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UAE Team Emirates-XRG’s Juan Ayuso leads the Volta a Catalunya after emerging victorious in a photo finish on stage three.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Spaniard took the first major mountain stage by the width of a tyre ahead of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Primoz Roglic after the two pre-race favourites had burst clear of the peloton as the finish line approached.<\/p>\n
Ayuso now holds a six-second lead over his Slovenian rival in the general classification with four stages remaining.<\/p>\n
Spanish Soudal-QuickStep rider Mikel Landa, third on stage three and general classification, is a further five seconds back.<\/p>\n
While the first two stages favoured the sprinters, with Brits Matthew Brennan and Ethan Vernon winning a stage each, the 218.6km ride from Viladecans to La Molina was one for the climbers.<\/p>\n
Thursday’s stage four keeps the riders in the mountains, starting in Sant Vicenc de Castellet and covering 188.7km with a gruelling summit finish in Montserrat Mil\u00b7lenari.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n