FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Giro d'Italia, Rome, Italy - May 27, 2018 Bora-Hansgrohe's Sam Bennett celebrates as he crosses the line after winning the final stage REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo
MADRID (Reuters) - Bora-Hansgrohe's Sam Bennett claimed a maiden Vuelta a Espana stage victory as he pipped rival Edward Theuns to the line in a sprint finish to win stage three of the race, a 188km flat ride from Ibi to Alicante.
The Irish national champion, who surged ahead of his fellow sprinters on the finishing straight, now has four Grand Tour stage victories and celebrated a famous double for Ireland after race leader Nicolas Roche retained the red jersey. He is the sixth Irishman to win a stage at the Vuelta and the first since Roche in 2015.
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