Vuelta a España: Wout van Aert wins stage 3 in bunch sprint

Race leader Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) soared across the slight uphill finish to win stage 3 of the Vuelta a España. He had room to spare to a second-placed Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who could not close the gap in the final 100 metres.

Jon Aberasturi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) sailed past Arne Marit (Intermarché-Wanty) to grab third place.

In the final 1.5km, two pitches of 4% made the sprinters do a little extra work, and that is where Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) launched an attack. He opened a small gap in the final kilometre that was closed down by Team dsm-Firmenich PostNL and Visma-Lease a Bike.

Van Aert took flight at the front with 200 metres to go and held the acceleration to earn the stage victory.

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