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Pozzovivo wins stage three at La Volta

Thursday, March 26 2015 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Domenico Pozzovivo won stage three of La Volta Ciclista a Catalunya on Wednesday, while Pierre Rolland claimed the overall race lead.

    Script:

    There may have been a marked improvement in the weather that had blighted the first two stages of La Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, but the field would instead have a testing course to cope with on Wednesday.

    The 156.6-kilometre third stage, which started and finished in Girona, included five categorised climbs, with the course twice covering the first category Alt dels Angels.

    An early six-man breakaway group was eventually reduced to three, with Tom Danielson, Rudy Mollard and Leonardo Duque staying clear of the peloton.

    But with Alberto Contador and his Tinkoff-Saxo team-mates driving the main group along at a rapid rate, the leaders were caught with a little under 45 kilometres to go.

    Tinkoff-Saxo's efforts at the front splintered the peloton and the lead group dwindled, with a couple of attacks from Contador further reducing the number.

    Seven riders remained at the front by the end of the descent and with less than two kilometres to go, Domenico Pozzovivo spotted his opportunity and attacked the group.

    The Italian timed his break to perfection and went on to cross the finishing line in a stage winning time of three hours, 52 minutes and 37 seconds.

    Rigoberto Uran led the rest of the group over the line three seconds behind, with 2013 La Volta winner Daniel Martin taking third place and Contador fourth.

    Maciej Paterski had struggled on the day's climbs and relinquished the overall lead to Europcar's Pierre Rolland, who now holds a two minutes and 14 second advantage over nearest rival Pozzovivo at the top of the standings.

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