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Volta Valenciana 2023: Simone Velasco wins from the breakaway on stage three

Volta Valenciana 2023: Simone Velasco wins from the breakaway on stage three

Simone Velasco (Astana Qazaqstan) won stage three of the Volta Valenciana after outsprinting his rivals in the remnants of the day’s breakaway. 

For the entire five plus kilometres, the breakaway’s demise seemed inevitable with a rampaging Matej Mohorič on the front of the peloton with his Bahrain Victorious teammates looking to set up Fred Wright.

In the end, hesitation amongst the main field meant they were unable to get back on terms allowing the leaders to fight it out as the race flew into its final kilometre.

Velasco then had enough gas left in the tank to enable him to outsprint Bob Jungels and Jonas Wilsly (Uno-X). 

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