Vos strengthened his lead at La Vuelta with a sprint victory

The female Tour lived this Wednesday his third stage, a flat day of 157.8 kilometers between Elche de la Sierra and La Roda, is the longest of this edition. In it, the Dutch Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) strengthened its lead in the general classification with a sprint successthe second at the individual level he added in this edition and the third of three possible after Jumbo-Visma’s victory in the initial team time trial.

On a day marked for the sprinters, with a flat day with almost no unevenness and an intermediate sprint at Barrax, the peloton saw how wind became the main character that caused the cuts in the latter part of the race. was not disturbed Youwhich strengthened his red jersey, which now has a thirteen second advantage Chloe Dygert (Canyon/SRAM Racing) and has fourteen over the Jumbo-Visma cyclist Riejanne Markus.

The terrain provided some options for surprises, but that didn’t stop some teams from trying to show themselves on the day. Several initial attacks took place, although they were repulsed by the referring platoon teams. However, the day was not without fear.

The wind played havoc in the final hundred kilometers, with several cuts splitting the peloton. He DSM strongly pulled a large group of about thirty-five runners with whom he was included Movistaryes ok Annemiek van Vleuten he struggled to hold it for several kilometers. Of course, he reintegrated into the group shortly after.

You he took the only intermediate sprint of the day in the main group, with some thirty units ready to fight for the stage victory. He worked hard in the preparation of the sprint DSM to work for charlotte kool, win on the inside day. The team runners were in charge of directing the peloton towards the last few kilometers where acceleration made the difference.

I started well in that sprint cold. however, you took the wheel to beat him in the last meters, with Dygert in the third position. The Movistar Emma Norsgaard he is fifth to his partner Liane Lippert seventh, and Alba Teruel (Labor Kutxa Euskadi Foundation) finished eighth. Thus, Vos achieved his second consecutive stage win to continue extending his impressive record.

Meanwhile, the general classification does not experience major changes. you continue as a leader and, after bonuses, he has thirteen seconds ahead of Dygert and fourteen of Markus. This Thursday there will be bigger complications in the 133.1 kilometers that will come together Cuenca and Guadalajara, with a third-class port about thirteen kilometers from the finish line. This will be the prelude to the last three days, where the mountains will be huge at the end of Sunday in Lakes of Covadonga as the final judge of the race.

classifications

3rd stage, Elche de la Sierra-La Roda, 157.8 km
1. Marianne Vos (Netherlands/Jumbo-Visma) 3:27:38 (16″ bonus)
2. Charlotte Kool (Netherlands/Team DSM) id. (6″ bonus)
3. Chloe Dygert (United States/Canyon//SRAM Racing) id. (4″ bonus)
4. Clara Copponi (France/FDJ-Suez) id.
5. Emma Norsgaard (Denmark/Movistar) id.
6. Tamara Dronova (Russia/Israel Premier Tech) id.
7. Liane Lippert (Germany/Movistar) id. (2″ bonus)
8. Alba Teruel (Spain/Laboral Kutxa Fundación Euskadi) id.
9. Demi Vollering (Netherlands/SD Worx) id.
10. Marlen Reusser (Switzerland/Team SD Worx) id.
General
1. Marianne Vos (Netherlands/Jumbo-Visma) 6:26:46
2. Chloe Dygert (USA/Canyon/SRAM Racing) at 13″
3. Riejanne Markus (Netherlands/Jumbo-Visma) at 14″
4. Anna Henderson (Great Britain/Jumbo-Visma) at 22″
5. Amber Kraak (Netherlands/Jumbo-Visma) id.
6. Elise Chabbey (Switzerland/Canyon//SRAM Racing) at 23″
7. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Poland/Canyon//SRAM Racing) id.
8. Liane Lippert (Germany/Movistar) at 32″
9. Emma Norsgaard (Denmark/Movistar) at 34″
10. Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands/Movistar) id.