Van Garderen takes Volta a Catalunya lead but loses Dennis
(Cyclingnews.com)

BMC Racing`s Tejay van Garderen took over the lead in the Volta a Catalunya on stage 3. The American held on to the tail end of the first chase group, finishing three seconds behind stage winner Alejandro Valverde. In 2015, van Garderen won the La Molina stage in this race, but couldn`t quite follow when Valverde attacked. `I felt quite good all day even if I didn`t have the punch to sprint with Valverde in the end, but I`m happy we kept the jersey in the team,` van Garderen said.ADVERTISEMENT Van Garderen looked ahead to Friday`s stage to Tortosa - which finishes on a hors categorie climb that shoots up from sea level to 1000m of elevation in 22km - as a critical decider for the overall. `Stage 5 is going to be the big day of the GC. We have a comfortable lead, but anything can happen on a climb like that.` The team unfortunately lost Rohan Dennis to a respiratory tract infection, leaving van Garderen without the service of the Tirreno-Adriatico runner-up. You can read more at Cyclingnews.com