Stage 3 starts tough and gets easier, so a classic break vs sprint stage is expected, Thorsen, Bongiomo and Haddou are again favourites, but can anyone get past Burlutsky?
We have a 7 man break today: Van der Sanden, Brus, Puric, Smelcerovic, Zwizanski, Bazjanov and Agudelo. Smelcerovic's presence all but guaranteeing his jersey.
However Smelcerovic doesn't even bother with climb 1, taken by Bazjanov ahead of Van der Sanden and Zwizanski. In the background you can see Harvey, Mertens and Prestia try to cross the gap, but all they have really done is wake the bunch up.
Kirk and Valinin now cross the gap to make it 12 up front. The peloton is 1 minute back
Now Costa, Gee and Mikuzis join the front group
Spasic makes it 16
Which is too many, and they are all pulled back
Valinin attacks clear for the points, Gee and Harvey are next
Those three form todays break, clearly no one is worried about Valinin who is in 8th place.
They are joined by Zajicek, who gets third at the next climb, behind Gee and Valinin, who has moved into Polkadots.
Zajicek wins the final climb of the tour, Valinin secures his KoM jersey with second, while Harvey is third.
Now Harvey and Valinin look to the overall, Harvey wins the sprint, so they are both now at +18". Zajicek is third. The peloton are 5 minutes back with 73km to race.
The break cross the line with 4 15km laps to go and the gap at 4'14"
The sprint order is the same again, so Harvey is at +12", with Vaninin at +14". This moves them to 5th and 6th overall for now.
90 seconds behind, Barclay, Ogris and Ducos-Lassalle attack.
2 laps to go, and the attackers are 45" back, with the peloton at +1'45"
As the attackers catch the break the pointless attacks start
The pointless attacks leave the three attackers 15 seconds clear of Zajicek, with the peloton still 90 seconds behind as we start the last lap. This could be tight
Or not, as with 9km to go it's back together
With 4km to go Almstrom have taken control for Haddou, Thorsen, Fabbri and Korkotyyan follwing, while EFT are moving Hutchinson down the left.
EFT have dropped back as the sprint starts
Haddou powers clear with Fabbri on his wheel, Thorsen tries to shut the gap caused by the Almstrom lead out man cutting him off.
Fabbri is trying to come round
And Fabbri takes victory, Haddou has to settle for second
Korkotyan gets the 8 bonus seconds for third, ahead of Murrray and Chacon
Both Murray and Vaninin are too tired to stay in the peloton, meaning all their sprinting is wasted.
All this means that Burlutsky and Kananen stay 1-2 overall, with Haddou sneaking up to third ahead of Szczwinski and Fabbri on a countback.
Haddou also wins the Points jersey, while Machac gets the young riders.
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Marco Fabbri
Pivovarna Laško
4h06'31
2
Saïd Haddou
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
3
Tigran Korkotyan
Team Adecco
s.t.
4
Thomas Murray
Vodafone
s.t.
5
Miguel Chacon
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
6
Pablo Urtasun
Team UPC
s.t.
7
Jaroslaw Zarebski
Eurovision
s.t.
8
Matthew Hayman
Tyskie
s.t.
9
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Tyskie
s.t.
10
Ivan Castillo
Team Cativen
s.t.
11
Daniel Thorsen
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
12
Fabien Bacquet
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
13
Zdenek Machac
Skoda - KB
s.t.
14
Maxim Burlutsky
Team Armavia
s.t.
15
Paidi O'Brien
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
16
Jaoa Costa
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
17
Alexandre Pichot
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
18
Ashley Hutchinson
Team EFTel
s.t.
19
Arthur Garcia Rincon
Team Cativen
s.t.
20
Carlos Alberto Ospina
American Express
s.t.
21
Andrew Hunt
Team EFTel
s.t.
22
Geert Van der Sanden
Team UPC
s.t.
23
Ruslan Grychenko
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
24
Malaya Van Ruitenbeek
Team UPC
s.t.
25
Juri Krivtsov
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
26
Brett Lancaster
Team EFTel
s.t.
27
Stijn Vandenbergh
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
28
Joaquin Sobrino
Eurovision
s.t.
29
Victor Shishelov
Team ENRC
s.t.
30
Konstantin Klimiankou
Skoda - KB
s.t.
31
Kimmo Kananen
Team Finnair-Nordea
s.t.
32
Marino Prestia
Eurovision
s.t.
33
Menno Horst
Team UPC
s.t.
34
Scott Zwizanski
American Express
s.t.
35
Martin Kohler
Team Adecco
s.t.
36
Guillaume Blot
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
37
Paul Healion
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
38
Aleksandr Arekejev
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
39
Robbie Williams
Vodafone
s.t.
40
Nazareno Rossi
Team Adecco
s.t.
41
Ruben Bongiorno
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
42
Vid Ogris
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
43
Tommi Martikainen
Team Finnair-Nordea
s.t.
44
Dragan Spasic
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
45
Robby Meul
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
46
Carlos José Ochoa
Team Cativen
s.t.
47
Evgeni Sladkov
Team ENRC
s.t.
48
Danail Petrov
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
49
Nick Mertens
Delhaize
s.t.
50
Ruben Elvira Lobato
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
51
Gil Suray
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
52
Sebastian Siedler
Eurovision
s.t.
53
Charles Dionne
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
54
Rodolfo Fernandez
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
55
Mike Friedman
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
56
Hervé Duclos-Lassalle
Team Adecco
s.t.
57
Gill Van Winckel
Delhaize
s.t.
58
Ben Day
Team EFTel
s.t.
59
Kevin Barclay
Vodafone
s.t.
60
Tuguldur Tuulhangai
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
61
Lennie Kirk
Vodafone
s.t.
62
Tino Thömel
Eurovision
s.t.
63
Stijn Girardi
Delhaize
s.t.
64
Wang-yip Tang
Team Adecco
s.t.
65
Francisco José Pacheco
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
66
Jacek Morajko
Tyskie
s.t.
67
Alessandro Vanvuchelen
Delhaize
s.t.
68
Pavol Kusy
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
69
Tomislav Danculovic
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
70
Vincent Jérôme
Team Cativen
s.t.
71
Juhi-Matti Alaluusua
Team Finnair-Nordea
s.t.
72
Ed Clancy
Team Dyson
s.t.
73
Juri Yuda
Team ENRC
s.t.
74
Ivan Stevic
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
75
Dietmar Lambrecht
Delhaize
s.t.
76
Stanislav Kozùbek
Skoda - KB
s.t.
77
Javier Joaquin Navarro
Team UPC
s.t.
78
Maxim Rudenko
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
79
Aleksandr Bazjanov
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
80
Cyril Lemoine
Team Dyson
s.t.
81
Jens Renders
Tyskie
s.t.
82
Lucas Euser
American Express
s.t.
83
Anthony Colin
Tyskie
s.t.
84
John Freddy Agudelo
Team Cativen
s.t.
85
Mirka Nieminen
Team Finnair-Nordea
s.t.
86
Jan Hirt
Skoda - KB
s.t.
87
Wilson Zambrano
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
88
Goran Smelcerovic
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
89
Sergey Sarkisov
Team Armavia
s.t.
90
Sergei Klimov
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
91
Alexander Porsev
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
92
Sander Maasing
Team Finnair-Nordea
s.t.
93
Stephen Vicelich
Team EFTel
s.t.
94
Dieter Cappelle
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
95
Mitja Sribar
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
96
Bryce Moore
Team D
s.t.
97
Berik Kupeshov
Team ENRC
s.t.
98
Marco Brus
Team Dyson
s.t.
99
Kurt Hovelynck
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
100
Maher Hasnaoui
American Express
s.t.
101
Giorgi Nadiradze
Team Armavia
s.t.
102
Borislav Puric
Team Serbian Telecom
+ 2'25
103
Tobyn Horton
Vodafone
s.t.
104
Valeri Valinin
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
105
Nuno Ribeiro
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
106
Sylvester Janiszkiewicz
Skoda - KB
s.t.
107
Xabier Zandio
Team D
s.t.
108
Phil Zajicek
American Express
s.t.
109
Robson Rodrigueiro
Team D
s.t.
110
Matthew Gee
Team Dyson
s.t.
111
Samai Samai
Gazprom-Rosbank
+ 3'39
112
Owen Fabbro
Team Armavia
s.t.
113
Ronald Harvey
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
114
Mantas Mikuzis
Ekspla-Maxima
+ 4'22
115
Vitauskas Kaupas
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
116
Romas Sinicinas
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
117
Hossaini Reza
Team Armavia
+ 6'32
118
Dmitri Fofonov
Team ENRC
+ 16'06
GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Maxim Burlutsky
Team Armavia
13h03'38
2
Kimmo Kananen
Team Finnair-Nordea
+ 2
3
Saïd Haddou
Alstom - Bic
+ 4
4
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Tyskie
s.t.
5
Marco Fabbri
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
6
Arthur Garcia Rincon
Team Cativen
+ 12
7
Zdenek Machac
Skoda - KB
+ 16
8
Tigran Korkotyan
Team Adecco
s.t.
9
Jan Hirt
Skoda - KB
+ 18
10
Pablo Urtasun
Team UPC
+ 24
11
Thomas Murray
Vodafone
s.t.
12
Daniel Thorsen
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
13
Miguel Chacon
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
14
Carlos Alberto Ospina
American Express
s.t.
15
Jaroslaw Zarebski
Eurovision
s.t.
16
Andrew Hunt
Team EFTel
s.t.
17
Brett Lancaster
Team EFTel
s.t.
18
Geert Van der Sanden
Team UPC
s.t.
19
Ruslan Grychenko
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
20
Ivan Castillo
Team Cativen
s.t.
21
Juri Krivtsov
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
22
Francisco José Pacheco
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
23
Jaoa Costa
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
24
Fabien Bacquet
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
25
Alexandre Pichot
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
26
Aleksandr Arekejev
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
27
Ruben Bongiorno
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
28
Sergei Klimov
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
29
Mike Friedman
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
30
Stanislav Kozùbek
Skoda - KB
s.t.
31
Stijn Vandenbergh
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
32
Sebastian Siedler
Eurovision
s.t.
33
Paul Healion
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
34
Gil Suray
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
35
Marino Prestia
Eurovision
s.t.
36
Ashley Hutchinson
Team EFTel
s.t.
37
Dragan Spasic
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
38
Lucas Euser
American Express
s.t.
39
Nazareno Rossi
Team Adecco
s.t.
40
Cyril Lemoine
Team Dyson
s.t.
41
Menno Horst
Team UPC
s.t.
42
Tommi Martikainen
Team Finnair-Nordea
s.t.
43
Maxim Rudenko
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
44
Vincent Jérôme
Team Cativen
s.t.
45
Carlos José Ochoa
Team Cativen
s.t.
46
Wilson Zambrano
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
s.t.
47
Alexander Porsev
Ekspla-Maxima
s.t.
48
Ed Clancy
Team Dyson
s.t.
49
Tino Thömel
Eurovision
s.t.
50
Gill Van Winckel
Delhaize
s.t.
51
Pavol Kusy
Samsung-Mol
s.t.
52
Javier Joaquin Navarro
Team UPC
s.t.
53
Kurt Hovelynck
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
54
Stijn Girardi
Delhaize
s.t.
55
John Freddy Agudelo
Team Cativen
s.t.
56
Giorgi Nadiradze
Team Armavia
s.t.
57
Robby Meul
Samsung-Mol
+ 1'59
58
Valeri Valinin
Gazprom-Rosbank
+ 2'39
59
Sergey Sarkisov
Team Armavia
+ 2'59
60
Konstantin Klimiankou
Skoda - KB
+ 3'11
61
Ivan Stevic
Team Serbian Telecom
+ 3'15
62
Danail Petrov
Gazprom-Rosbank
+ 3'17
63
Paidi O'Brien
Team Kingspan Continental
+ 3'23
64
Martin Kohler
Team Adecco
s.t.
65
Evgeni Sladkov
Team ENRC
s.t.
66
Guillaume Blot
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
67
Jacek Morajko
Tyskie
s.t.
68
Robbie Williams
Vodafone
s.t.
69
Ruben Elvira Lobato
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
70
Tuguldur Tuulhangai
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
s.t.
71
Malaya Van Ruitenbeek
Team UPC
s.t.
72
Vid Ogris
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
73
Matthew Hayman
Tyskie
s.t.
74
Joaquin Sobrino
Eurovision
s.t.
75
Hervé Duclos-Lassalle
Team Adecco
s.t.
76
Victor Shishelov
Team ENRC
s.t.
77
Lennie Kirk
Vodafone
s.t.
78
Wang-yip Tang
Team Adecco
s.t.
79
Ben Day
Team EFTel
s.t.
80
Nick Mertens
Delhaize
s.t.
81
Goran Smelcerovic
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
82
Juri Yuda
Team ENRC
s.t.
83
Alessandro Vanvuchelen
Delhaize
s.t.
84
Charles Dionne
Alstom - Bic
s.t.
85
Scott Zwizanski
American Express
s.t.
86
Kevin Barclay
Vodafone
s.t.
87
Rodolfo Fernandez
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
88
Juhi-Matti Alaluusua
Team Finnair-Nordea
s.t.
89
Anthony Colin
Tyskie
s.t.
90
Tomislav Danculovic
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
91
Mitja Sribar
Pivovarna Laško
s.t.
92
Aleksandr Bazjanov
Gazprom-Rosbank
s.t.
93
Dietmar Lambrecht
Delhaize
s.t.
94
Jens Renders
Tyskie
s.t.
95
Mirka Nieminen
Team Finnair-Nordea
s.t.
96
Maher Hasnaoui
American Express
s.t.
97
Sander Maasing
Team Finnair-Nordea
s.t.
98
Marco Brus
Team Dyson
s.t.
99
Stephen Vicelich
Team EFTel
s.t.
100
Ronald Harvey
Team Kingspan Continental
+ 3'51
101
Xabier Zandio
Team D
+ 4'24
102
Vitauskas Kaupas
Ekspla-Maxima
+ 4'46
103
Robson Rodrigueiro
Team D
+ 4'53
104
Phil Zajicek
American Express
+ 5'44
105
Matthew Gee
Team Dyson
+ 5'48
106
Nuno Ribeiro
Team Kingspan Continental
s.t.
107
Berik Kupeshov
Team ENRC
+ 6'48
108
Dieter Cappelle
Het Nieuwsblad
s.t.
109
Mantas Mikuzis
Ekspla-Maxima
+ 7'21
110
Tobyn Horton
Vodafone
+ 8'23
111
Borislav Puric
Team Serbian Telecom
s.t.
112
Owen Fabbro
Team Armavia
+ 8'25
113
Romas Sinicinas
Ekspla-Maxima
+ 10'34
114
Bryce Moore
Team D
+ 11'43
115
Sylvester Janiszkiewicz
Skoda - KB
+ 12'25
116
Samai Samai
Gazprom-Rosbank
+ 16'21
117
Hossaini Reza
Team Armavia
+ 16'32
118
Dmitri Fofonov
Team ENRC
+ 22'54
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Saïd Haddou
Alstom - Bic
20
48
2
Krzysztof Szczawinski
Tyskie
7
41
3
Marco Fabbri
Pivovarna Laško
25
35
4
Maxim Burlutsky
Team Armavia
2
32
5
Kimmo Kananen
Team Finnair-Nordea
0
30
6
Tigran Korkotyan
Team Adecco
16
30
7
Zdenek Machac
Skoda - KB
3
23
8
Thomas Murray
Vodafone
14
21
9
Arthur Garcia Rincon
Team Cativen
0
20
10
Pablo Urtasun
Team UPC
10
19
11
Valeri Valinin
Gazprom-Rosbank
8
18
12
Ivan Stevic
Team Serbian Telecom
0
16
13
Francisco José Pacheco
Samsung-Mol
0
15
14
Miguel Chacon
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
12
14
15
Ronald Harvey
Team Kingspan Continental
12
12
16
Konstantin Klimiankou
Skoda - KB
0
12
17
Wilson Zambrano
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
0
10
18
Sergei Klimov
Gazprom-Rosbank
0
9
19
Jaroslaw Zarebski
Eurovision
9
9
20
Tuguldur Tuulhangai
Team Metinvest - Slovnaft
0
9
21
Ivan Castillo
Team Cativen
6
8
22
Martin Kohler
Team Adecco
0
8
23
Matthew Hayman
Tyskie
8
8
24
Cyril Lemoine
Team Dyson
0
7
25
Jan Hirt
Skoda - KB
0
6
26
Ruben Bongiorno
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
0
6
27
Danail Petrov
Gazprom-Rosbank
0
6
28
Daniel Thorsen
Samsung-Mol
5
5
29
Ashley Hutchinson
Team EFTel
0
5
30
Geert Van der Sanden
Team UPC
0
4
31
Fabien Bacquet
Alstom - Bic
4
4
32
Phil Zajicek
American Express
4
4
33
Evgeni Sladkov
Team ENRC
0
3
34
Paidi O'Brien
Team Kingspan Continental
1
1
KoM:
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Valeri Valinin
Gazprom-Rosbank
12
24
2
Goran Smelcerovic
Team Serbian Telecom
0
16
3
Danail Petrov
Gazprom-Rosbank
0
12
4
Zdenek Machac
Skoda - KB
0
9
5
Matthew Gee
Team Dyson
9
9
6
Wilson Zambrano
Team Petrobras - Banco do Brasil
0
8
7
Phil Zajicek
American Express
7
7
8
Wang-yip Tang
Team Adecco
0
6
9
Aleksandr Bazjanov
Gazprom-Rosbank
5
5
10
Geert Van der Sanden
Team UPC
3
3
11
Andrew Hunt
Team EFTel
0
2
12
Ronald Harvey
Team Kingspan Continental
2
2
13
Stijn Girardi
Delhaize
0
2
14
Tino Thömel
Eurovision
0
1
15
Lennie Kirk
Vodafone
0
1
16
Scott Zwizanski
American Express
1
1
The team rankings are obviously rubbish where everyone is tied, so I went through the results, adding the placings for the top 3 riders, and the correct scores are below the extracted table.