First Endurance rider Greg Henderson (Columbia-HTC) powered to victory in the bunch sprint that decided stage three of the Vuelta a Espana today. Henderson was the fastest in the 189.9-kilometre stage running from Zutphen to Venlo in Holland, outsprinting Borut Bozic of Slovenia and Spain's Oscar Freire. 'My primary aim here in the Vuelta is to get [teammate] Andre Greipel across the line first,' Henderson said. 'But today was my day just because it got mixed up with 500 or 600 metres to go. I opened up my sprint with about 150 metres to go and ended up winning the stage quite easily. In any case, it's a long Tour yet and there'll be plenty more sprint stages.'
Henderson's victory is the 73rd of the season for Columbia-HTC men's team and 13th in a major Tour this season. Columbia-HTC has now claimed wins in all three top stage races in 2009. 'If you look through the record books you'll see a number of different Columbia-HTC riders up there with the wins,' added Henderson. 'We all work for one another, and we all get our chance to win.'
| 1 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Columbia-HTC | 4:41:01 | |
| 2 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil | ||
| 3 | Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank | ||
| 4 | André Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC |
