Mireia Benito spends tough day on solo ride at Vuelta Femenina

Going into stage 3 of La Vuelta Femenina, Mireia Benito (AG Insurance-Soudal) had not planned to spend more than three hours on her own at the front of the race. But when she came off the first descent of the day, she was alone and just kept going, only being caught by the peloton with 7.5km to go.

“The first tricky downhill was really wet and slippery, and when I was down, it was just myself. I thought that maybe someone else will join me after a few kilometres, but unfortunately, I was alone the whole day, that made it a really tough stage,” Benito said.