Belgian reverses the placings from Sunday’s stage as race prepares to move from Portugal to Spain
Team Visma's Wout van Aert celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Team Alpecin's Kaden Groves during the third stage La Vuelta a Espana, a 191.2 km race between Lousa and Castelo Branco in Portugal. Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Imageson Monday, the Belgian avenging his second place to Groves in the previous stage and holding on to the leader’s jersey.
Spain's Jon Aberasturi Izaga finished third in the bunch sprint and Van Aert increased his overall lead to 13 seconds over American Brandon McNulty thanks to the 10-second bonus for winning the stage. He was finally reeled in with 20 kilometres left to ride, and the expected sprint finish was set up. With precious few sprint stages ahead in the Vuelta, Van Aert pulled out all the stops to ensure he was not denied for a second successive stage.moved up three places to 30th in the general classification after coming home 35th on the stage, while Darren Rafferty moved up four spots to 33rd after he placed 55th on Monday.
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