Iván Romeo secured his first skilled victory racing for Movistar with a solo win on stage 3 on the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.
The under-23 time trial World Champion made a late-race assault contained in the 16km to go and began the ultimate 1.2km climb to the end with a 27-second benefit on a diminished discipline, crossing the end line with the win in Alpuente.
Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorious) completed second place and João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) taking third place, each at 10 seconds behind the stage winner.
Almeida moved into the general race lead after securing valubale time bonuses atop the ultimate ascent of the day, El Remedio. He is now two seconds forward of runner-up Buitrago because the race heads into stage 4 from Oropesa del Mar to Portell de Morellaon Saturday.
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