Bora-Hansgrohe Aleksandr Vlasov wins stage 3 and takes GC lead at Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

Updated 04/02/2022 at 17:41 GMT

Russian Bora-Hansgrohe rider Aleksandr Vlasov was the winner at the third stage of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in Spain on Friday afternoon. He finished by such a distance ahead of Remco Evenepoel that not only took the stage but also ended the day the leader in the general classification of the race.

'What a superb ride' Vlasov wins stage 3 of Vuelta a Valencia

Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) won stage 3 of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and moved into the overall lead at the same time.

The Russian pulled away from QuickStep-AlphaVinyl on the gravel stretch as they dealt with the climb towards Atenas del Maigmo.

Evenepoel was able to claim a disappointing eight place, 41 seconds off the new race leader on the day, and 32 seconds behind overall.

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With two kilometres remaining he made his attack to pull away from the chasing pack and ended 14 seconds ahead of Ineos Grenadiers’ second-placed Carlos Rodriguez, and 21 seconds clear of Enric Mas (Movistar).

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