The third stage summit finish is easier then yesterday’s but still hard enough that pure sprinters won’t be able to win today. The small bump before the final hill is able to prevent a bunch sprint. Look out for the punchers. the GC leader depends on when the first move is made, if it’s on the hill before the last one it’s not unthinkable for Valverde to lose the jersey. If it’s on the final hill it’s likely not to change






Three man breakaway again, however only two will work. Formed after 18 kilometers, De Marchi (Cannondale) and Boom (Belkin) attacked and Movistar send Castoviejo in the break. A 5 ½ minute gap to the peloton was the maximum given by the peloton. Team Sky and Garmin took it upon themselves to bring pack the pack. Boom won the first intermediate sprint, while Castroviejo won the second.


the breakaway of today

skipping until the final kilometers
Going over the over the hill Boom and De Marchi have “seemingly� dropped Castroviejo while on the same piece of road, Daniel Martin, Urán and Daniel Moreno have attacked and the peloton switching into overdrive.


Boom and De Marchi putting distance between themselves and Castroviejo

Going into the final stretch the breakaway are almost caught by Urán and Martin, Moreno has a bigger gap to the leaders and is just infront of the peloton. However with only 1500 meters to go is the gap big enough for either group?.


the current situation in a picture

Boom got a little gap but while group Martin caught up with the breakaway, that gap was already closed by Castroviejo. Martin and Urán seems still to be able to go strong but has Castroviejo saved enough energy to beat them. De Marchi and Boom seem out of this.


with considerable daylight to the peloton seen in the background, victory seems secured for the breakaway

Castroviejo is still going strong and is looking to take the win,Daniel Martin and Urán don’t have enough to get passed them. Valverde and Rodriguez seem to battle eachother for the best of the rest title.


the breakaway vs the Peloton

Castroviejo wins in Mirador de Lobeira, Daniel Martin will get second and Urán takes third. Boom and De Marchi hold off the peloton.


Castroviejo celebrates as he wins Movistar’s second stage in a row

Rodriguez barely beats Valverde for 6th place, Sánchez takes 8th place making a double score for Belkin, Gadret also take a top 10 while Greg van Avermaet beats Fuglsang and a fading Moreno for 10th. Everybody after Rodriguez should have the same time.


the finish for 6th place

Daniel Martin and Urán win 35 seconds on Rodriguez and Valverde and 47 seconds on the rest, which moves Martin into 2nd place and Urán up to 4th. Horner is in the middle of the two. Rodriguez also gained time with moves him from 10th into 6th place in the GC. The rest is in the same order but in different places, Fuglsang (5th), Froome (7th), Majka (8th), Stetina (9th), Dennis (10th)


let’s just pretend that this is Castroviejo celebrating, screen faded out to quickly

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Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	3h58'37"
2	Daniel Martin	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
3	Rigoberto Urán	Sky Procycling	s.t.
4	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 23
5	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
6	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	+ 35
7	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	s.t.
8	Luis León Sánchez	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 47
9	John Gadret	AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC Racing Team	s.t.

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	8h35'03
2	Daniel Martin	Garmin - Sharp	+ 1'01
3	Chris Horner	RadioShack - Leopard	+ 1'36
4	Rigoberto Urán	Sky Procycling	+ 1'46
5	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	+ 2'00
6	Joaquím Rodríguez	Katusha Team	+ 2'01
7	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 2'05
8	Rafal Majka	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 2'06
9	Peter Stetina	Garmin - Sharp	+ 2'12
10	Rohan Dennis	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.

Points: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
Mountain: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
Team Results: Movistar Team
U25 Competition: Rafel Majka (Saxo)