Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) won stage 3 of the Vuelta a Burgos Féminas, beating Mireia Benito (AG Insurance-Soudal) in a sprint of two riders after an exciting final around Medina de Pomar. Bredewold's teammate Lorena Wiebes completed the podium for what is the 400th victory of the team's history.
Benito had attacked 27km from the finish and quickly got a gap of 1:24 At the top of the Alto de Bocos with 14km to go, Benito was still 40 seconds up on a select group that had formed on the climb.
Bredewold attacked from that group, taking Amanda Spratt (Lidl-Trek) and Silke Smulders (Liv AlUla Jayco) with her on the chase and steadily getting closer to Benito. When the gap was down to 12 seconds, Bredewold attacked again to chase down Benito on her own, reaching the Spaniard with six kilometres to go.
Benito continued to take turns with Bredewold to keep the other chasers behind, but Bredewold easily won the sprint. Having caught Spratt and Smulders on the finishing straight, Wiebes clinched the sprint of a chase group of 14 riders for third place.
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