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Ireland’s Sam Bennett made it back-to-back stage wins in the 2022 Vuelta a Espana with victory in Sunday’s third stage.<\/span><\/p>\n The Bora-Hansgrohe rider made his move in a sprint finish to beat Mads Pedersen for the second day in a row, with Britain’s Dan McLay third.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Jumbo-Visma rider Edoardo Affini took the leader’s red jersey from team-mate Mike Teunissen.<\/span><\/p>\n The 193.2km stage started and finished in the Dutch city of Breda.<\/span><\/p>\n It is the last of the three stages to be held in the Netherlands, before the race moves to Spain on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n Bennett paid tribute to the efforts of his team-mate Danny van Poppel who guided him to the line.<\/span><\/p>\n “It was quite hard because a lot of people were fighting for our wheel,” said Bennett, who leads the green jersey race on 117 points to Pedersen’s 80.<\/span><\/p>\n “It was just the natural flow that people went up the side and squeezed me off, so there were a few tough moments to hold Danny’s wheel. It was a hard fight.”<\/span><\/p>\n Sunday’s stage was largely uneventful except for a crash for general classification favourite Richard Carapaz with around 18km to go. The Olympic road race champion was brought back to the peloton by his team-mates.<\/span><\/p>\n Stage three result<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.<\/strong> Sam Bennett (Ire\/Bora-Hansgrohe) 4hrs 5mins 53secs<\/span><\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> Mads Pedersen (Den\/Trek-Segafredo) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> Daniel McLay (GB\/Team Arkea-Samsic) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>Bryan Coquard (Fra\/Cofidis) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> Fabian Lienhard (Sui\/Groupama-FDJ) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 6.<\/strong> Tim Merlier (Bel\/Alpecin-Deceuninck) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 7.<\/strong> Kaden Groves (Aus\/Team BikeExchange-Jayco) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 8. <\/strong>Cedric Beullens (Bel\/Lotto-Soudal) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 9.<\/strong> Pascal Ackermann (Ger\/UAE Team Emirates) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 10.<\/strong> Danny van Poppel (Ned\/Bora-Hansgrohe) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n Overall standings <\/strong><\/p>\n Overall leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.<\/strong> Edoardo Affini (Ita\/Jumbo-Visma) 8hrs 20mins 07secs<\/span><\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> Sam Oomen (Ned\/Jumbo-Visma) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> Primoz Roglic (Slo\/Jumbo-Visma) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> Sepp Kuss (US\/Jumbo-Visma) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> Mike Teunissen (Ned\/Jumbo-Visma) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 6.<\/strong> Robert Gesink (Ned\/Jumbo-Visma) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 7.<\/strong> Ethan Hayter (GB\/Ineos) +13secs<\/span><\/p>\n 8.<\/strong> Richard Carapaz (Ecu\/Ineos) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n