Froome distanced on Alt dels Angels Team Sky?s Chris Froome, who came into the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya as one of the two main race favourites alongside Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo), was distanced from a select group of climbers on the stage 3 final climb on Wednesday. The Briton was a part of a 40-rider group at the start of the climb up the Alt dels Angels but fell off the pace as his teammate Richie Porte drove on ahead with a select group ahead of the finish line in Girona. Porte was one of seven including stage winner Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Contador, Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-QuickStep), Daniel Martin and Andrew Talansky (Cannondale-Garmin) and Fabio Aru (Astana) to make the successful breakaway.ADVERTISEMENT Froome crossed the line 22 seconds back in 30th place. He now sits in 28th place overall and 2:46 minute behind the overall race leader Pierre Rolland (Europcar), while Contador has jumped up to seventh and Porte eighth overall, both 2:27 behind. Pozzovivo?s stage win had bumped him up into fourth overall, 2:14 behind Rolland. The Volta a Catalunya continues on Thursday with stage 4?s 188.4km from Tona to La Molina. Contador takes back time on stage 3 climb You can read more at Cyclingnews.com

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