Peter Sagan, Tinkoff-Saxo, wins the 3th. Stage of the Spanish Tour

USPA NEWS - The first opportunity for the sprinters in the Tour of Spain ended with the triumph of Peter Sagan, Tinkoff-Saxo, in Malaga. Slovak said the phenomenal work of his team in the third stage of the Spanish race, winning in a beautiful sprint.

In the sprint, the Cofidis rider Nacer Bouhanni stayed close to glory after a fall that made his teammates work hard in the final part of the stage. The day began with the script itself these sessions. A leak of eight riders animated the stage from the 5km race. First Sylvain Chavanel (IAM Cycling), Martin Velits (Etixx-Quick Step), Walter Pedraza (Team Colombia) and Maarten Tjallingii (LottoNL-Jumbo) and then Omar Fraile (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Ilia Koshevoy (Lampre-Merida), Alexis Gougeard (Ag2r-La Mondiale) and Natnael Berhane (MTN-QHUBEKA) abandon the discipline of the platoon to form the group remain on the run until the end of the stage.

Tjallingii and Gougeard resisted a pulse until the 146 kilometer of the stage. Fraile happened in the first place Puerto del Leon (1st category), thus achieving the white jersey for the mountain blue dots. Another of the big names of the day was Italian Paolo Tiralongo (Astana), who decided to exit in Mijas despite injuries sustained the previous day in the fall near Alora. However, the veteran transalpine corridor would have no choice but to get off the bike at kilometer 42 of stage. Fabian Cancellara (Trek), affected by stomach problems, also left the race.

The race will westbound Tuesday, starting from Estepona and ending in Vejer de la Frontera. A tour climbs but without a rise near goal that could surprise the candidates to victory in this edition of the Tour of Spain. Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) will look for a second day the leader's red jersey. Chaves retains the red jersey ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Giant - Alpecin) and Nicolas Roche (Team Sky).