Tour of Spain Stage 3: Petra > Totana, 163kms

Andrew Talansky's day starts with an unwanted flat tyre...

Nicholas Vogondy's day hasn't started much better...

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Stuart O'Grady has been left a bit flat as well...

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A five-man escape is being led by Markel Irizar, they quickly gain seven minutes...

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Tom Boonen appears to have few worries in this world...

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Daniele Bennati looks as hot as his red jersey on a small climb...

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Chris Sutton's all-green colour scheme has almost worked, almost...

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Paslo Lastras pulls at the front of the escape - he doesn't know it yet but his day will have a great ending..!

Taylor Phinney is feeling the heat - him and 196 others..!

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Bradley Wiggins needs cooling down as well...

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Stuart O'Grady looks at his best as he tows the peloton up the penultimate hill of the day - but there's quite a gap still to close...

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Mark Cavendish has been dropped on this climb - this is going to be a very tough Vuelta for the Manxman...

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Yuri Trofimov has crashed with another rider as the peloton continues its chasing...

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Christophe Le Mevel is the other rider - he looks pretty banged-up...

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Sepp Van Marcke has ridden back to help his teamate - Le Mevel will make it back to the peloton...

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Pydgornyy leads the escape on to the last climb - they still have three minutes with 20-kilometres to go...

Team Sky is leading the chase now, with Lovkvist ahead of Wiggins and Froome - up ahead Lastras has attacked from the escape...

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Pablo Lastras wins stage three into Totana..!

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Pablo Lastras is also the new race-leader of the Vuelta - and he might be there for some time as well..!

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