The sprinters run continued on stage 3 of Volta a Portugal with Leangel Linarez dodging a late crash to claim victory in the strung out sprint in Elvas.
The celebration of the victor was mirrored just behind, Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua teammate João Matias claiming second and also throwing his arms up in celebration at the team one-two delivered after 182.2km of racing from Beja. Tomas Contte (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé) was third for the second day running, with the nine stage event so far dominated by bunch battles, but that is set to soon change.
