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Volta a Catalunya 2019 – stage three results and standings: Adam Yates takes summit victory but Thomas De Gendt keeps overall lead
dam Yates of Mitchelton-Scott prevailed in a small group sprint at Vallter 2000 to take stage three of the Volta a Catalunya.
After a largely tactical 11km ascent, UAE Team Emirates' Dan Martin led the final sprint with 200 metres left, but Yates' power told in the end, as Egan Bernal (Team Sky) took second and Martin hung on for third.
Lotto Soudal's Thomas De Gendt - winner of the opening stage - began the day with a healthy lead in the general classification and, despite losing touch on the final climb, kept a 27-second overall advantage.
"Tomorrow we've got another tough stage, another possibility for a stage win," Yates said afterwards. "We'll wait and see but so far, so good. The team did a brilliant job today looking after me, but more of the same tomorrow hopefully."
The Volta a Catalunya continues on Thursday with the 150.5km fourth stage from Llanars to La Molina and concludes on Sunday in Barcelona.
