Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) sprinted to his third stage win of this year’s Vuelta a España on Wednesday, completing a hat-trick of victories on stage 17.
The Australian, wearing the green jersey after Wout van Aert’s (Visma-Lease a Bike) race abandon, powered beyond Pavel Bittner (dsm-firmenich PostNL) in a wet finale in Santander. Defeated, the Czech rider sat up before the line, leaving Groves to celebrate with his arms outstretched.