Cycling - Kwiatkowski regains overall lead as Team Sky win time trial

Team Sky's overall time at the end of the stage between Pont-de-Vaux and Louhans-Chateaurenaud was 27 hours, 12 minutes and nine seconds. They were 56 seconds ahead of BMC.

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Kwiatkowski, who began the day two seconds behind Mitchelton-Scott's Daryl Impey after a crash on Tuesday, leads with an overall time of nine hours, 28 minutes and 21 seconds. He was three seconds ahead of Italian teammate Gianni Moscon.

The 181-kilometre fourth stage on Thursday will see riders head into the mountains between Chazey-sur-Ain and Lans-en-Vercors.

The Dauphine is the main warm-up race for the July 7-29 Tour de France.

(Reporting by Anirban Paul in Bengaluru; editing by Andrew Roche)