Elia Viviani of Quickstep Floors wins 1500th stage in Vuelta a España history; Michał Kwiatkowski continues to lead overall
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Vuelta a España: Stage 3
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Elia Viviani carried into the Vuelta a España the superb form that propelled him to a well-deserved win at the Cyclassics Hamburg one week ago and comfortably sprinted to victory on the race’s third stage, which saw the peloton travel from Mijas to Alhaurin de la Torre, over 178.2 kilometers that packed a total of 2600 meters of elevation and a 20km-long first-category climb in the first part of the day.
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“This wonderful season continues with a beautiful and very special moment. First Vuelta win, first Grand Tour victory in the Italian Champion jersey, all these make up for a perfect day, but I couldn’t have pulled it off without this incredible team, who did again a marvelous job. It was difficult to control such a tough stage by our own for 90% of the time, but we prevailed again thanks to the Wolfpack’s fantastic spirit”, a beaming Elia said as he stood against the railings, after capturing his 16th success of the year.
Quick-Step Floors did what they know best on Monday, controlling a six-man breakaway for the most part of the day, not panicking even with 40 kilometers to go, when five riders attacked from the bunch trying to stir things up, and bringing everything back together ten kilometers from the finish, before taking Elia to the front with the flamme rouge in sight.
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Led out by Danish Champion Michael Mørkøv, Viviani made his jump inside the final 200 meters and put in a storming sprint, beating Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) and Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe) by a bike length. The 29-year-old Italian, who is riding the Vuelta a España for the second time in his career, was eyeing this stage before the start of the race and at the finish in Alhaurin de la Torre was full of praise for his teammates, who perfectly executed the plan concocted at the pre-stage briefing in Mijas.
“There’s no such thing as an easy stage in a Grand Tour, and especially in the Vuelta, where he had a lot of climbing in store for what on the roadbook presented itself was a flat stage. We knew what to expect, because we did a recon last week, so Kasper and Pieter pulled at the front the entire day, then as we got closer to the finish, Dries kept a high speed, before Michael put me in an ideal position, from where I went immediately as I noticed Sagan making his move. With some tailwind, I felt that it was the right moment to go and I am happy for how things panned out in the end.”
Viviani – who netted Quick-Step Floors’ 85th Grand Tour stage victory – wasn’t the only rider of the team to take it to the podium on Monday afternoon. Laurens De Plus, who wore the white jersey of the combined classification, retained his fourth place in the overall standings and was rewarded with the best young rider prize.
“The goal was to control the stage and win it with Elia, and having accomplished that makes up happy. We are having a great start to the Vuelta a España, I feel good and I’m now curious to see how my legs will respond in the high mountains”, said Laurens ahead of stage four, which will finish on the 12.4km-long climb of Sierra de la Alfaguara.
Stage
1 Elia Viviani Quick-Step Floors
2 Giacomo Nizzolo Trek – Segafredo
3 Peter Sagan BORA – hansgrohe
4 Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis
12 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team
13 Michał Kwiatkowski Team Sky
63 Simon Yates Mitchelton-Scott
82 Tao Geoghegan Hart Team Sky
137 Adam Yates Mitchelton-Scott
138 Dan Martin UAE-Team Emirates
168 Steve Cummings Team Dimension Data
Overall
1 Michał Kwiatkowski Team Sky 09:10:52
2 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team 00:14
3 Wilco Kelderman Team Sunweb 00:25
4 Laurens De Plus Quick-Step Floors 00:28
5 Ion Izagirre Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team 00:30
6 Fabio Felline Trek – Segafredo ,,
7 Emanuel Buchmann BORA – hansgrohe 00:32
8 Tony Gallopin AG2R La Mondiale 00:33
9 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team ,,
10 Bauke Mollema Trek – Segafredo 00:35
11 Steven Kruijswijk Team LottoNL-Jumbo 00:37
12 Simon Yates Mitchelton-Scott ,,
13 Enric Mas Quick-Step Floors 00:42
14 Rafał Majka BORA – hansgrohe ,,
15 Dries Devenyns Quick-Step Floors 00:43
16 Thibaut Pinot Groupama – FDJ ,,
17 George Bennett Team LottoNL-Jumbo 00:45
18 Fabio Aru UAE-Team Emirates 00:47
19 Rigoberto Urán Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 00:48
20 Rudy Molard Groupama – FDJ ,,
21 Pello Bilbao Astana Pro Team 00:49
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