Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) gained stage 3 of the La Vuelta Femenina, sprinting to victory in Teruel, taking her 252nd street victory precisely 18 years after her first.
Vos launched her dash 150 metres from the road and completed a number of bike lengths forward of Charlotte Kool (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) and Olivia Baril (Movistar Team).
Mireia Benito (AG Insurance-Soudal) had attacked proper from the beginning and spent 120km solo on the entrance of the race earlier than being caught 7.5km from the end.
“Yesterday we already labored arduous, then we had some dangerous luck within the remaining, and right now we went all-in once more. All the ladies labored actually arduous for this, after which it’s very nice to complete it off. I’m very proud of this win,” Vos stated.
“The moist roads to start with have been very slippery, there have been lots of crashes, and also you simply hope that everyone will get by way of it okay. In the ultimate, I didn’t actually see what occurred, we have been simply making an attempt to get in a very good place to the end line. They all the time say crashes are a part of the race, however it’s by no means good when it occurs,” stated Vos in regards to the crashes that occurred all through the day, with the largest one within the remaining three kilometres.
The pink jersey stays on the shoulders of Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime), who took two bonus seconds within the intermediate dash and is now one second forward of Vos.
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