Nicolas Roche remains third at Vuelta as Peter Sagan takes stage in Malaga

Nicolas Roche remains third overall at the Vuelta a Espana following day three of the race from Mijas to Malaga yesterday. 

The Team Sky rider crossed the line at the end of the 158-kilometre stage in 25th place in the same time as winner Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo), thus ensuring there was no change at the head of the general classification.

Roche is still 15 seconds off race leader Esteban Chaves (Orica GreenEDGE) while Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpcecin) is just five seconds back in second.