Ferguson wins stage three to claim overall lead
The 19-year-old Briton, riding for Movistar, launched her attack with 150m remaining and held off compatriot Josie Nelson and New Zealand's Ally Wollaston to the line.
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Ferguson moved into the overall lead because of the time bonus attributed to winning the stage, with FDJ-Suez's Wollaston three seconds behind.
Denmark's Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, of Canyon Sram-Zondacrypto, launched the initial attack on the final climb with 25km to go, with Ferguson and Team Picnic-PostNL's Nelson for company.
Karlijn Swinkels and Eleonora Gasparrini of UAE Team ADQ and Wollaston bridged the gap before Ludwig fell away with a mechanical problem to leave a runaway group of five.
Ferguson then made her move in the closing stages to claim a first World Tour stage victory.
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"I'm over the moon. This was one of the races I was most excited to do this season, and I really wanted to come here in good form and show Britain how good I can be. I think I proved that today," she said.
"It's really emotional. It's so lovely to have my family here, and it really is a team win, the team really supported me, and I feel so lucky to have them.
"We worked well together and I knew that if I positioned myself well into that final corner, I could probably win the sprint."
The fourth and final stage takes place in Glasgow on Sunday.
Stage three results
Cat Ferguson (GB/Movistar Team) 3hrs 42mins 37secs
Josie Nelson (GB/Team Picnic-PostNL) Same time
Ally Wollaston (NZ/FDJ-Suez) Same time
Karlijn Swinkels (Ned/UAE-Team ADQ) Same time
Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita/UAE-Team ADQ) +03secs
Millie Couzens (GB) +38secs
Quinty Ton (Ned/Liv AlUla-Jayco) Same time
Imogen Wolff (GB/Visma-Lease a Bike) Same time
Sarah Van Dam (Can/Ceratizit) Same time
Charlotte Kool (Ned/Team Picnic-PostNL) Same time
General classification after stage three
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