2010 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco Results - Stage 3
Francesco Gavazzi wins stage three of the 2010 Tour of the Basque Country; Oscar Freire snatches overall race lead from Alejandro Valverde.
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April 7, 2010: Tour of the Basque Country: Viana - Amurrio (190 km):
1 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 04:49:52
2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia
4 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
6 Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team
7 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
8 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step
9 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
10 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo
11 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:02
13 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
14 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
15 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram
16 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini
17 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step
18 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
19 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
20 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
21 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step
22 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions
23 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack
24 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia
25 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack
26 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Team Radioshack
27 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana
28 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto
29 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
30 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto
31 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
32 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha
33 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
34 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
35 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
36 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
37 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
38 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
39 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
40 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
41 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
42 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
43 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
44 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia
45 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
46 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team
47 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
48 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step
49 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
50 Johannes Frölingher (Ger) Team Milram
51 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
52 Peter Stenina (USA) Garmin - Transitions
53 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
54 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
55 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
56 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux
57 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
58 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana
59 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha
60 Gustavo César (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
61 Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
62 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
63 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
64 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
65 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
66 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
67 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram
68 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
69 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team
70 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions
71 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team HTC - Columbia
72 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
73 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
74 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team
75 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions
76 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha
77 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
78 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
79 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
80 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
81 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha
82 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana
83 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack
84 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
85 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
86 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto 0:00:28
87 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
88 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
89 Matthew Busche (USA) Team Radioshack
90 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:35
91 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack 0:00:42
92 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia 0:01:47
93 David De La Fuente (Spa) Astana 0:01:51
94 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:02:03
95 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 0:02:33
96 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
97 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team
98 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto
99 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions
100 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana
101 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram
102 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia
103 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
104 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
105 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:46
106 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
107 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions 0:03:30
108 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française Des Jeux
109 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
110 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:04:28
111 David García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
112 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
113 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
114 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:06:24
115 Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:08:18
116 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
117 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step
118 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram
119 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
120 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Footon-Servetto
121 Fuyu Li (Chn) Team Radioshack 0:12:10
122 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Radioshack
123 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
124 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
125 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
126 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto
127 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Footon-Servetto
128 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram
129 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
130 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne
131 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
132 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
133 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux
134 Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
135 Rafaél Valls (Spa) Footon-Servetto
136 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
137 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions
138 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
139 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Transitions
140 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale
141 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
142 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-Doimo
143 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
144 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo
145 Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto
146 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
147 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
148 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:12:39
149 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
150 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
151 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0:14:31
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Overall rankings after stage 3:
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 14:41:30
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:02
3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions 0:00:03
4 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Team Radioshack
6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia
7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step
10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
11 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
12 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack
13 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
14 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step
15 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack
16 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
17 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions
18 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
19 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto
20 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
21 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team HTC - Columbia
22 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
23 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
24 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:01:40
25 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo
26 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
27 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
28 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
29 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:01:42
30 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
31 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha
32 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto
33 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
34 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana
35 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
36 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha
37 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
38 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team
39 Thomas Löfkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team
40 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
41 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
42 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto 0:02:08
43 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0:02:41
44 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia
45 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 0:02:43
46 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
47 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
49 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Team Milram
50 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
51 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia
52 Manuel Vázquez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur
53 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana
54 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
55 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
56 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
57 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack
58 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
60 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:03:08
61 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:03:11
62 Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:03:55
63 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia 0:04:28
64 Serafín Martínez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:05:06
65 Peter Stenina (USA) Garmin - Transitions
66 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank 0:05:14
67 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
68 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:05:24
69 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:05:27
70 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 0:05:57
71 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 0:06:09
72 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
73 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 0:06:59
74 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:07:07
75 David García (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:07:09
76 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:08:38
77 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Team Radioshack 0:08:40
78 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 0:08:43
79 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:09:01
80 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 0:09:09
81 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:09:11
82 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Footon-Servetto
83 David De La Fuente (Spa) Astana 0:09:13
84 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:09:36
85 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:09:37
86 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:09:48
87 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 0:09:58
88 Davide Vigano (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:10:00
89 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Team HTC - Columbia 0:10:02
90 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 0:10:04
91 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:10:31
92 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 0:11:25
93 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:11:35
94 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:11:44
95 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 0:11:50
96 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:11:52
97 Johannes Frölingher (Ger) Team Milram
98 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:12:05
99 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:12:40
100 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 0:13:30
101 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:13:37
102 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:14:51
103 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
104 Gustavo César (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:15:57
105 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:16:08
106 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Footon-Servetto 0:16:48
107 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0:17:05
108 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions
109 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:17:14
110 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 0:17:15
111 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:17:56
112 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:18:28
113 Matthew Busche (USA) Team Radioshack 0:18:36
114 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 0:18:51
115 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Garmin - Transitions 0:19:17
116 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 0:19:30
117 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:19:59
118 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:20:10
119 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:20:46
120 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 0:20:59
121 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:21:12
122 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto 0:21:37
123 Rafaél Valls (Spa) Footon-Servetto
124 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:23:32
125 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 0:23:43
126 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana 0:23:58
127 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:25:10
128 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:25:45
129 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:26:14
130 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 0:26:36
131 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale
132 Alberto Benítez (Spa) Footon-Servetto 0:28:02
133 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Française Des Jeux
134 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas-Doimo
135 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0:28:06
136 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Transitions 0:28:56
137 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:29:15
138 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:29:25
139 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 0:30:38
140 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:32:42
141 Fuyu Li (Chn) Team Radioshack 0:33:20
142 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas-Doimo
143 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
144 Juan Javier Estrada (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:34:30
145 Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
146 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team Radioshack
147 Sergio Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 0:35:21
148 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 0:36:06
149 Gonzalo Rabuñal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:38:31
150 Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto 0:40:29
151 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:41:39
Watch 2010 Tour of the Basque Country video highlights in our Roadcycling.com videos section and watch the race live at www.universalsports.com/cycling.