Ended

BCT26 - Stage 3

Last decisive day for BCT 2026.

Thank you for following BCT 2026 and keep on riding bikes! :) 

Tour overall jersey winners

Tour Overall Leader
Tour Overall Leader
Lauri Tamm
Estonia
Most Competitive Rider
Most Competitive Rider
Romet Pajur
Team Estonia
Most Active Rider
Most Active Rider
Romet Pajur
Team Estonia
Best Young Rider
Best Young Rider
Lauri Tamm
Team Estonia

And now we wait for race overall results

Preliminary TOP10

Martins Pluto is winner of Stage 3

Pluto takes stage 3 and holds off peloton

It will be a sprint

5km to go

Leader has 10km to go

One rider left front alone with 34 seconds to peloton

Gap now only at 20 seconds and all will come together. Finish is getting closer faster and faster

Riders: 21 - 51 - 84 are back in peloton

Gap at 33 seconds. 

Gap is now 40 seconds with peloton closing hard

Gap now at 1 minute

The gap is hovering around 1:15 - 1:30 

This puts Pajur in a virtual lead with 2 seconds

Third intermediate sprint results: 
1) Romet Pajur
2) Martins Pluto
3) Jakub Kaczmarek

Approx 46km tonfinish left

Rider 15 had technical - changes wheel

Gap is shrinking and now at 45sec

Gap is now at 55sec

Average speed for last hour was 44km/h

IS2 results: Pajur, Voltr, Pluto

Gap at 1min 25sec

So overall the current situation is that we have 13 rider break in front and then peloton. On next lap IS2.

Martin Voltr (ATT Investments) is currently virtual leader and Romet Pajur (National Team of Estonia) is second on virtual leader board

Intermediate sprint 1 results:
1) Romet PAJUR (National Team of Estonia)
2) Martin VOLTR (ATT Investments)
3) Martin PLUTO (Energus)

And now IS1

Gap at 1min 30seconds

Gap is holding at 1min 15sec

Chase group is eliminated

Gap is 1min and 15 second between breakaway and peloton

And National Team of Estonia; ATT Investments are working in front of peloton

Breakaway is ahead 1min 20 seconds

Sorry - intermediate sprint is on next lap

Soon first intermediate sprint!

Rider 84 jumped to chasers. Gap now between breakaway and peloton almost at minute.

Riders in breakaway chasers: 26 - 33 - 45 - 84 - 135 

Breakaway and peloton gap is 30 seconds

Chasers are 15 seconds from peloton

Also we have chasers and then peloton follows

Riders in a break: 2 - 13 - 21 - 32 - 52 - 116 - 124 - 165

New breakaway with 10 seconds

Lot's of attempts but no riders gone clear

Pre race interview with Magnus Machholdt from team REFFEN CO:PLAY Giant Store

Magnus sits 3rd in GC

We have first breakaway of a day with three riders and gap is 10 seconds

Today we have 3 intermediate sprints and all are on the laps. On the 2nd(65.2km) 3rd(85.4km) and 4th(105.8km) passage on the laps.

After two hard and demanding days of racing only 95 riders start today

Info: Sadly no live video today. Weather and other circumstances took this opportunity away. So today we have also only live text blog.

Ceremonial start has been given

Riders signing off and start is 10 minutes away

Good morning from Ülenurme.