Charly Wegelius, head directeur sportif at EF Education-EasyPost, was as surprised as anyone when Richard Carapaz rode his way into the yellow jersey on a crash-heavy final on stage 3 at the Tour de France.
The Ecuadorian earned the coveted race lead on countback stage placings after he finished considerably better, 24 spots or better, than his nearest rivals in the GC standings: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), who all started the stage equal on time in the GC standings.
