The Dutch Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) further extended his legend and won his 252nd professional victory after defeating sprint in the third stage of the Vuelta Ciclista a España women’s competition, held this Tuesday between the town of Castellón of Llucena and Teruel.
Vos, who spent 3h 46:52 to complete the 130.2 kilometers of the route, used her top speed in the final meters to beat her compatriot Charlotte Kool (DSM-Firmenich Postnl), second, and the Canadian Olivia Baril (Movistar ), who crossed the finish line in third position.
A victory that did not help, however, Marianne Vos to seize the first place in the general classification from the Hungarian Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime), which will continue to wear the Red jersey leader by just one second, thanks to the two bonuses achieved by the Magyar cyclist in the intermediate sprint.
But neither Vos, who added her third stage victory in the Spanish round after the two she won last year, nor Vas could prevent Spaniard Mireia Benito from becoming the big star of the day.
The Catalan runner from AG Insurance-Soudal monopolized all the spotlights after escaping for more than one hundred kilometers.
Benito, the current Spanish time trial champion, has a lead of more than four minutes.
For a time Mireia Benito dreamed of victory, but, despite her efforts and determination, she could not stop the peloton from reducing the distance, led by the Visma runners, until they caught up with 7.5 kilometers to the finish.
In the final stage, Visma controlled the race until reaching the finish line, where Marianne Vos, who will be 37 years old on May 13, clearly imposed her law.
A victory that the Dutch cyclist, three-time world long-distance road champion and Olympic gold medalist in London 2012 will try to repeat, this Wednesday in the fourth stage, starting from Molina de Aragón and ending in Zaragoza, and 142.3 kilometers of the route . .
Source: La Verdad
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