Domenico Pozzovivo soloes to stage three win at Volta Ciclista

Pozzovivo (AG2R La Mondiale) attacked with two kilometres remaining and held on to finish three seconds clear of his six rivals. Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-QuickStep) and Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) finished second and third respectively.

Pierre Rolland (Europcar) finished 20th, but still managed to swap places with overnight leader and fellow member of the stage one breakaway Maciej Paterski (Sprandi Polkowice) in the overall standings. Paterski finished 42nd, 1:34 adrift of the stage winner and 1:12 behind Rolland.

The Polish rider's slight slump was hardly surprising - the stage one victor completed the gruelling 293km Milan-San Remo in the lead pack on Sunday before heading straight to Spain to compete in the seven-stage race.

Britain's Chris Froome is 2:46 off the overall pace after he lost ground during the ascent of the Alt des Angels.

1 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 3:52:37

2 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:03

3 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team

4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo

5 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team

6 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky

7 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team

8 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:22

9 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo

10 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha

1 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 13:29:23

2 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:08

3 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:16

4 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:14

5 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:02:21

6 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:02:22

7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:02:27

8 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky

9 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team

10 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team