Alejandro Valverde (Team Movistar) wins stage three Volta Catalunya, Spain.

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde climbed to victory in the third stage of the Volta a Catalunya, besting (Quick-Step Floors') Dan Martin in the closing metres of La Molina.

 The Spaniard brought no shortage of motivation into the mountaintop finale after UCI commissaires penalised his entire Movistar team by one minute for the José Joaquin Rojas pushing incident in the stage 2 team time trial. The penalty denied Movistar the stage victory and also wiped out the advantage Valverde had gained over many of his top rivals with the team's performance against the clock, but Valverde clawed back some time at the La Molina summit. Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing), who finished three seconds behind Valverde and Martin with several other general classification contenders, sits atop the GC after stage three.

Top Ten Generall classifications

Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 10:24:33,  
2 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:00:41,
3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:44,
 4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:45,   5 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:49,
 6 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:10,
7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:13,
 8 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:01:18,
 9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:25 ,
10 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo