Extended Highlights - Stage 3 - La Vuelta 2023 - Vídeo Dailymotion

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The mountains appear and the protagonists have set out their stalls. It was a good fight from the breakaway, but was not meant to be.  WEB: https://www.lavuelta.es/es/    TWITTER: https://twitter.com/lavuelta/    FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/lavuelta    INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/lavuelta/    TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@lavuelta    TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/la_vuelta    APP: https://www.lavuelta.es/es/applications-moviles    PODCAST: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-vuelta-podcast-oficial_sq_f11080118_1.html                 Unipublic S.A.U.

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00:04 The first major climbs of La Vuelta 2023

00:07 and heading north towards Andorra

00:09 for a finale at Altitude.

00:11 The weather hopefully would play nice on stage three.

00:14 For the defense of his title, Remco Evenpoel, well prepared.

00:18 I was in Andorra for Altitude camp,

00:19 and I knew there was a stage passing in Andorra.

00:22 So it was a good thing to just do a quick recon of it.

00:25 And I think it's not the most important stage of the Vuelta,

00:29 but it can be an important stage.

00:31 So we just have to be attentive and try to not lose any time.

00:35 At Jumbo Visma, a difficult start for Primoz Roglic.

00:38 He may have tumbled, but that won't

00:39 shake Sepp Kuss' confidence.

00:42 Firstly, it suits Primoz really well.

00:44 It could be pretty explosive.

00:45 We have to see what the rivals do.

00:47 And yeah, it could also go to the breakaway today.

00:50 It's still so early in the race for a summit finish,

00:53 so a lot can happen.

00:55 A chance to shine for the climbers targeting stages

00:58 rather than the GC, like Jay Vine.

01:01 Two stage wins last year, even beating Evenpoel

01:04 to stage six success.

01:05 The Australian knows this finish intimately.

01:08 I mean, I do this climb maybe two or three times a week,

01:11 so I know it pretty well.

01:13 Yeah, really looking forward to it.

01:15 Would have been nice if it was 30 degrees like it was last week,

01:19 but it's still glad the sun's out here, isn't it?

01:24 Lennart Kamna returns after his first and only Vuelta

01:27 appearance six years on.

01:28 The German has won on the Giro and the Tour.

01:31 Time to add a Vuelta to his palmarès.

01:34 I'm here.

01:35 Yeah, I try to go for breaks, go for a stage hunt,

01:37 but I also try to support Alex and Kian as good as possible.

01:42 So it's kind of a mixed approach this year.

01:47 A departure from Catalunya on 158.5 kilometer ride

01:51 into Andorra.

01:52 To category one peaks, the climax at Arensal Ski Resort,

01:56 the first of nine summit finishes this edition.

01:59 The perfect setting for the favorites

02:00 to make an early statement.

02:02 And for the first time, ideal weather conditions.

02:09 60 kilometers in and the first move, a group of 11 escaping,

02:13 building up a healthy five minute gap,

02:16 with the peloton little by little taking control.

02:19 The man keeping the chasing pack alert, Damiano Caruso.

02:23 The Italian twice inside the top four of his home Grand Tour,

02:26 the Bahrain victorious rider, the provisional Vuelta leader.

02:31 Leonard Kamna, as good as his pre-race word,

02:33 the Bora-Hansgrove man among the talented climbers.

02:36 Of them, only Caruso two years ago and Pierre Latour in 2016

02:40 had toasted stage honors at La Vuelta a España.

02:43 Andrea Vendram in a green state of mind.

02:47 The Italian focused on intermediate sprint,

02:50 42 kilometers from the finish in the fight for the Maio Verde.

02:56 The peloton hitting an average of 43 kilometers per hour,

03:00 heading towards the climb of the Col d'Ordino.

03:04 Jostling for position, Soudal Quick-Steps, Remco Evenpoel,

03:07 Jumbo-Visma's duo Roglic and Winnegaard,

03:10 and Gert Thomas of Ineos.

03:13 Inside 80 kilometers to go, the gap, four minutes, 30.

03:17 (CROWD CHEERING)

03:19 His reign in red likely to be abdicated,

03:29 but Andrea Piccolo, a proud Maio Rojo,

03:32 EF Education Easy post showing little interest in the break.

03:36 The 22-year-old wasn't giving it up without a fight.

03:39 It's an amazing feeling. It's unbelievable.

03:44 It's an honour for us. It's at the T and at the jersey.

03:49 And we defend it today.

03:51 107 kilometers mark, and finally the peloton crossing into Andorra,

03:57 the biggest micro-state in Europe.

03:59 The principality a regular guest on La Vuelta,

04:02 a destination in five of the last ten editions.

04:06 And first up, the intermediate sprint.

04:09 Vendram first over the line for 20 points.

04:12 The Italian grabbing the green jersey to achieve the clear objective

04:15 set by his AG2R Citroën team.

04:18 No surprise then that Vendram,

04:22 the first to fall away at the foot of the first ascent of the day.

04:26 Pierre Latour next to suffer as the gradient began to burn the lengths.

04:32 The gap tumbled to inside two minutes as the escapades reached

04:35 the first major climb, the Col d'Ordino.

04:41 Down to a leading trio, Eduardo Sepobeda,

04:44 joined by Caruso and Kamna.

04:46 Down the road, opening day winners DSM regained control of the peloton

04:50 and their French star tried to break free.

04:53 Here goes another move from Team DSM Fermanich.

04:58 And Team DSM Fermanich, they're wanting to try and take today's stage.

05:02 One minute and 39 seconds to the three riders in the breakaway.

05:06 Bardet is stretching and striking for the stage victory here.

05:11 Two bites at the cherry, but without support, weighed down like a stone

05:15 as the peloton refused Bardet's advance.

05:18 But action at the head of the race too.

05:20 You can see now, attack from Caruso at the front.

05:26 Obviously feels like he had the strongest legs in that breakaway.

05:31 He's going for the king of the mountain points and those bonus seconds.

05:36 Sepobeda catches Caruso and he goes over the top of the Col d'Ordino.

05:41 He takes the maximum points on that first categorized climb.

05:44 Sepobeda, provisionally the king of the mountain,

05:48 and is left behind on the descent by Caruso, followed by Kamna.

05:52 That saw the gap stretch.

05:54 The 32 year old polka dot wannabe left stuck in the middle.

05:57 Caruso and Kamna heading for the final climb together,

06:01 yet failing to work as a pair.

06:04 At the same time, the peloton ready to reel them in,

06:07 as well as test each other's early welter legs.

06:11 That, coupled with a break led by Jay Vine, meant the leading duo's gap

06:15 wasn't going to hold up.

06:17 The Aussie taking the reins for UAE.

06:20 And that brought Jumbo Visma to life through super domestique Sepp Kuss.

06:26 The breakaway officially over.

06:29 The fight between Evenpol Ayuso, Vinograd and Roglic.

06:33 Spanish hopes resting with Enric Mas in March Soler,

06:36 but who would have the knockout blow to win on this first mountain stage?

06:40 Remco Evenepol, who spent time in Andorra here at altitude

06:45 in preparation for his defense of the Vuelta.

06:48 And here goes the Belgian champion and the former world champion.

06:51 He goes in defense of this title here in the Vuelta a España,

06:55 and he wants to go early.

06:57 He starts to open up.

06:58 He wants the prime position going into the final 150 meters,

07:02 and he's being tracked by Jonas Vingegaard, the two time winner of the Tour de France.

07:06 Remco Evenepol, he's going for first blood.

07:09 He wants to try and take the first mountain stage here at the Vuelta a España

07:13 with number one on his back.

07:15 His arms are locked.

07:16 The Belgian champion crosses the line here at the Arenal.

07:19 Remco Evenepol showing the patience and power to blow the competition

07:25 out the water.

07:26 An abrupt crash after the finish, leaving a bloodied Belgian champion,

07:29 but not ruining his day back in red.

07:32 It's a very beautiful victory here in Andorra on high altitude,

07:44 so it shows that my preparation was good

07:47 and that I'm ready for the next three weeks.

07:50 Remco has been Mr.

07:53 Angry, but the Belgian Hulk used it to create a brilliant summit finish.

07:57 Jonas Vingegaard on his tail, but couldn't hang on.

07:59 And that sees the defending champion jump 18 places back into Rojo.

08:08 The Belgian with 31 seconds on the Great Dane, Roglic, Almeida,

08:12 and J. Vine within a minute.

08:14 Ben Dram did his work early to enjoy his moment in green.

08:23 12 point cushion for the 29 year old ahead of stage two winner, Andreas Kroon.

08:28 Victory rubber stamped Evenepol's dominance of the jersey presentations.

08:37 Level with Argentine Superbeta with a quartet four points back.

08:43 And as if to underline the already realized potential,

08:50 Remco just 23 years old and therefore in white.

08:54 An explosive finale, another expected tomorrow

08:59 with the ride to Tarragona tomorrow.

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