Spanish road champion Iván Romeo gave Movistar their second victory in as many days on stage 3 of O Gran Camiño, attacking away solo with 11km to go after sparking attacks that split the race up on the only categorised climb of the day.

Roméo launched his first attack on the shallow but lengthy Alto Pico Muralla climb with 42km to go, which drew out several of the top climbers and eventually led to a group of six riders breaking away over the top of the ascent.

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Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), George Bennett (NSN) and Jørgen Nordhagen (Visma-Lease a Bike) tried to chase. However, the Kiwi sat on the back with his teammate ahead, and the other two struggled to match the power of Roméo on the flatter terrain.

As he approached the final 11km, Roméo got into his aero position and put the power down to drop his two companions, which he did with apparent ease, before storming away solo to win the third stage by 15 seconds from Pinarello.

Roméo started the day 1:14 down, due to the puncture and bike change that ruined his opening stage time trial effort when he was fighting for the win. This stage victory has put him back into the overall race, 27 seconds down, ahead of the two key GC days on stages 4 and 5.