After his famous near misses during last year’s Giro d’ltalia, Canadian Derek Gee produced a brilliant finish to win stage three of the Critérium du Daupiné in Les Estables. Gee takes his first WorldTour victory and is the race leader which he’ll wear in Wednesday’s ITT.
“This is definitely on a different level. It’s unbelievably special to win here. I’ve been waiting for a win in Europe. I’ve come second several times. It was nice to finish it off. A massive part of it was Krista Neilands attacking with one kilometer to go and I was in a good position and it was strung out. I wasn’t planning on going there but as soon as he came back, there was a bit of a lull and I had to take advantage of it.
The goal coming into the race wasn't necessarily for me to win a stage. We we're going for Dylan Teuns most of the day, it was a good finish for him, but he made the call on the final climb saying 'boys if you have the legs, go for it' and we took it up. I'm really happy to come away with it. Wearing the yellow jersey is pretty special. That's going to be quite a feeling I think."
-Derek Gee's two previous wins on the road were in the Canadian Time Trial Championships in 2022 and 2023.
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