It's been an up and down day for Alex Aranburu (Cofidis). After crossing the line solo to win stage 3 of the Itzulia, he celebrated his accomplishment but before he could get to the podium ceremony, he learned that France's Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) was declared the winner of stage 3 with the jury deeming Aranburu went the incorrect way around a roundabout, getting an unfair advantage.
Television footage released after the disqualification showed Aranburu clearly going off course at a point around 800 metres from the line, where the race route was not fully barriered, to head on a right-hand direction, also shorter, round the roundabout.
