Stage 3 is here, and having taken it easy for the first two days, surely today is the one where the big guns will shine. Moreno (ICV), Marzano (KEN) and Arroyo (DBG) are favourites. They must also be targetting yellow, and Ihlenfeldt (MTN) really shouldn't be able to hang on today.
Despite the breakaway successes over the last two days, no one is interested in attacking today. Duque (DBG) is interested in taking the sprint though, Da Dalto (KEN) and Coyot (ABC) follow him.
MTN are loving the fact that no one is interested today. Over the first categorised climb, admittedly just a cat 4 warm up, MTN go 1-2-3 with Nel, Lutsenko and Lemus Davila.
As we approach the bottom of the Cat 1 climb 3 riders finally decide to attack: Kiserlovski (KEN), Gonzalo (FCB) and Duran (ABC)
Gonzalo wins the sprint from Duran at the base of the climb. The three attackers have already ulled out a minutes advantage, and are all solid climbers.
This climb is averaging almost 8% and the three attackers push their lead to 4 minutes with still 8km to climb.
This forces Arroyo to send Ibarguren(DBG) forward to up the pace.
Coyot is amoung the first riders dropped, yesterday's heroics long forgotten.
Mobil Castrol are now helping DBG out, and they have pulled the gap down slightly, to 3'45".
Kiserlovski is first over the top, the Gonzalo and Duran. 46km to ride, and the peloton is 3'40" behind.
Die Berg Komt are flying down the descent, and have the gap under 3 minutes as we approach the bottom.
When the climbing restarts the breakaway riders show they are stronger than any domestiques, and even with MTN sending men forward as well, the gap starts to slowly rise again.
Moreno (ICV) decides to utilise the lack of depth in the main teams by attacking now, with 27km left.
He quickly builds a 45 second lead on the peloton. He will want to catch the break as soon as possible though.
The pace is too much for Gingsjo (VTF) and he is forced to let go of the 40 man peloton.
Kiserlovski (KEN) leads over the top of the hill. Gonzalo is again second.
It's bad news for their cahnce of a stage win though, as Moreno is just 15" behind them.
The peloton haven't let up either, coming over the top at +1'05". Finally today is a day for the favourites.
There are just 25 men left in the bunch, including the, clearly flagging, Ihlenfeldt.
Moreno catches the break on the downhill and continues to push on.
As Moreno leads onto the final, 13.5km climb his advantage is down to just 36 seconds.
And Ndibri (KAB) attacks straight away.
He goes past the break and Moreno tries to follow. The peloton are snapping at their heels though.
And it all comes back together. MTN are trying to take advantage of the momentary respite to move Ihlenfeldt forwards.
Carrara (ABC), Mora (MCC) and Ndibri (KAB) attack again.
They go nowhere, but here comes Gonzalo (FCB) followed by Moreno (ICV), Kisverlovski (KEN), Arroyo (DBG) and Parra Busamante (BVP)
Moreno and Gonzalo get a small gap, and are joined by Mora, who tries to push on. Behind, Menchov (FCB) and Marzano (KEN) are attacking.
Carrara (ABC) also attacks as MTN desperately try to keep it all together.
Marzano won't be denied, and he and Carrara attack again.
Carrara struggles to follow Marzano, but Moreno has bounded after him.
Niyontushi is pulling hard holding the two leaders advantage to just 22" as this 10% section goes on and on.
Menchov takes over the pace making, but Arroyo decides this is the moment to attack.
Up front Moreno has run out of steam and has to let Marzano go.
With the gradient softening to just 7.5% Niyontushi can see all the atackers ahead of him. With Ihlenfeldt looking like he's found a second wind it's just a matter of reeling them in.
Menchov pulls Parra Bussamante up to the flagging Moreno.
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with 5.6km to go we are back at the final 10% section. Marzano has pushed his lead out to twenty seconds.
Menchov has dropped Moreno and Parra Busamante
Further back Ihlenfeldt is forced to do the chasing himself.
It looks like Moreno will have to settle for fifth as Parra Busamante drops him as well.
The final 3km are a false flat, and Arroyo is loosing time to Marzano, he is now 30 seconds back.
And with everyone apparently equally shattered, Marzano has enough in the tank to drive to a dominant victory.
Arroyo is second at +35"
Then comes Menchov, Parra Busamante and Moreno, all about 15 seconds apart.
Mora takes 6th at 2'28", which is enough to give him the points jersey.
Then Gonzalo leads in the peloton, just inside three minutes.
Marzano's dominant victory leaves Arroyo in second 40 seconds behind. The race is tough enough that it's not game over, but Marzano was strong enough that it's very hard to see him decisively gapped. Ihlenfeldt manages to stay in third overall.
Results:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Marco Marzano
Kappa-ENI
4h23'55
2
David Arroyo
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 32
3
Denis Menchov
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 1'20
4
Edwin Parra Bustamante
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
5
Daniel Moreno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
6
Juan Mora
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 2'24
7
Eduardo Gonzalo
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 2'46
8
Francisco Colorado
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
9
Adrien Niyonshuti
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
10
Yasmani Martinez
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
11
Matteo Carrara
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
s.t.
12
Diego Gallego
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
13
Zakayo Ndbri
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
14
Stefan Ihlenfeldt
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
15
Gustav Larsson
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
16
Georgi Petrov Georgiev
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
17
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
18
Daniel Eduardo Silva
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
19
Antton Ibarguren
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
20
Luis Fernández Oliveira
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
21
Emanuel Kiserlovski
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
22
Massimiliano Maisto
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
23
Iker Camaño
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 4'18
24
Kevin De Weert
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
25
Daniel Njoroge
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 6'57
26
Tyron Giogieri
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 7'25
27
Rob Britton
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
28
Louis Meintjes
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 8'44
29
Marconi Durán
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
s.t.
30
Mikhel Ronimois
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 10'09
31
Kristoffer Skjerping
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 11'12
32
Alexey Lutsenko
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
33
Daniel Eliad
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
34
Tom Criel
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
35
Sylvain Calzati
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
36
Henrique Madeira Casimiro
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
37
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
38
Cadel Evans
Control Team
s.t.
39
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
s.t.
40
Alexander Gingsjo
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
41
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
42
David Bartl
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 13'17
43
Jaume Rovira
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
44
Patrik Moren
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
45
Eugenio Alafaci
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
46
Stefan Petrovski
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 13'52
47
Johannes Christofel Nel
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
48
Manuele Mori
Kappa-ENI
+ 14'40
49
Francesco Bongiorno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
50
Russell Downing
Control Team
s.t.
51
Yusuf Abrekov
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
52
Andrii Bratashcuk
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 19'51
53
Stefano Pirazzi
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
54
Florian Scheit
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 20'38
55
Aleksander Aleksiev
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
+ 21'03
56
Geoffroy Lequatre
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
57
Lasse Norman Hansen
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
58
Robert Hunter
Control Team
+ 22'04
59
Jean-Patrick Nazon
Control Team
s.t.
60
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
61
Jordi Simon
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 22'29
62
Johan Esteban Chaves
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
63
Gerben Löwik
Control Team
s.t.
64
Amadou Bakari
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
65
Javier Chacon
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
+ 23'24
66
Heiko Redecker
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
67
Vojtech Hacecký
Kappa-ENI
+ 25'42
68
Roy Eefting
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 26'44
69
Mauro Da Dalto
Kappa-ENI
+ 27'56
70
Leonardo Duque
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
71
Ludovic Bret
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 29'08
72
Christoph Taubel
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 29'45
73
Gil Suray
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
s.t.
74
Arnaud Coyot
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 30'33
75
Jan Polanc
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 31'07
GC:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Marco Marzano
Kappa-ENI
12h36'52
2
David Arroyo
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 40
3
Stefan Ihlenfeldt
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 1'26
4
Denis Menchov
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 1'32
5
Daniel Moreno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
+ 1'40
6
Edwin Parra Bustamante
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
7
Juan Mora
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 1'56
8
Eduardo Gonzalo
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 3'00
9
Emanuel Kiserlovski
Kappa-ENI
+ 3'04
10
Matteo Carrara
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 3'06
11
Yasmani Martinez
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
12
Adrien Niyonshuti
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
13
Antton Ibarguren
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
14
Massimiliano Maisto
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
15
Daniel Eduardo Silva
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
16
Diego Gallego
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
17
Luis Fernández Oliveira
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
18
Georgi Petrov Georgiev
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
19
Francisco Colorado
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
20
Gustav Larsson
Vattenfall Cycling
s.t.
21
Zakayo Ndbri
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
22
Francisco Perez Sanchez
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
23
Kevin De Weert
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 4'38
24
Iker Camaño
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
25
Daniel Njoroge
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 7'17
26
Tyron Giogieri
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 7'45
27
Rob Britton
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
28
Marconi Durán
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 9'00
29
Louis Meintjes
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 9'04
30
Alexander Gingsjo
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 10'14
31
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 10'28
32
Mikhel Ronimois
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 10'29
33
Kristoffer Skjerping
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 11'32
34
Sylvain Calzati
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
35
Henrique Madeira Casimiro
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
36
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
s.t.
37
Daniel Eliad
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
38
Alexey Lutsenko
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
39
Tom Criel
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
40
Cadel Evans
Control Team
s.t.
41
Patrik Moren
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 13'37
42
Jaume Rovira
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
43
David Bartl
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
s.t.
44
Eugenio Alafaci
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
45
Stefan Petrovski
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 14'12
46
Johannes Christofel Nel
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
47
Yusuf Abrekov
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 15'00
48
Manuele Mori
Kappa-ENI
s.t.
49
Francesco Bongiorno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
50
Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
Control Team
s.t.
51
Russell Downing
Control Team
+ 16'23
52
Lasse Norman Hansen
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 21'23
53
Johan Esteban Chaves
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
+ 22'49
54
Javier Chacon
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
+ 23'59
55
Heiko Redecker
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 25'07
56
Vojtech Hacecký
Kappa-ENI
+ 26'02
57
Andrii Bratashcuk
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 26'29
58
Stefano Pirazzi
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
s.t.
59
Florian Scheit
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 27'37
60
Gerben Löwik
Control Team
+ 27'54
61
Aleksander Aleksiev
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
+ 28'02
62
Arnaud Coyot
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 30'23
63
Robert Hunter
Control Team
+ 31'08
64
Ludovic Bret
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 32'33
65
Leonardo Duque
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 34'43
66
Roy Eefting
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 35'46
67
Gil Suray
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 38'32
68
Amadou Bakari
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
+ 38'37
69
Christoph Taubel
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 39'02
70
Jordi Simon
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 39'33
71
Jan Polanc
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 42'59
72
Jean-Patrick Nazon
Control Team
+ 46'12
73
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 55'55
74
Mauro Da Dalto
Kappa-ENI
+ 1h01'55
75
Geoffroy Lequatre
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 1h02'08
Points:
Rank
Name
Team
Points
General
1
Juan Mora
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
10
39
2
Alexander Gingsjo
Vattenfall Cycling
0
35
3
Daniel Moreno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
12
33
4
Marco Marzano
Kappa-ENI
25
31
5
Arnaud Coyot
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
2
30
6
Javier Chacon
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
0
28
7
Stefan Ihlenfeldt
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
2
27
8
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
0
24
9
David Arroyo
Die Berg Komt Er
20
20
10
Leonardo Duque
Die Berg Komt Er
6
19
11
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
0
17
12
Denis Menchov
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
16
16
13
Eduardo Gonzalo
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
15
15
14
Yasmani Martinez
Kenya Airways - Barclays
6
14
15
Kevin De Weert
Die Berg Komt Er
0
14
16
Edwin Parra Bustamante
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
14
14
17
Mauro Da Dalto
Kappa-ENI
4
14
18
Matteo Carrara
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
5
13
19
Adrien Niyonshuti
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
7
12
20
Patrik Moren
Vattenfall Cycling
0
12
21
Massimiliano Maisto
Kappa-ENI
0
12
22
Emanuel Kiserlovski
Kappa-ENI
2
10
23
Henrique Madeira Casimiro
Kenya Airways - Barclays
0
10
24
Diego Gallego
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
4
10
25
Tyron Giogieri
Die Berg Komt Er
0
9
26
Francisco Colorado
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
8
8
27
Antton Ibarguren
Die Berg Komt Er
0
5
28
Marconi Durán
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
4
4
29
Geoffroy Lequatre
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
0
4
30
Yusuf Abrekov
Kenya Airways - Barclays
0
3
31
Lasse Norman Hansen
Vattenfall Cycling
0
3
32
Zakayo Ndbri
Kenya Airways - Barclays
3
3
33
Mikhel Ronimois
Vattenfall Cycling
0
1
34
Gustav Larsson
Vattenfall Cycling
1
1
KoM:
Rank
Name
Team
Mountain
General
1
Arnaud Coyot
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
0
48
2
Emanuel Kiserlovski
Kappa-ENI
26
32
3
Eduardo Gonzalo
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
22
26
4
Javier Chacon
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
0
22
5
Jordi Simon
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
0
20
6
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
5
19
7
Alexander Gingsjo
Vattenfall Cycling
0
18
8
Juan Mora
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
4
16
9
Marco Marzano
Kappa-ENI
16
16
10
Marconi Durán
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
16
16
11
Florian Scheit
Vattenfall Cycling
0
16
12
Patrik Moren
Vattenfall Cycling
0
14
13
Daniel Njoroge
Kenya Airways - Barclays
0
12
14
David Arroyo
Die Berg Komt Er
12
12
15
Francesco Bongiorno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
0
12
16
Stefan Ihlenfeldt
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
0
10
17
Daniel Moreno
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
10
10
18
Denis Menchov
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
10
10
19
Antton Ibarguren
Die Berg Komt Er
8
8
20
Jaume Rovira
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
0
8
21
Henrique Madeira Casimiro
Kenya Airways - Barclays
0
8
22
Edwin Parra Bustamante
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
8
8
23
Tyron Giogieri
Die Berg Komt Er
6
6
24
Johannes Christofel Nel
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
5
5
25
David Bartl
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
0
4
26
Alexey Lutsenko
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
3
3
27
Kevin De Weert
Die Berg Komt Er
0
2
28
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
0
2
29
Daniel Eduardo Silva
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
2
2
30
Tom Criel
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
2
2
31
Johan Esteban Chaves
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
0
2
Teams:
Rank
Team
Time
General Time
1
Kappa-ENI
13h17'17
37h57'08 (1)
2
Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling
+ 1'20
+ 1'20 (3)
3
Iberia - Communidad Valenciana
s.t.
+ 32 (2)
4
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 2'04
+ 2'04 (4)
5
Kenya Airways - Barclays
+ 4'18
+ 4'18 (5)
6
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 8'44
+ 6'36 (6)
7
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 9'46
+ 9'46 (7)
8
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
+ 10'50
+ 10'14 (8)
9
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 18'35
+ 17'47 (9)
10
Control Team
+ 31'32
+ 36'23 (11)
11
Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
+ 35'06
+ 34'58 (10)
Young Riders:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
General Time
1
Stefan Ihlenfeldt
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
4h26'41
12h38'18 (1)
2
Antton Ibarguren
Die Berg Komt Er
s.t.
+ 1'40 (2)
3
Tyron Giogieri
Die Berg Komt Er
+ 4'39
+ 6'19 (3)
4
Louis Meintjes
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
+ 5'58
+ 7'38 (4)
5
Mikhel Ronimois
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 7'23
+ 9'03 (6)
6
Kristoffer Skjerping
Vattenfall Cycling
+ 8'26
+ 10'06 (7)
7
Alexey Lutsenko
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
+ 10'06 (9)
8
Daniel Eliad
Kenya Airways - Barclays
s.t.
+ 10'06 (8)
9
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
s.t.
+ 9'02 (5)
10
David Bartl
FC Barcelona - Estrella Damm
+ 10'31
+ 12'11 (10)
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