On only his third day as a stagiaire for AG2R Citroën, Bastien Tronchon took a surprise victory on stage 3 of the Vuelta a Burgos in Villarcayo. The 20-year-old outsprinted Pavel Sivakov (Ineos Grenadiers) after surviving from the early breakaway over the harsh ascent of the Picón Blanco.
Tronchon, who hadn’t taken part in a professional race before heading to Burgos, followed the GC-motivated Sivakov to the finish. After sticking to Sivakov’s wheel on the final climbs of the day, Tronchon waited to hit the wind until the final metres of the 156km stage to grab a famous debut victory.
Meanwhile, Sivakov, who attacked 40km out on the Picón Blanco, ascended to the race lead as he and Tronchon crossed the line 28 seconds up on the peloton. Alejandro Valverde led the peloton home for third place, his Movistar team having failed to contribute to the chase behind the two leaders.
Sivakov now leads the race overall by 23 seconds from former leader Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious), while Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education-EasyPost), Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers), and Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) are next in line a further three seconds down.
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