Ineos has won the team clock, but Juan Ayuso of Ldl Trek has taken the lead

The Valencian JuanAyuso (Lidl Trek) is the new leader of Paris Nice thanks to the second place achieved by his team in the third stage, in a 23.5 kilometre counterclockwork between Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire and Pouilly-sur-Loire , in which Ineos has prevailed with 2 seconds ahead of the Javean cyclist team.

The booty has been divided after an exciting team counterclockwork, and the Valencian has taken the lead in the general, with only a few seconds away from his direct rival, the Danish Jonas Vingegaard .

In the end, driven by Vauquelin and Oscar Onley, the British team has marked a time of 26.40, at a speed of 52.8 kiloemtro per hour. The second place has been for Ayuso's Lidl at 2 seconds, the amazing Decathlon at 11, the Vingegaard's Visma at 15, the Redl Bull Bora at 20, the Ivan Romeo 's Movistar at 28, the EF 23, and McNulty's Soluae.

In the general, Ayuso has 2 seconds ahead of French Kevin Vauquelin and 3 seconds ahead of Scottish Oscar Onley . Danish Jonas Vingeggard is eighth to 17 and Colombian Daniel Felipe Martinez closes the top 10 to 22.

The team clock had two short climbs of 1.5 kilometers, with aslope of less than 5%. A single teamhas not kept all its members from startto finish, but individual times were counted. Favorites were forced to reach the finish line in front of them and had the responsibility to push their teammates.

This Wednesday the first destinationwill arrive at maldan, with the fourth stage to be played between Bourges and Uchon, 195 km, a flat route in its first 120 km and another 70 at the end that includes three ports: the Cota de la Croix des Cerisiers (3rd category, 6.2 km to 4.1%), the Cota de la Croix de la Liberation (2nd category, 4.7 km to 5.3%) and the Uchon (8 km to 4.5%).