With another tremendous sprint finish Saturday, Fassa Bortolo's Alessandro Petacchi took his third stage victory from Tarragona to Lloret de Marin over 189km this years Vuelta a Espana on his Pinarello Dogma FP.



"It was a tricky finish with a couple of curves at the end where Credit Agricole tried to break up our train. I waited for

Hushovd to pass, then got his wheel and came around to win," declared a pleased Petacchi.