Chris Lawless (Team Sky) won stage 3 at Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali from a reduced bunch sprint in Crevalcore on Saturday. He beat Italians Paolo Toto (Sangemini-MG.Kvis) and Lorenzo Rota (Bardiani CSF).
Lawless' teammate Diego Rosa was in the front group and retained his lead in the overall classification heading into the final stage on Sunday, a 12.5km time trial from Fiorano Modenese to Montegibbio.
Stage 3 at Coppi e Bartali was one for the sprinters, a pan flat 171km circuit in Crevalcore. Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) won the uphill finish during the previous day's stage 2, however, Rosa placed a close second and moved into the overall race lead.
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An early breakaway emerged included Remy Di Gregorio (Delko Marseille), Michal Paluta (CCC), Dimitri Peyskens (WB Aqua Protect), Peter Williams (One Pro Cycling) and Christofer Jurado (Trevigiani), Marco Coledan and Jacopo Mosca (Wilier Triestina - Selle Italia).
Bardiani CSF, along with Team Sky, controlled the pace ahead of the main field to keep the five riders at a 2:30. It wasn't until the final stretch that the teams picked up speed to reel in the breakaway with 35km to go but the higher speeds caused the main field to split.
The leading group included roughly 40 riders and with most of the main GC contenders, with the exception of third place overall Koen Bouwman (LottoNL-Jumbo), who took a hard fall during stage 2 but still started the third stage.
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