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Equipo Kern Pharma and Euskaltel-Euskadi are proving their worth as wildcard picks for this year’s Vuelta, making up the entirety of both breakaways so far.
There’s quite a few uncategorised climbs coming up.
The Spanish duo have stretched out their advantage to just under a minute.
It’s not taken long for the first attacks and we’ve got a sense of déjà vu.
Wout van Aert has gone for the full get-up today, red jersey and bibshorts.
The flag is dropped and we’re underway for stage three!
Max Poole (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) is just receiving some attention at the team car, so we might be waiting a few minutes for the flag drop.
A brief update on the classification leaders ahead of stage three:
It seems as though there are no non-starters this morning. Only Dylan van Baarle (Visma Lease-a-Bike) has been forced to leave the race early so far.
The teams are going through the sign-on process here in Lousã. Just 15 minutes before the flag is dropped.
Catch up with yesterday’s stage here:
The Vuelta got underway on Saturday with a short and blustery time trial in Lisbon. Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) was the winner, earning the honour of wearing the leader’s red jersey.
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