Juan Sebastian Molano sprints to victory on stage 12 of Vuelta

Colombia's Juan Sebastian Molano sprinted to victory on the 12th stage of the Vuelta a Espana, from Olvega to Zaragoza, as Kaden Groves missed the chance of a third win.

On the last day before the race heads back into the mountains, Molano (UAE Team Emirates) was delivered by his team into the final sprint and powered across the line.

Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was favourite to win the flat 151 kilometre stage across Spain's parched plains, but things did not go to plan as he ended up in second place.

The Australian, who won back-to-back stages in the opening week, indicated he had suffered a mechanical problem.

"In the end we got bumped by UAE who came with momentum and my chain actually dropped. I managed to get it on and had a really strong sprint but unfortunately we were too far back and it was too late," Groves told Eurosport.

⚡⚡ Un sprint final rápido y frenético tras una etapa relajada durante gran parte del día. ¡Revive el KM final de la etapa de hoy!