French rider Quentin Bezza conquered the third stage of the Tour of Sharjah (UAE), an individual 11 km time trial held around the University City of Sharjah. The 26-year-old from Wagner Bazin WB narrowly beat Estonian Taaramae by a few hundredths of a second and Serbian Rajovic (Solution Tech-Vini Fantini) by 3". Luca Giaimi, the top Italian, finished in 23rd place. Spanish rider Aparicio (11th) maintained the yellow jersey as overall leader, now leading by 1" over Taaramae.

FINISH ORDER 1 BEZZA Quentin Wagner Bazin WB 00:13:24 2 TAARAMÄE Rein KINAN Racing Team + 00 3 RAJOVIC Dusan Team Solution Tech-Vini Fantini + 03 4 PAPON Victor Wagner Bazin WB + 07 5 FUENTES Angel Burgos Burpellet BH + 09 6 AL MUTAIWEI Mohammad UAE Team Emirates Gen Z + 11 7 KENCH Josh Li Ning Star + 12 8 PELLAUD Simon Li Ning Star + 15 9 BALMER Alexandre Team Solution Tech-Vini Fantini + 16 10 MARIVOET Duarte UAE Team Emirates Gen Z + 16 11 APARICIO Mario Burgos Burpellet BH + 18 12 SAINBAYAR Jambaljamts Burgos Burpellet BH + 23 13 JACKSON George Burgos Burpellet BH + 27 14 DE COMARMOND Aurélien Mauritius + 30 15 LAMBRECHT Michiel Wagner Bazin WB + 30 16 SALBY Alexander Li Ning Star + 33 17 GEYSER Reinhardt Khorfakkan Sports and Cultural Club + 33 18 FABRIES Ugo UAE Team Emirates Gen Z + 34 19 JASIM AL-ALI Abdulla UAE Team Emirates Gen Z + 34 20 EL KOURAJI Mohcine Morocco + 34 21 BURNETT Josh Burgos Burpellet BH + 34 22 DJURIC Djordje Team Solution Tech-Vini Fantini + 35 23 GIAIMI Luca UAE Team Emirates Gen Z + 39 24 DEROUAULT Baptiste Team Haute Savoie + 39 25 DRAKOS Nikolaos Greece + 40 26 QUARTUCCI Lorenzo Team Solution Tech-Vini Fantini + 42 27 BALDACCINI Davide Team Solution Tech-Vini Fantini + 45 28 BAGUELIN Jocelyn Wagner Bazin WB + 46 29 ÁLVAREZ Rodrigo Burgos Burpellet BH + 46 30 WALTERS Red Obidos Cycling Team + 48 31 PERSICO Davide Wagner Bazin WB + 48 32 BATSAIKHAN Tegshbayar Roojai Insurance + 48 33 SHULCHENKO Nikita Abu Dhabi Cycling Club + 50 34 CLEMENT Thibaut Team Haute Savoie + 51 35 SHNYRKO Aliaksei Li Ning Star + 52 36 NIU Yikui Li Ning Star + 52