Stage 3
Today’s stage is pretty hilly and the race won’t be won today but it could be lost. There was a group of 13 who got away and they held a gap of about 3 minutes until the peloton began chasing.
When the peloton began to chase it was Astana who took control, trying to set up there all-star team for overall contention. I tried to stay up front in order to stay out of trouble during the climbs.
With 30 kilometers left some of the favorites began to attack. I decided to hold back and wait for a later opportunity to get away.
About 10 kilometers later, there was an opening so I decided to attack.
The peloton was right on my tail and never let me good too far away and I was caught with 10 kilometers left. A couple of the breakaway riders fought for the win and Voss took the win barely ahead of the oncoming peloton.
Stage
1 Paul Voss Team Milram 4h20'49
2 Christophe Moreau Agritubel s.t.
3 Aitor Galdos Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
4 Juan Antonio Flecha Rabobank s.t.
5 Anders Lund Team Saxo Bank s.t.
6 Filippo Pozzato Team Katusha s.t.
7 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
8 Amets Txurruka Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
9 Laurent Lefèvre Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
10 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto s.t.
11 José Angel Gómez Marchante Cervélo Test Team s.t.
12 Tadej Valjavec AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
13 Pierrick Fédrigo Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
14 Levi Leipheimer Astana Cycling Team s.t.
15 Mauricio Ardila Rabobank s.t.
16 Paolo Longo Borghini Barloworld s.t.
17 Mathieu Sprick Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
18 David Moncoutié Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
19 José Serpa Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
20 Thomas Rohregger Team Milram s.t.
21 Tom Boonen Quick•Step s.t.
22 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank s.t.
23 Cyril Gautier Bbox Bouygues Télécom s.t.
24 Jérôme Pineau Quick•Step s.t.
25 Rubén Pérez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
26 Martin Elmiger AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
27 Jesús Del Nero Fuji - Servetto s.t.
28 Elia Rigotto Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
29 Vasil Kiryienka Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
30 Franco Pellizotti Liquigas s.t.
31 Addy Engels Quick•Step s.t.
32 Stijn Devolder Quick•Step s.t.
33 Tony Martin Team Columbia - High Road s.t.
34 Jonas Ljungblad Silence - Lotto s.t.
35 Murilo Fischer Liquigas s.t.
36 Valerio Agnoli Liquigas s.t.
37 Anthony Geslin Française des Jeux s.t.
38 Kanstantsin Siutsou Team Columbia - High Road s.t.
39 Fabian Wegmann Team Milram s.t.
40 Alexandre Usov Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
41 Yann Huguet Agritubel s.t.
42 Damiano Cunego Lampre - N.G.C s.t.
43 Maxime Monfort Team Columbia - High Road s.t.
44 Assan Bazayev Astana Cycling Team s.t.
45 Hubert Schwab Quick•Step s.t.
46 Sylvain Calzati Agritubel s.t.
47 Carlos Barredo Quick•Step s.t.
48 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
49 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
50 Ivan Basso Liquigas s.t.
General Classification
1 Levi Leipheimer Astana Cycling Team 9h48'10
2 Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto + 10
3 Vasil Kiryienka Caisse d'Epargne + 17
4 Stijn Devolder Quick•Step + 18
5 Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
6 Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team + 20
7 Sébastien Rosseler Quick•Step + 23
8 Tony Martin Team Columbia - High Road + 27
9 Josu Agirre Euskaltel - Euskadi + 28
10 Evgeni Petrov Team Katusha s.t.
11 Tom Danielson Garmin - Slipstream + 30
12 Andreas Klöden Astana Cycling Team + 32
13 Maxime Monfort Team Columbia - High Road s.t.
14 Sérgio Paulinho Astana Cycling Team s.t.
15 Alexei Markov Team Katusha s.t.
16 Jesús Del Nero Fuji - Servetto + 34
17 Ivan Basso Liquigas s.t.
18 Ronny Scholz Team Milram + 37
19 Carlos Barredo Quick•Step + 40
20 David Millar Garmin - Slipstream s.t.
21 José Serpa Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli s.t.
22 Jakob Fuglsang Team Saxo Bank + 41
23 Christophe Moreau Agritubel + 42
24 Franco Pellizotti Liquigas s.t.
25 Daniel Martin Garmin - Slipstream + 43
