Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) (Image credit: Getty Images) Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) rocketed through the stage 3 individual time trial of O Gran Camiño on Friday, cruising into the race lead as the yellow jersey holder, Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) cracked on the long climb that featured in the first half of the course.
Cort could only manage fourth place on the day, losing 25 seconds to the Canadian. Davide Piganzoli (Polti-VisitMalta) was second on the stage and Maxime Decomble (Groupama-FDJ) was third.
Gee now leads Cort by five seconds in the general classification, with Piganzoli third overall at 17 seconds.
"I’m really happy," Gee said. "I put a lot of expectations on myself going into this – we did some work on the TT bike over the winter, and then I wanted to start the year strong in the TT. So I’m happy to win it.
"It was a hard one. This TT actually holds a special place in my heart, because in 2022 my result in the O Gran Camino TT is what helped me get my first pro contract. It was another really hard TT at this race, but I was happy to be out there."
When asked whether he thinks he can hold the yellow jersey until the end on Sunday, Gee said he expected the coming stages to be "chaos".
"Uno-X showed yesterday how strong they are. Magnus put in a great TT today again. And then there’s a couple guys here who are really, really good climbers. It’ll be […]
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