Keep the red jersey
Van Aert takes sprint victory in 3rd Vuelta stage
All-rounder Wout van Aert has won the 3rd stage of the Vuelta a Espana in a bunch sprint and thus defended his red jersey!
With his first stage win on his debut at the Tour of Spain, the Belgian from Team Visma extended his overall lead to 13 seconds on Monday. Van Aert had finished third in the time trial opener on Saturday and second a day later. Second after 191.2 kilometers from Lousa to Castelo Branco was the Australian Kaden Groves.
"It feels very good!"
"You just have to be patient, it feels very good," said Van Aert after his 10th stage win in a Grand Tour. Groves (Alpecin) was narrowly beaten after his victory on Sunday, with Spaniard Jon Aberasturi (Euskaltel) in third.
A four-man breakaway group dominated the action on another slow stage. The escape group was caught by the sprint teams around 20 kilometers before the finish.
On Tuesday, after three days in Portugal, the race heads to Spain, where the mountain specialists will be challenged for the first time. The 170.5-kilometre stage from Plasencia to the mountain arrival at Pico Villuercas has a total of more than 3,500 meters of climbing.
The result of stage 3:
1st Wout van Aert (BEL) Visma 4:40:42 hrs.
2nd Kaden Groves (AUS) Alpecin
3rd Jon Aberasturi (ESP) Euskaltel - all same time
Further:
99th Felix Gall (AUT) Decathlon
104th Patrick Konrad (AUT) Lidl - both same time
124th Patrick Gamper (AUT) Red Bull +1:06 min.
127th Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Bahrain +1:08
The standings in the overall standings:
1st Wout van Aert (BEL) Visma 10:05:59 hrs.
2nd Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE +0:13 min.
3rd Mathias Vacek (CZE) Lidl +0:15
Further:
36th Patrick Konrad (AUT) Lidl +0:57
54th Felix Gall (AUT) Decathlon +1:07
112th Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Bahrain +1:52
123rd Patrick Gamper (AUT) Red Bull +2:15
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