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Iván Romeo secured his first professional victory racing for Movistar with a solo win on stage 3 at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.
The under-23 time trial World Champion made a late-race attack inside the 16km to go and started the final 1.2km climb to the finish with a 27-second advantage on a reduced field, crossing the finish line with the win in Alpuente.
Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorious) finished second place and João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) taking third place, both at 10 seconds behind the stage winner.
Almeida moved into the overall race lead after securing valuable time bonuses atop the final ascent of the day, El Remedio. He is now two seconds ahead of runner-up Buitrago as the race heads into stage 4 from Oropesa del Mar to Portell de Morellaon Saturday.
How it unfolded
The third day of racing at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was a 180km race from Algemesí to Alpuente. The peloton tackled three ascents at Alto de Alcublas, Peñas de Dios and Romedio before an undulating 20km to the finish, where a 1km steep final climb awaited.
An early breakaway of six riders emerged that included Francisco Muñoz (Polti VisitMalta), Matteo Scalco (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè), Unai Iribar (Equipo Kern Pharma), Walter…
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