Despite being arguably the flattest road stage of the Vuelta Femenina, stage 3 was anything but a relaxed affair. From the moment the race turned into a tail-crosswind 90 km from the finish, the pace was relentless and the peloton shattered, costing some pre-race favourites a hope of landing a top result.
Movistar, SD Worx, Jumbo-Visma, DSM and Canyon-SRAM worked hard to benefit from the echelon action and improved their GC positions while other teams suffered setbacks in their GC bids. Gaia Realini (Trek-Segafredo) in particular saw her hopes of an overall podium fly away as the lightweight climber lost almost three minutes.
