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Rein Taaramae reins in others to win La Vuelta a Espana Stage 3

By Marisa Wikramanayake

Team Intermarche Wanty Gobert Mater's Estonian rider Rein Taaramae arrives at the finish line wins the 3rd stage of the 2021 La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain, a 202,8km race from Santo Domingo de Silos to Espinosa de los Monteros, on August 16, 2021. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP) (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA/AFP via Getty Images)
Team Intermarche Wanty Gobert Mater's Estonian rider Rein Taaramae arrives at the finish line wins the 3rd stage of the 2021 La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain, a 202,8km race from Santo Domingo de Silos to Espinosa de los Monteros, on August 16, 2021. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP) (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Rein Taaramae won his second-ever La Vuelta stage as he powered over the finish line on August 16 in 2021 La Vuelta a Espana’s Stage 3.

Rein Taaramae won 2021 La Vuelta a Espana Stage 3 on August 16, taking his second ever stage win in the event. He won his last stage in La Vuelta a Espana over a decade ago.

Riding for Team Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux, he also took the lead, moving away from the break on the Picon Blanco climb and giving himself a chance to wear the red jersey. He was part of the breakaway that formed fifteen minutes into the 202-kilometer-long stage.

He then moved away from the breakaway within the final three kilometers to take the lead.

Rein Taaramae takes first in 2021 La Vuelta a Espana overall standings

The finish put him in the lead in the overall general classification standings with 25 seconds over Team Trek-Segafredo’s Kenny Elissonde and Primoz Roglic in third place thirty seconds behind Elissonde.

Elissonde was third on the stage behind Joe Dombrowski from UAE Team Emirates.

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