Marta Romeu (Laboral Kutxa Fundación Euskadi) won stage 3 at Vuelta Ciclista Andalucía Ruta del Sol.
The Spanish rider made a late-race attack and then hung on to secure a solo win by a slim one-second margin ahead of overall race leader Tamara Dronova-Balabolina (Israel Premier Tech Roland) and four seconds ahead of Katrine Aalerud (Movistar Team) on the uphill finish in Álora.
Dronova-Balabolina, who won the first two stages, maintained her lead in the overall classification heading into the penultimate stage 4 from Pizarra to Mijas. She is now 37 seconds ahead of Aalerud and 46 seconds ahead of Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team). How it unfolded
The third stage of the Vuelta Ciclista Andalucía Ruta Del Sol was a 134km race from Nerja to Álora.
It was another hilly route that included three main climbs over the Alto de Colmenar (18km at 2.8% with the last 6.1km at 5%), Alto de Joya (3.6km at 5%) and Alto de Los Nogales (2.9km at 6.8%), followed by a long descent into Álora where there was a short uphill rise to the finish line.
Jessenia Meneses (Colombia Pacto Por El Deporte-GW Shimano) took full points over the top of the first climb, Alto de Colmenar, ahead of Elizabeth Stannard (Israel Premier Tech Roland) and teammate Dronova-Balabolina. Meneses’ efforts pushed her up into the lead of the mountains classification.
A split in the peloton resulted in a front group gaining roughly 30 seconds on the chasing second group as the race entered 50km to […]
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