{"id":12422,"date":"2025-03-27T17:45:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/volta-a-catalunya-2025-juan-ayuso-wins-stage-three-to-move-into-race-lead\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T17:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:45:48","slug":"volta-a-catalunya-2025-juan-ayuso-wins-stage-three-to-move-into-race-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/volta-a-catalunya-2025-juan-ayuso-wins-stage-three-to-move-into-race-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Volta a Catalunya 2025: Juan Ayuso wins stage three to move into race lead"},"content":{"rendered":"


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UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s Juan Ayuso leads the Volta a Catalunya after emerging victorious in a photo finish on stage three.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Spaniard took the first major mountain stage by the width of a tyre ahead of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Primoz Roglic after the two pre-race favourites had burst clear of the peloton as the finish line approached.<\/p>\n

Ayuso now holds a six-second lead over his Slovenian rival in the general classification with four stages remaining.<\/p>\n

Spanish Soudal-QuickStep rider Mikel Landa, third on stage three and general classification, is a further five seconds back.<\/p>\n

While the first two stages favoured the sprinters, with Brits Matthew Brennan and Ethan Vernon winning a stage each, the 218.6km ride from Viladecans to La Molina was one for the climbers.<\/p>\n

Thursday’s stage four keeps the riders in the mountains, starting in Sant Vicenc de Castellet and covering 188.7km with a gruelling summit finish in Montserrat Mil\u00b7lenari.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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