ackermann	Team Jayco-AlUla	7:14
110	Filippo Magli	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
111	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
112	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
113	Jasper Stuyven	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
114	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
115	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
116	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
117	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
118	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
120	Fredrik Dversnes	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
121	Matyas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
122	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
123	Sjoerd Bax	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
124	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
125	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
126	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
127	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
128	Filippo Ganna	Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team	s.t.
129	Timo Kielich	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
130	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
131	Arjen Livyns	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
132	Hartthijs de Vries	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
133	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
134	Mark Donovan	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
135	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
136	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	7:39
137	Ayco Bastiaens	Soudal Quick-Step	7:55
138	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	9:11
139	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
140	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
141	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
142	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
143	Dylan Groenewegen	Unibet Rose Rockets	9:23
144	Enrico Zanoncello	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	9:24
145	Filippo Turconi	Bardiani-CSF 7 Saber	s.t.
146	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti-VisitMalta	9:27
147	Elmar Reinders	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
148	Luca Mozzato	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
149	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	9:36
150	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	9:52
151	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto-Intermarché	11:43
152	Matteo Malucelli	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
153	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
154	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
155	Milan Menten	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
156	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
157	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	13:56
158	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
159	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
160	Ryan Mullen	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
161	Remi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
162	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
163	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
164	Mattia Bais	Team Polti-VisitMalta	s.t.
165	Rémy Rochas	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
166	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
167	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
168	Joshua Giddings	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
169	Tim Rex	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
170	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
171	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	14:26
172	Jardi Van Der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
173	Timo de Jong	Team Picnic PostNL	15:13
174	Samuele Battistella	EF Education-EasyPost	17:26
175	Jake Stewart	NSN Cycling Team	17:40
176	Dion Smith	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
177	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	19:58

Stage 3 map & profile

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Pascal Ackermann before the race.

GC leader Thomas Silva heads to the start.

Jonas Vingegaard before the stage.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG is presented as part of the opening ceremonies.

GC leader Thomas Silva (left) and Jan Christen. Christen is wearing the white Young Rider's jersey because Silva is also leading that category, so it moves to Christen, who is second in the category.

Here they come for the finish...

Paul Magnier wins stage three.

A happy Paul Magnier just after winning the stage.

The scene in Sofia at the finish line next to to the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

Stage winner and points classification leader Paul Magnier

On Tuesday Thomas Silva will start stage four in pink. Monday is a transfer day to Italy.