Michael Matthews once again shows off his talents by winning Monday puncher in Arcos de la Frontera the third stage of the Vuelta. Already won twice on the Tour of Spain last year and the Giro in the spring, the Australian Orica-GreenEDGE took the opportunity to seize the leader’s red jersey.
The finish was finally too much for Nacer Bouhanni. Winner yesterday in San Fernando, the sprinter FDJ.fr hoped to continue his winning ways Monday at the third stage of the Vuelta played under the Andalusian heat, between Cadiz and Arcos de la Frontera (198 km). The final hump 1.7 km had not even scared the Vosges, which sign of his excellent physical condition and his confidence, had asked his teammate Laurent Mangel rolling in the final to return the breakaway of Updated:. Jerome Cousin (Europcar), Danilo Wyss (BMC), Jacques Van Rensburg (MTN Qhubeka) and Lluis Mas Bonet (Caja Rural)
However, he lacked a bit of punch to the three-time winner of Giro stage on the last play to win, even if he gets away with a very respectable eighth place, just behind another French rider Lloyd Mondory (AG2R-La Mondiale). Katusha’s Joaquim Rodriguez also missed the victory. Party alone in the last hundred meters, Giampaolo Caruso was caught a short distance from the line, while “Purito” had to settle for third place behind Ireland’s Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) and especially Australian Michael Matthews, who has made his fourth win in a Grand Tour after his double last year on the same Vuelta and the Giro victory in the spring. An event in which the rider of 23 years brought the pink jersey for six days.
puncher Orica-GreenEdge now endorses the red jersey at the expense of Alejandro Valverde, who s’ is actually a scare. 20 km to go, the Murcian was caught in a fall caused by teammate Adriano Malori has taken a wrong musette. If he walked away quickly, the rider from Movistar nevertheless conceded in the final seconds. The arrival of the 4th stage scheduled for Tuesday in Cordoba would again smile at a sprinter.
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