La Vuelta: Gaudu gets his kick

 

David Gaudu (Groupama FDJ) performed a massive kick outwitted his rivals on the last hairpin turn to win stage three of the Vuelta a Espana, as Jonas Vingegaard came third to retain the overall lead. Gaudu, who was third on Sunday, finished ahead of Mads Pedersen (Lidl Trek) to move up to second overall, 14 seconds behind Vingegaard. 

"I was thinking in the bus this morning it was more for Pedersen, but teammate Stefan Kung said to me I have a punch and I can win today. When I saw Pedersen launching the sprint... I disconnected totally on the last corner and pushed all my limits to the finish line. I'm very happy. I'm very, very proud to win for me, for the team. This is, I think, the best start to the Vuelta we could get."

-David Gaudu

Maintaining the lead... for now