Dan Martin has taken a fantastic win on La Vuelta, claiming stage 3 in brilliant style when he simply overpowered some of the best riders in the world.
After making the select group for the third day in a row,
Martin opened his uphill sprint a long way from the line but held on to win.
While Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) and race leader
Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma) scrambled onto the back wheel of the Irishman they
were unable to get around him.
Indeed, as he has done so often when taking the really big wins in his career; Martin reached for the afterburners in the uphill sprint and had the stamina and power to keep it going all the way to the line.
He claimed the victory on the stage from Lodosa to La
Laguan Negra Vunuesa ahead of Roglic in 2nd place and Carapaz in 3rd.
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It means he takes over at the head of the points
classification and also stays in 2nd place overall, though his win
bonus today means he has reduced Roglic’s lead to just five seconds.
Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) has looked in fantastic form in the last two days, finishing 3rd on both stage 1 and stage 2 and he stepped up today to take what was a fantastic victory and his first win since the Tour de France in 2018.
More to come.
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