Netcompany Ineos' decision to wait for Oscar Onley during the stage 3 team time trial of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes may have cost the team a chance at taking the race lead and the stage victory.
The British team came into the race with Onley and Kévin Vauquelin as their GC leaders, and both gained 12 seconds on most of the GC contenders during the opening stage. They were poised to move either rider into the maillot jaune of race leader, but with 9km to go, Onley dropped his chain and struggled to get it back on.
