Stage Report: The climate was kinder to the Vuelta peloton on the highway to Andorra. After the courageous ‘break of the day’ was pulled in on the ultimate climb, it was all the way down to the favourites to combat for the stage win and general. On the line it was Remco Evenepoel who had the most effective soar to take stage and the general lead.
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Stage 3 final okay
The primary mountain stage within the Vuelta a España 2023, ending within the Arinsal ski resort, was gained by Remco Evenepoel. After an thrilling finale, the Belgian champion gained the dash from an elite group forward of Jonas Vingegaard and Juan Ayuso. Evenepoel, who crashed after the end line, dealt a blow to the lads of Jumbo-Visma. Evenepoel is now additionally the brand new chief of the 2023 Vuelta a España.
The win and lead for Remco Evenepoel
Race director: Fernando Escartín: “The version’s first mountain stage. Entry into Andorra is marked by upward sloping territory, first in direction of Canillo, after which in direction of Coll d’Ordino. The ultimate climb as much as Arinsal can mark the very first variations between the riders within the normal classification, notably if any of them don’t arrive in optimum situations after the primary couple of days of competing.”
Stage 3 profile
After the chaos of the opening weekend in Barcelona, the third stage gave the peloton slice of climbing. The riders left Spain for the end in Arinsal, Andorra, at an altitude of just about 2,000 metres. With two Cat-1 climbs, this stage was the primary take a look at for the lads with GC ambitions.
Andrea Piccolo (EF Training-EasyPost) in pink firstly
The break of the day took some time to type, as many riders wished to be in it. The escape appeared to have a critical probability of success, so there was a fierce battle to get into the main group, ultimately 11 riders managed get away. Eduardo Sepulveda (Lotto Dstny), Amanuel Gehbreigzabhier (Lidl-Trek) and Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) had been first away and had been joined by six others not a lot later.
The chief’s jerseys on the beginning line
Damiano Caruso and Jasha Sütterlin (Bahrain Victorious), Lennard Kämna (BORA-hansgrohe), Andrea Vendrame (AG2R Citroën), Rune Herregodts (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and Jon Barrenetxea (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) efficiently jumped throughout and a number one group of 9 was fashioned. The peloton, with all of the GC males, thought that was it and let the hole enhance to five minutes. Between the main group and the peloton, two riders tried to cross, the Frenchman Mathis Le Berre (Arkéa-Samsic) and the Spaniard José Manuel Díaz (Burgos-BH).
A significantly better day on la Vuelta, climate sensible – Kilometre Zero
Le Berre and Diáz managed to make it to the entrance group to finish the eleven. Within the peloton, EF Training-EasyPost was main the chase for the pink jersey Andrea Piccolo, Jumbo-Visma and Soudal Fast-Step had been additionally doing a few of the work. This saved the lead fluctuating round 5 minutes. Because of the robust work of Dutch champion Dylan van Baarle, the distinction to the entrance riders grew to become more and more smaller.
The Catalan flags had been out for la Vuelta
Caruso, Sütterlin, Kämna, Vendrame, Herregodts, Barrenetxea, Díaz, Le Berre, Sepúlveda, Latour and Gehbreigzabhier began with 2 minutes from the Andorran capital Andorra la Vella on the Coll d’Ordino (19.8km to 4.9%). Simply earlier than the climb, the main group exploded. Díaz attacked and had the higher climbers Caruso, Kämna, Sepúlveda, Barrenetxea and Gehbreigzabhier with him. Diáz paid for his effort instantly and so there was solely 5 on the entrance on the Coll d’Ordino.
Stage 3 was a brief, however onerous stage to Andorra – The assaults got here early
The peloton was additionally splitting. Below the strain of Robert Gesink, the chase group was thinned out for the primary time, however the males of dsm-firmenich had plans to maintain the pink jersey and took management of the race. The main group had been lowered to three riders. Kämna, Sepúlveda and Caruso rode on properly and managed to carry on to their lead of simply over 2 minutes. Within the group of favourites there was an acceleration by Jay Vine and Romain Bardet, however Wilco Kelderman neutralised their transfer.
Lotto Dstny wished to indicate once more after Andreas Kron’s stage win on Sunday
The tempo was too quick for Piccolo. With simply over 2 kilometres to climb, the lights went out for the pink jersey wearer and after sooner or later we might have a brand new general chief. Bardet had good legs and jumped once more, but it surely was Kelderman once more who shut him down. Bardet and Kelderman had been caught by the favourites group, led by the lads of Evenepoel because the entrance riders reached the highest of the Coll d’Ordino.
The ‘break of the day’
Caruso was searching for the KOM factors, however Sepúlveda beat him to them. The three leaders began the descent of the Coll d’Ordino 1 minute forward of the group of GC males. On this quick descent, Sepúlveda, who lives in Andorra, misplaced contact with the opposite two. So two riders began the 7 kilometre ultimate climb (6.9km at 8.2%) to Arinsal. There could be a brand new general chief and a stage winner on the finish of this climb.
The break had a lead of three:30 as they crossed into Andorra
Within the run-up to the ultimate climb, it went quiet within the chase group, permitting Kämna and Caruso to take again a while. The German had attacked on the primary climb, however the powerful Caruso didn’t give. A second acceleration from Kämna didn’t nothing both, however with a 3rd assault Caruso needed to dig deep. The BORA-hansgrohe rider appeared to take a niche, however Italian managed to reconnect.
Evenepoel was keeping track of issues
The weekend’s rain hasn’t helped the reservoir a lot
The favourites group was ready for the motion to begin. Because of the fierce headwind, the highest males for the general victory primarily checked out one another. With simply 4 kilometres to go, UAE Workforce Emirates determined to extend the tempo. As a result of an acceleration from Jay Vine, one rider after the opposite was dropped. It was too quick for Einer Rubio, Wout Poels, Geraint Thomas and Mikel Landa. This was the sign for Kämna to assault once more on the entrance.
Remco was prepared
Sepp Kuss began the motion in ultimate
The German managed to get away from the cracked Caruso, but it surely turned out to be a dropping battle. The GC riders had been nonetheless ready for his or her second and it was Juan Ayuso who was the primary to offer it a go. The younger Spaniard was virtually instantly countered by the Jumbo-Visma males, with a counter-attack from Sepp Kuss. The American rode away from the opposite in his well-known model, however was quickly caught up by Marc Soler. Kamna was caught within reach of the final kilometre.
The dash win appeared straightforward for Evenepoel, then…
An elite group of 15 riders hit the final 500 metres. Evenepoel was the primary to dash, with Vingegaard on his wheel, however the Dane was unable to move the Belgian. The Soudal Fast-Step rider had extra left in his bag and gained with a 1 second lead. After the end there was much less excellent news for Evenepoel. The Belgian collided with some folks behind the road and suffered a critical head harm, however he appeared okay after a verify up.
All of it got here crashing down
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Vuelta a España Stage 3 Consequence:
1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal – Fast Step in 4:15:39
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma at 0:01
3. Juan Ayuso (Spa) UAE Workforce Emirates
4. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
5. Marc Soler (Spa) UAE Workforce Emirates
6. Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar
7. Lenny Martinez (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
8. Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) BORA-hansgrohe
9. João Almeida (Por) UAE Workforce Emirates
10. Aleksandr Vlasov (-) BORA-hansgrohe.
Vuelta a España General After Stage 3:
1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal-Fast Step in 8:43:11
2. Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar at 0:05
3. Lenny Martinez (Fra) Groupama-FDJ at 0:11
4. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma at 0:31
5. Aleksandr Vlasov (-) BORA-hansgrohe at 0:33
6. Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) BORA-hansgrohe
7. Romain Bardet (Fra) dsm-firmenich at 0:35
8. Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious
9. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma at 0:37
10. Primož Roglič (Slo) Jumbo-Visma.
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