Romeo wins Dauphine stage three to take yellow jersey
Ivan Romeo rode solo to victory on stage three of the Criterium du Dauphine to claim the yellow leader's jersey.
The Movistar rider made a couple of attacks before going clear of a group of 10 riders with about 6km left in the 202.8km route from Brioude.
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Mathieu van der Poel led the chase group, but they had left it too late and Romeo crossed the line first in Charantonnay, near Lyon, some 14 seconds ahead of Harold Tejada, Louis Barre and Florian Lipowitz.
That gave the the 21-year-old Spaniard his second senior professional win and meant he claimed the overall lead from Lidl-Trek's Jonathan Milan, who won stage two.
"I don't believe it," said Romeo. "It was one of the toughest days of my life so far.
"The breakaway, it was so hard to get into it, and I wasn't feeling really good, so I waited to the last moment.
"I know in this kind of flat finish in a small break, I have good instinct, and that if they give me some seconds I can make it.
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"I had this stage on my mind for a month. We've been doing altitude [training] at Sierra Nevada, working super hard with all the team, and they gave me this chance at the beginning of the week."
Romeo was the under-23 time trial champion at last year's World Championships and Tuesday's success means he has a 17-second lead in the Dauphine's general classification standings heading into the time trial.
Reigning Tour de France and Giro d'Italia champion Tadej Pogacar is just over a minute back in ninth and will aim to close the gap as the eight-stage race heads into the mountains on Friday.
Stage three results
Ivan Romeo (Spa/Movistar) 4hrs 34mins 10secs
Harold Tejada (Col/XDS Astana) +14secs
Louis Barre (Fra/Intermarche-Wanty) Same time
Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe)
Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Deceuninck) +27secs
Axel Laurance (Fra/Ineos Grenadiers) Same time
Brieuc Rolland (Fra/Groupama-FDJ)
Julien Bernard (Fra/Lidl-Trek)
Andreas Leknessund (Nor/Uno-X Mobility)
Eddie Dunbar (Irl/Jayco-AlUla)
General classification after stage three
Ivan Romeo (Spa/Movistar) 14hrs 9mins 1sec
Louis Barre (Fra/Intermarche-Wanty) +17secs
Harold Tejada (Col/XDS Astana) +18secs
Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) +24secs
Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Deceuninck) +29secs
Eddie Dunbar (Irl/Jayco-AlUla) +37secs
Brieuc Rolland (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) Same time
Andreas Leknessund (Nor/Uno-X Mobility)
Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +1min 6secs
Fred Wright (GB/Bahrain Victorious) +1min 12secs
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