The Irish team dodged a bullet at the Tour de l'Avenir today after general classification favourite, Paul Seixas, and his French team mates went on the attack and managed to building a large advantage at one point.
However, the day ended on a positive note, with Seth Dunwoody taking the first podium finish of the race for Ireland, in what is his debut appearance. Man of the match was stage winner Carl-Frederik Bévort (Denmark), who put in an epic peformance on his way to victory.
The 21-year-old made the first breakaway of the day and then also got into the second move, going solo from it from a long way out and proving too strong for the flying peloton to close down.
At the end of 159km of racing - from Etang-sur-Arroux to Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne - he had just 12 seconds in hand on the bunch after being on the attack for 137km.
The sprint from the peloton was won by stage 1 winner Noah Hobbs (Great Britain), with Dunwoody just behind and taking 3rd place for his efforts.
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He’s done it!! Twice in the break in one day, then solo from the second move to hold off the peloton.
Carl-Frederik Bevort takes stage 3 of the Tour de l’Avenir with a mega strong ride ??? #TourdelAvenir #THEGOAT358 pic.twitter.com/09qJOGNoCt
— Eemeli (@LosBrolin) August 26, 2025
