Tour de France 2022: Dylan Groenewegen snatches stage three win from leader Wout van Aert

Dylan Groenewegen wins stage three of the 2022 Tour de France

Dylan Groenewegen snatched victory in a thrilling photo finish to stage three of this year’s Tour de France.

Wout van Aert took the lead as he sprinted for the line in Sonderborg but Dutch rider Groenewegen, 29, made a late surge to edge his sixth Tour win.

That capped a flat 182km route from Vejle and it was the third day running that Van Aert had to settle for second.

But the Belgian, 27, narrowly increased his overall lead as the Denmark leg of the Tour drew to a close.

The Jumbo-Visma rider is now seven seconds ahead of Yves Lampaert while two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar is third, 14 seconds off Van Aert.

Groenewegen’s victory also prevented Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl becoming the first team to win the first three stages of a Tour, after Lampaert won stage one and Fabio Jakobsen edged stage two on Saturday.

Dutch rider Jakobsen, making his Tour debut, was involved in the charge for the line but found himself out of position after the final turn and crossed in fifth on Sunday.

The Tour now transfers to France and resumes with a hilly 171.5km route from Dunkerque to Calais on Tuesday.

More to follow.