Tyler Stites (Project Echelon Racing) gained the stage 3 time trial on the Tour of the Gila. Stites coated the 26km course in 33:08 and moved into the lead within the general classification.
Runner-up on the day was Walter Vargas (Team Medellín), who completed the time trial 10 seconds slower than Stites, whereas Jonas Walton (Team Ecoflo Chronos) was third at 37 seconds again.
Stites moved into the race lead after ending second within the two earlier phases and now has 30 seconds on Vargas and three:09 on Walton.
Stage 1 winner and in a single day chief, Wilmar Paredes (Team Medellín), completed thirty sixth place within the time trial and slipped to fourth place general now 3:20 behind Stites.
The racing continues on Saturday with a stage 4 criterium in Silver City.
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