As it happened: A surprise late solo move takes the win in stage 3 of the Vuelta Femenina

Kerbaol wins the stage with Lotte Kopecky second and Sarah Van Dam third.

Kerbaol does it, out-riding the sprinters, with Kopecky finishing second.

Alone inside the final few hundred metres for Kerbaol.

The chase is stretched out a real desperate pursuit, but the French rider could have this, she’s done it before.

Ef Education Oatly made their move, Cedrine Kerbaol attacking and getting a gap. She can do this.

Letizia Paternoster is being led out by her Liv-Alula-Jayco team mate as we bump along the cobbles.

The race has reformed and around 25 riders are together as we enter the final 3km.

Another attack from Visma, but we’re descending a wide road so it’s tough to make a difference. Mavi García leads. But not by a lot.

It looks like Kopecký and Kopecky are dropped, but Niewiadoma-Phinney is caught as another attacks goes, this time form Visma-Lease a Bike.

There are about 30 women in the leading group as Niewiadoma-Phinneyy attacks again.

Julia Kopecký lead for SD Worx now, can her namesake and team mate repay the Czech rider’s work?

Still Faulkner dangles off the front but no, she’s caught, SD Worx controlling on yet another little rise.

But FDJ have come to lend a hand and Faulkner is almost caught, though she’s not giving up.

Faulkner is still out front, with a handful of seconds, SD Worx are still doing the work. The undulating terrain suits the Olympic champion perfectly.

More riders are coming back now.
The final 6km are a roller coaster. Largely downhill, there are nine roundabouts, a short stretch of cobbles and a right turn at about 600m to go. From there it’s slightly uphill too!

And another attack, Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Oatly) attacks and gets a gap, Remember the Paris Olympics? Can she do that again?

Overall leader Franziska Koch (FDJ United-SUEZ) is dropped, though other group is coming back to the leaders, including Koch and Lotte Kopecky.

Amstel Gold Race winner, Paula Blasi (UAE Team ADQ) lifts the pace, but nothing’s sticking and a group of about 25 are at a the front.

More attacks from the leading group of about 12 riders, though riders are coming back.

Attack on the climb from Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-Sram-zondacrypoto) the Polish champion is really stretching things out here.

More riders dropped from the bunch as a furious pace is set on this climb. Wilson-Haffenden is one of them, slipping back after a tough day out and a great ride.

We’re on yet another one of the small climbs now, the one which may prove a good attacking point and Wilson-Haffenden is caught.

And Wilson-Haffenden makes it through the sprint, winning 6 bonus seconds, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) takes 4 and Koch 2 seconds.

The Australian rider should hang on for the sprint, though the peloton will be hot on her heels.

Just a handful of seconds now for Wilson-Haffenden as she approaches the intermediate sprint in Arteixo.

The pace in the bunch is such that some very decent riders have been dropped, the last descent and the ensuing climb causing some damage.

It’s not looking so good for Wilson-Haffenden now, her gap is down to only 1.20.

Now the bunch lifts the pace, the FDJ team of race leader, Franziska Koch on the front, reducing the gap to 1.41.
Whatever happens this is a great ride from Wilson-Haffenden.

Van Dam has done well in northern Spain before, taking 3rd overall at Itzulia Women after finishing second on the stage into San Sebastién last year.

We’re on another little climb now, and we’ll see the seas very soon, the race following the coast with the sea on their left.

Wilson-Haffenden is nailing it now, a former Junior time trial World Champion, she’s also the current Australian TT champ.

This is a great ride from Wilson-Haffenden. Vervloet is well and truly dropped now, while the Lidl-Trek rider has increased her lead to 2.15.

We’ve already climbed around 1300 of the 2000m on today’s stage, it’s lumpy from here on in, no big climbs, but six of them making life difficult.

An interesting change at the front of the peloton, with Liv-Alula-Jayco and Vini Fantini-Bepink leading the peloton alongside UAE Team ADQ.
The gap sits around the two minute mark.

There are a few climbs on the coast road. One in particular, with 15km to go, just after the intermediate sprint, could cause some issues, with short ramps of double digit gradients.
It’s a great place to attack, especially with that cross tail wind.

Much of the road to the coast is downhill, so the pace is high but Felicity Wilson-Haffenden (Lidl-Trek) and Sterre Vervloet (Lotto-Intermarché Ladies) are being reeled back in quickly now, their advantage is down to only 1.09.

The wind is just about what it was at the start, about 16km/h from the north west, so it’ll be a decent cross tail wind when they hit the coast, this may well bring some action.

We’re heading north now, towards the coast, reaching it 30km from the line. Then it’s basically east, along the coast.

Franziska Koch (FDJ United-SUEZ) is leading the race overall, though she’s yet to win stage, she was third on stage 1 and second on stage 2. What are the chances she keeps her red jersey with a win today?

With no classified climb on the route today, we do have an intermediate sprint, though it’s not until 16.7km to go.
The brakaway’s advantage continues to drop, it’s now only 2.35.

There are now two groups on the road, Wilson-Haffenden and Vervloet lead the peloton by 3.44, the race rolling at an average speed of about 36km/h.

Wilson-Haffenden started the day 5.20 down on GC, while Vervloet was at 19.56, neither is a threat to the overall lead, will the bunch let them fight for the stage, or will the sprinters want another battle?

The two groups have been up the road a while now and still they’re separated, though the gap is coming down and they’re almost together. Garau is now the overall leader of the Vuelta on the road.

It’s proving harder than they hoped for Gégu, Ragusa and Garau to reach the leading pair, they’ve slipped back very slightly.
Will they even get there?

The two groups are coming together now, it seems as though the leading pair are waiting for the chasers.

But Garau’s group are not gaining time at the same pace as Wilson-Haffenden and Vervolet who are 2.15 ahead, while Gégu, Ragusa and Garau are only 1.33 in front of the peloton.

Marina Garau is the best placed breakaway rider in the breakaway, trailing Koch’s overall lead by 2.13. She might well be the virtual leader on the road very soon.
Her Vini Fantini-Bepink team is the lowest ranked team in the race and the only third division, Continental squad.

Our race leader, Fransika Koch (FDJ United-SUEZ) and stage two winner Shari Bossuyt (AG Insurance-Soudal) before the roll out.

There’s little change in the weather from previous stages, with a maximum temperature forecast at around 15º, some rain and winds up to around 18km/h from the north-west. That could cause some issues in the bunch as we run along the coast later.

And we’re rolling for 4km of neutralised riding before the stage gets going proper.

Riders are already heading to the start, Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) doesn’t look too happy with the weather.

Today’s stage is another tough one, with more than 2,000m of vertical ascent. We roll out from the town of Padrón at 14:00 Spanish time, and finish in A Coruña 121.2km later.

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of stage three of the Vuelta España Femenina.