CERES, Italy :Frenchman David Gaudu of team Groupama-FDJ outwitted his rivals on the late hairpin turns to win stage three of the Vuelta a Espana on Monday, as Jonas Vingegaard came third to retain the overall lead.
Gaudu, who was third on Sunday, finished ahead of Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) to climb to second place in the general classification, 14 seconds behind Denmark’s Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike).
Pedersen’s teammate Giulio Ciccone finished fourth and was third overall at the end of the first medium-mountain stage of the race, a 139km ride from San Maurizio Canavese to Ceres in Italy.
Jorge Arcas (Movistar) and Axel Zingle (Visma-Lease a Bike) did not start the stage after crashing in wet conditions on Sunday.
