Stage 3 is just 140km, but with constant climbing and intermediate sprints Gazelle may well struggle to control this. The favourites for todays sateg are Weening and Furdi from Gazelle, and Sanchez Gonazlez and Rodriguez Oliver from Iberia.
Lasca (KEN) beats Merino Criado (CSC) and Moren (VTF) to the first sprint as the break is yet to form.
CSC don't want this to stay together, so they send Usandizaga on the attack before the next sprint
Moren and Lasca almost catch him in the sprint, while taking second and third.
Usandizaga can't last up the first hill, and drops back into the bunch. Strgar (PVL) takes the points ahead of Bormatenkov (TCB) and Shaekhov (GZL)
Usandizaga goes on the attack again, and is joined by A. Rodriguez Oliver (FCB) this time.
A. Rodriguez Oliver gets the summit.
While Strgar attacks to get third
Strgar keeps going this time, but hovers a minute behind the leaders for a long time.
Eventually he catches them.
Strgar then takes the next climb to move to second in the KoM classification, he needs 12 of the remaining 20 points to take the jersey. Usandizaga is second
The break cross the line to start the first of 5 finish laps with a 4'16" advantage, meaning Strgar is in yellow by just 12 seconds. There are 65km left, so I don't think he is an overall threat just yet.
Strgar (PVL) leads A. Rod and Usandizaga through the sprint.
A. Rodriguez Oliver catches Strgar out at the climb to steal the 5 points, leaving Strgar just claiming 3.
The climb causes the peloton to split into two under the pressure from Gazelle. However it comes back together on the descent.
Rodriguez Oliver also claims the next sprint from Strgar.
With three laps to go Eibegger (MAG) decides to make the first proper move.
Mori (KEN) follows him. The break are two minutes ahead.
Gazelle appear unworried as the gap goes out to 50 seconds very quickly.
Strgar (PLV) takes the next climb. Usandizaga is second. With 2 climbs to go, Strgar needs 4 more points.
Eibegger and Mori are 1'20" behind.
Then Gazelle, leading the peloton at 2'31"
Vorganov (PVB) was passive on stage 1, but he tries a downhill attack here.
Eibegger and Mori have sat up, so he quickly catches them.
Kappa are now leading the chase of Mori.
Up front Strgar leads over the penultimate sprint, Usandizaga gets second.
And the attackers are pulled back by their own teammates.
Kappa don't even have a cunning plan, as soon as Mori is pulled back they let Gazelle take over the chasing again.
Sanchez Gonzalex puts in a stinging attack the next time we start the climb. Eibegger tries to follow. https://i1184.phot...4edf66.jpg
This time Falli (KEN) and Barrio (CSC) follow. Will Kappa also chase this down?
No, but Mori also attacks, followed by Vorganov, and Gingsjo (VTF)
Strgar and Usandizaga are first and second over this penultimate climb as well, meaning Strgar gets the polkadot jersey.
Barrio charges on, followed by Falli.
Gingsjo, Vorganov and Sanchez Gonzalez attack again.
But Gazelle have pulled the other two back, and now the yellow jersey, Weening, attacks.
Calzati (FCB) and Rodriguez Oliver (ICV) are straight after him.
All eight attackers come together 55 seconds behind the break.
Ilias (MAG), Galle (VTF), Talabardon (ABC) and Okrouhlicky (ABC) are chasing a further 28 seconds back
Then the bunch 1'55" off the leaders with 20km to go.
The yellow jersey works hard and pull back the break 2km before the intermediate sprint.
Vorganov (PVB) wins it, but Weening (GZL) takes second, meaning the overall is looking very good for him. Snachez Gonzalez (ICV) gets third.
The sprint causes 7 riders to go clear, with Calzati (FCB) jsut behind. The seven, with their new decifit to Weening included, are J. Rodriguez Oliver (ICV) +12", Falli (KEN) +24", Barrio (CSC) +24", Weeing (GZL) +0", Gingsjo (VTF) +24", Sanchez Gonzalez (ICV) +22", Vorganov (PVB) +18"
Calzati makes it back as we approach the final climb.
Barrio pushes up the climb. The two Iberia riders are in second and third, surely one of them should attack.
Barrio seems to be cracking Falli, can Vorganoc and Calzati get back onto Gingsjo's wheel?
Over the top it's Barrio, followed by Rodriguez Oliver and Sanchez G. Falli, Vorganov and Calzati are 20 seconds behind.
Barrio takes his foot off the gas on the downhill, so they manage to get back.
No one wants to help Barrio, so with 5km to go, Ilias (MAG) and Talabardon (ABC) make it back. Talabardon is just 12 seconds down, so it was an error for the leaders to let him get back into the mix.
Barrio (CSC) has done the last 10km on the front and now he starts the sprint.
The two ICV riders move into second and third ahead of Weening
And it's J. Rodriguez Oliver who closes hard on Barrio. With Weening stuck in 4th, this would give him the overall.
Weening is starting to come back at him now, as Barrio fades.
1.5km to go and Ilias is fast moving through the centre of the group.
Ilias moves into second place. With Rodriguez Oliver well clear the question is whether anyone can knock Weening out of third?
It's Gingsjo who takes third now, has Weening lost it?
Ilias is still going strong. If he passes J. Rod then the overall is back in Weening's hands
Does Ilias have enough road left?
No. Rodriguez Oliver takes the stage in the sprint. I was sure he or Sanchez Gonzalez should attack, but they backed their sprint, and it paid off.
Ilias takes second in Magna's home race, that should put him in the top 5 overall.
Gingsjo takes the final bonus points for third. Barrio was the strongest on the hills in this race, but his lack of sprinting ability means he has to be hapy with 4th on the stage. Falli does well to take 5th.
Sanchez Gonzalez gets sixth on the stage, and his 3rd on the intermediate sprint should give him about sixth overall. Weening attacked to early, get himself isolated, and left the enitre Gazelle team cruising home in the bunch. He's lucky he wasn't targetted by the other riders, as he could have done worse than second overall. Talabardon gets 8th, but his bonus seconds on stage 1 mean a top five overall for him. Vorganov gets ninth, and will have to console himself with winning the intermediate sprint. Calzati covers for Grau's loss by taking tenth.
Results:
gene_i_rank
First Name
Last Name
Time
1
Joaquin
Rodriguez Oliver
03:54:14
2
Perikles
Ilias
03:54:14
3
Alexander
Gingsjo
03:54:14
4
Sergio
Barrio
03:54:14
5
Francesco
Failli
03:54:14
6
Samuel
Sánchez Gonzalez
03:54:14
7
Pieter
Weening
03:54:14
8
Yannick
Talabardon
03:54:14
9
Eduard
Vorganov
03:54:14
10
Sylvain
Calzati
03:54:14
11
Simon
Galle
03:56:28
12
Tomas
Okrouhlicky
03:56:28
13
Matic
Strgar
03:56:28
14
Blaz
Furdi
03:56:28
15
Matteo
Carrara
03:56:28
16
Manuele
Mori
03:56:28
17
Arnaud
Demare
03:56:28
18
Andoni
Blazquez
03:56:28
19
Filipe
Cardoso
03:56:28
20
Mikhel
Ronimois
03:56:28
21
Mykhaylo
Kononenko
03:56:28
22
Patrik
Moren
03:56:28
23
Markus
Eibegger
03:56:28
24
Jose Vicente
Toribio
03:57:46
25
Marco
Minnard
03:57:46
26
Juan Pablo
Valencia
03:57:46
27
Kévin
Lalouette
03:57:46
28
Matej
Mugerli
03:57:46
29
Erdenebayar
Daspuntsag
03:57:46
30
Dominik
Hrinkow
03:57:46
31
Zico
Waeytens
03:57:46
32
Vadim
Shaekhov
03:57:46
33
Paidi
O'Brien
03:57:46
34
Jordi
Grau
03:57:46
35
Florian
Scheit
03:57:46
36
Johan Esteban
Chaves
03:57:46
37
David
Chokheli
03:57:46
38
Francesco
Bongiorno
03:57:46
39
Kristoffer
Skjerping
03:57:46
40
Massimiliano
Maisto
03:57:46
41
Sean
De Bie
03:57:46
42
David
Bartl
03:57:46
43
Nicolas
Brolin
03:58:27
44
Klaas
Sys
04:01:13
45
Marcos
Altur
04:01:13
46
Gil
Suray
04:01:13
47
Marconi
Durán
04:01:13
48
Alberto
Rodriguez Oliver
04:01:13
49
Teodorico
Usandizaga
04:01:13
50
Mauro
Da Dalto
04:01:57
51
Francisco
Lasca
04:01:57
52
Ilia
Koshevoy
04:01:57
53
Tino
Thömel
04:01:57
54
Kanstantsin
Khviyuzau
04:01:57
55
Soufiane
Haddi
04:01:57
56
Anthony
Delaplace
04:01:57
57
Robert
Retschke
04:01:57
58
Jesus
Merino Criado
04:01:57
59
Marco
Haller
04:01:57
60
Anatoliy
Sosnitskiy
04:01:57
61
Vadim
Guliev
04:01:57
62
Sergey
Bormatenkov
04:01:57
63
Daniel
Hoelgaard
04:01:57
64
Nicolae
Tanovitchii
04:01:57
65
Daniel
Ruiz
04:01:57
66
Eduardo
Ardaiz
04:01:57
67
Gerben
Löwik
04:02:34
68
Maarten
Tjallingii
04:02:34
69
Björn
Leukemans
04:02:34
70
Leif
Hoste
04:02:34
71
Jan
Tratnik
04:04:55
72
Luka
Grubic
04:05:58
73
Jorge
Abreu
04:05:58
74
Aljaz
Hocevar
04:06:56
75
Polychronis
Tzortzakis
04:06:56
76
Rafael
Silva
04:06:56
77
Klemen
Stimulak
04:06:56
78
Sebastian
Siedler
04:06:56
79
Oscar
Freire
04:06:56
GC:
gene_i_rank
First Name
Last Name
Result
1
Joaquin
Rodriguez Oliver
12:45:51
2
Pieter
Weening
12:45:59
3
Perikles
Ilias
12:46:11
4
Yannick
Talabardon
12:46:11
5
Alexander
Gingsjo
12:46:15
6
Eduard
Vorganov
12:46:17
7
Samuel
Sánchez Gonzalez
12:46:21
8
Sylvain
Calzati
12:46:23
9
Francesco
Failli
12:46:23
10
Sergio
Barrio
12:46:23
11
Blaz
Furdi
12:48:25
12
Andoni
Blazquez
12:48:37
13
Markus
Eibegger
12:48:37
14
Marco
Minnard
12:49:55
15
Erdenebayar
Daspuntsag
12:49:55
16
Jose Vicente
Toribio
12:49:55
17
Juan Pablo
Valencia
12:49:55
18
Dominik
Hrinkow
12:49:55
19
Manuele
Mori
12:50:42
20
Mikhel
Ronimois
12:50:42
21
Johan Esteban
Chaves
12:52:00
22
Patrik
Moren
12:52:01
23
Matic
Strgar
12:52:03
24
Simon
Galle
12:52:09
25
Arnaud
Demare
12:52:17
26
Filipe
Cardoso
12:52:17
27
Matteo
Carrara
12:52:19
28
Tomas
Okrouhlicky
12:52:19
29
Mykhaylo
Kononenko
12:52:19
30
Matej
Mugerli
12:52:21
31
Kévin
Lalouette
12:53:13
32
Sean
De Bie
12:53:37
33
David
Chokheli
12:53:37
34
Florian
Scheit
12:53:37
35
Massimiliano
Maisto
12:53:37
36
Francesco
Bongiorno
12:53:37
37
Paidi
O'Brien
12:53:37
38
Jordi
Grau
12:55:20
39
Vadim
Shaekhov
12:55:39
40
Kristoffer
Skjerping
12:55:39
41
David
Bartl
12:57:00
42
Nicolas
Brolin
12:59:34
43
Klaas
Sys
13:01:21
44
Zico
Waeytens
13:01:30
45
Mauro
Da Dalto
13:01:41
46
Francisco
Lasca
13:02:06
47
Alberto
Rodriguez Oliver
13:02:19
48
Anthony
Delaplace
13:02:33
49
Marcos
Altur
13:03:05
50
Marconi
Durán
13:03:05
51
Gil
Suray
13:04:19
52
Teodorico
Usandizaga
13:04:25
53
Daniel
Ruiz
13:05:05
54
Marco
Haller
13:05:55
55
Jan
Tratnik
13:06:02
56
Jorge
Abreu
13:07:01
57
Luka
Grubic
13:07:05
58
Jesus
Merino Criado
13:07:07
59
Daniel
Hoelgaard
13:07:17
60
Sergey
Bormatenkov
13:08:13
61
Ilia
Koshevoy
13:08:29
62
Anatoliy
Sosnitskiy
13:08:29
63
Kanstantsin
Khviyuzau
13:08:29
64
Nicolae
Tanovitchii
13:08:31
65
Soufiane
Haddi
13:09:12
66
Rafael
Silva
13:10:22
67
Robert
Retschke
13:10:33
68
Polychronis
Tzortzakis
13:10:40
69
Aljaz
Hocevar
13:14:11
70
Klemen
Stimulak
13:14:11
71
Tino
Thömel
13:15:03
72
Leif
Hoste
13:15:08
73
Eduardo
Ardaiz
13:15:32
74
Vadim
Guliev
13:16:12
75
Sebastian
Siedler
13:21:11
76
Maarten
Tjallingii
13:22:34
77
Björn
Leukemans
13:28:36
78
Gerben
Löwik
13:28:36
79
Oscar
Freire
13:29:20
Abandon
Jordi
Simon
00:00:00
Points:
gene_i_rank
First Name
Last Name
Result
1
Joaquin
Rodriguez Oliver
45
2
Francisco
Lasca
41
3
Pieter
Weening
38
4
Perikles
Ilias
34
5
Daniel
Hoelgaard
32
6
Eduard
Vorganov
28
7
Patrik
Moren
26
8
Blaz
Furdi
24
9
Yannick
Talabardon
24
10
Simon
Galle
23
11
Jesus
Merino Criado
22
12
Sergio
Barrio
21
13
Robert
Retschke
20
14
Matic
Strgar
19
15
Alexander
Gingsjo
17
16
Sylvain
Calzati
16
17
Arnaud
Demare
16
18
Sergey
Bormatenkov
16
19
Marco
Minnard
14
20
Francesco
Failli
14
21
Teodorico
Usandizaga
14
22
Erdenebayar
Daspuntsag
12
23
Samuel
Sánchez Gonzalez
12
24
Filipe
Cardoso
12
25
Mauro
Da Dalto
12
26
Alberto
Rodriguez Oliver
12
27
Matteo
Carrara
10
28
Markus
Eibegger
8
29
Jordi
Grau
7
30
Dominik
Hrinkow
6
31
Marco
Haller
6
32
Tomas
Okrouhlicky
4
33
Rafael
Silva
4
34
Jose Vicente
Toribio
3
35
Ilia
Koshevoy
3
36
Gil
Suray
2
37
Andoni
Blazquez
1
KoM:
gene_i_rank
First Name
Last Name
Result
1
Matic
Strgar
26
2
Daniel
Hoelgaard
25
3
Alberto
Rodriguez Oliver
13
4
Teodorico
Usandizaga
13
5
Sergey
Bormatenkov
13
6
Robert
Retschke
13
7
Yannick
Talabardon
11
8
Sergio
Barrio
10
9
Gil
Suray
7
10
Blaz
Furdi
6
11
Joaquin
Rodriguez Oliver
3
12
Samuel
Sánchez Gonzalez
2
13
Jordi
Grau
1
14
Vadim
Shaekhov
1
Teams:
gene_i_rank
Team Name
Result (mod 24)
1
Iberia - Communidad Valencia
14:21:23
2
Magna - Ryanair
14:23:37
3
Team Gazelle
14:24:55
4
Vattenfall Cycling
14:29:24
5
FC Barcalona - Estrella Damm
14:29:40
6
Kappa -ENI
14:30:42
7
Team Privatbank
14:31:01
8
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
14:31:01
9
Pivovarna Lasko Cycling Team
14:51:58
10
Team CSC Orbea
14:53:49
11
Team Credexbank
15:25:27
12
Control Team
16:02:40
Young Riders:
gene_i_rank
First Name
Last Name
Result
1
Blaz
Furdi
12:48:25
2
Marco
Minnard
12:49:55
3
Erdenebayar
Daspuntsag
12:49:55
4
Juan Pablo
Valencia
12:49:55
5
Dominik
Hrinkow
12:49:55
6
Mikhel
Ronimois
12:50:42
7
Johan Esteban
Chaves
12:52:00
8
Arnaud
Demare
12:52:17
9
Sean
De Bie
12:53:37
10
Florian
Scheit
12:53:37
11
Francesco
Bongiorno
12:53:37
12
Kristoffer
Skjerping
12:55:39
13
David
Bartl
12:57:00
14
Zico
Waeytens
13:01:30
15
Francisco
Lasca
13:02:06
16
Anthony
Delaplace
13:02:33
17
Marcos
Altur
13:03:05
18
Daniel
Ruiz
13:05:05
19
Marco
Haller
13:05:55
20
Jan
Tratnik
13:06:02
21
Jorge
Abreu
13:07:01
22
Luka
Grubic
13:07:05
23
Daniel
Hoelgaard
13:07:17
24
Sergey
Bormatenkov
13:08:13
25
Ilia
Koshevoy
13:08:29
26
Anatoliy
Sosnitskiy
13:08:29
27
Kanstantsin
Khviyuzau
13:08:29
28
Nicolae
Tanovitchii
13:08:31
29
Soufiane
Haddi
13:09:12
30
Rafael
Silva
13:10:22
31
Polychronis
Tzortzakis
13:10:40
32
Aljaz
Hocevar
13:14:11
33
Klemen
Stimulak
13:14:11
34
Tino
Thömel
13:15:03
35
Eduardo
Ardaiz
13:15:32
36
Vadim
Guliev
13:16:12
Abandon
Jordi
Simon
00:00:00
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