Pascal Eenkhoorn wins Queen Stage as breakaway reeled in with 1 km to go

Pascal Eenkhoorn (LottoNL-Jumbo) win the Queen Stage on Saturday at the Colorado Classic in Denver after a reduced peloton reeled in the breakway duo inside the final kilometre

Gavin Mannion (UnitedHealthcare) managed to retain his blue leader's jersey after a long day of chasing down the breakaway that threaten his GC lead.

Edwin Avila (Israel Cycling Academy) sprinted to second place ahead of race leader Gavin Mannion in third.

Eenkhoorn powered to the line as the peloton reeled in Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) and Serghei Tvetcov (UnitedHealthcare) in the closing kilometres.

The pair nearly made it to the finish line in Denver, but the chasing peloton mae the catch on the finishing straight.

"Two teammates came by, Jan Maas and Maarten Wynants, and they screamed my name, and I just followed them and they did a perfect job," Eenkhoorn said "We said before the race that it was a really good sprint for me, but I didn't expect to win actually"

"I didn't think that I would survive. I was dropped on the first climb. The guys from EF Education First-Drapac were pulling super, super hard, but I came back and I said to my teammates that I am feeling good. There was still a lot of climbing left, and I survived all of that."

VIDEO: 2018 Colorado Classic Stage 3 Highlights

2018 Colorado Classic Stage 3 Top 10

1 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 3:42:54 
2 Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Israel Cycling Academy   
3 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling   
4 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Holowesko-Citadel p/b Arapahoe Resources   
5 Pier Andre Cote (Can) Silber Pro Cycling   
6 Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott   
7 Ryan Roth (Can) Silber Pro Cycling   
8 Eder Frayre Moctezuma (Mex) Elevate-KHS   
9 Sean Bennett (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon   
10 Maarten Wynants (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo

2018 Colorado Classic GC after Stage 3

1 Gavin Mannion (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 6:41:33 
2 Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:15 
3 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:22 
4 Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:29 
5 Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:30 
6 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:33 
7 James Piccoli (Can) Elevate-KHS 0:00:46 
8 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:52 
9 Robert Britton (Can) Rally Cycling   
10 Alexander Cataford (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling 0:00:53