Danish rider Tobias Lund Andresen won stage three of Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday, prevailing in a bunch sprint as Isaac Del Toro maintained his narrow overall lead.

The Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale rider surged to victory at the end of a wet and largely uneventful 221km stage between Cortona and Magliano de' Marsi.

The stage was always expected to favor the sprinters and poor weather conditions discouraged attacks.

Spanish rider Diego Pablo Sevilla launched an early move and spent several hours alone off the front before the peloton eventually brought him back.

The race came down to a high-speed sprint in the final few hundred meters when Italian favorite Jonathan Milan launched his bid for victory but was overtaken by Lund Andresen, eventually finishing seventh.

Isaac Del Toro Holds Narrow Tirreno-Adriatico Lead

Del Toro extended his race lead over Giulio Pellizzari to four seconds after taking third place in an intermediate sprint before finishing safely in the peloton.

Thursday's fourth stage is a challenging 213km route from Tagliacozzo to Martinsicuro featuring several climbs before a flat finish on Italy's Adriatic coast.