Vuelta: Mads Pedersen completes hat-trick of stage wins

THIRD WIN: Danish Mads Pedersen of Trek-Segafredo celebrates after winning stage 19 of the Vuelta. Pic: David Pintens/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images

Mads Pedersen of Trek-Segafredo hammered home his advantage in the Vuelta a España sprint classification, with his third victory of the race on stage 19 in Talavera de la Reina.

The British rider Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious) was second and Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin–Deceuninck) third after a technical run-in that featured a succession of roundabouts and a hairpin bend with 1.1km remaining.