Stephen Cummings (Dimension Data) made a surprise attack inside the final kilometre to take the stage 3 victory at Pais Vasco. The Briton crossed the line just ahead of the sprint won by Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) in second and Fabio Feline (Trek-Segafredo) in third.
Mikel Landa (Team Sky) continues to lead the overall classification by one second ahead of Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL-Jumbo) and five seconds to Sergio Henao (Team Sky).
Stage 3 at Pais Vasco brought the peloton another tough day in the mountains. The 193.5km race began in Vitoria-Gasteiz with a relatively flat jaunt to the mid-point of the race.
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The riders contested two back-to-back climbs over Alto de Uitzi (Cat 3) and Alto de Usagieta (Cat 2), before descending to the next series of three climbs over Alto de Aritxulegi (Cat 2), Alto de Agina (Cat 2) and finally Alto de la Piedad (Cat 3).
A decisive breakaway formed that included Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale), Sam Oomen (Giant-Alpecin), Jose Goncalves (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Daniel Teklehaimanot (Dimension Data) and Stefan Denfil (IAM Cycling), who was in the day’s break the previous day.
The five men approached the last three climbs with a lead of one minute, but that continued to drop as they hit the first steep pitch on Aldo de Aritxulegi. Denfil pushed the pace slightly in pursuit of additional KOM points at the top, and only Oomen could follow.
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