2011 Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco Results - Stage 3
Alexander Vinokourov of Team Astana wins stage 3 of the 2011 Tour of the Basque Country; Team Katusha's Joaquin Rodriguez regains overall race lead.
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April 6, 2011: 2011 Tour of the Basque Country / Vuelta al Pais Vasco 2011: Stage 3: Villatuerta - Zuia-Murgia (178 km):
1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 04:20:38
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:08
3 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
5 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
8 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack
9 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
10 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
11 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana
12 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
13 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek
15 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling
16 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team
17 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo
19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack
20 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling
21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
22 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team
23 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team
24 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
25 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team
26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
27 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
28 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
29 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
30 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural
31 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
32 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
33 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
34 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team
35 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad
36 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team
37 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
38 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
39 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek
40 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
41 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC
42 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
43 Iván Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
44 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
45 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad
46 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team
47 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
48 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
49 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team
51 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
52 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
53 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural
54 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
55 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
56 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD
57 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana
58 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
59 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling
60 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack
61 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 0:00:22
62 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
63 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana
64 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:01:52
65 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
66 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
67 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
68 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:54
69 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:02:25
70 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
71 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
72 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:03:57
73 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto
74 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
75 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad
76 David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
77 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
78 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:05:17
79 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:07:05
80 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek
81 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
82 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
83 Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team
84 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek
85 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard
86 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
87 Gert Dockx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
88 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
89 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team
90 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
91 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling
92 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling
93 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
94 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
95 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
96 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
97 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
98 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
99 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
100 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
101 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Procycling
102 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
103 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack
104 Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek
105 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
106 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:08:23
107 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
108 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
109 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team
110 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
111 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
112 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
113 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
114 Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team
115 Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad
116 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack
117 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack
118 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
119 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
120 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMC
121 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Caja Rural
122 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:16
123 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Lampre - ISD
124 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC
125 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
126 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Pro Team Astana
127 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
128 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC
129 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek
130 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
131 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo
132 Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack
133 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana
134 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD
135 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling
136 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural
137 Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural
138 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto
139 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team
140 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad
141 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural 0:12:44
142 Michael Albasini (Swi) HTC-Highroad 0:12:46
143 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Caja Rural 0:21:14
144 Noè Gianetti (Swi) Geox-TMC 0:22:09
145 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team
146 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard
147 Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC
148 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard
149 Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
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Overall rankings after stage 3:
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 12:30:09
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team RadioShack
3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
4 Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 0:00:01
5 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:00:06
6 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
8 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:09
11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:00:10
12 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 0:00:16
13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 0:00:18
14 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
15 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
16 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:36
17 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:00:42
18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team
19 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team
20 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:00:54
21 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:01:06
22 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad 0:01:07
23 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural 0:01:18
24 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:01:24
25 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD
26 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:26
27 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Caja Rural 0:01:28
28 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 0:01:33
29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:01:35
30 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad 0:01:37
31 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 0:01:41
32 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Katusha Team 0:02:00
33 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
34 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:02:04
35 Iván Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:13
36 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Pro Team Astana 0:02:14
37 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:02:20
38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Katusha Team 0:02:22
39 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:26
40 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Caja Rural 0:03:30
41 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:03:54
42 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:57
43 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:06
44 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:05:04
45 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:05:13
46 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:05:48
47 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Team RadioShack 0:06:06
48 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 0:06:36
49 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:07:13
50 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:24
51 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:43
52 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:46
53 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:29
54 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling 0:08:57
55 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:59
56 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:09:31
57 Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack 0:10:07
58 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:10:15
59 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:10:33
60 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:10:36
61 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:10:48
62 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:10:55
63 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana
64 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 0:11:21
65 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:11:35
66 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:11:49
67 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:12:05
68 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:12:21
69 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:12:57
70 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:13:08
71 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 0:13:40
72 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:13:44
73 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:13:49
74 Thomas Danielson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:14:05
75 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:14:17
76 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:14:39
77 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
78 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Team RadioShack 0:14:51
79 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:15:08
80 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:16:46
81 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team RadioShack 0:16:49
82 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:17:23
83 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:17:52
84 Jens Voigt (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:18:07
85 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:18:14
86 Laurent Didier (Lux) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:19:02
87 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Leopard Trek 0:19:24
88 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:19:26
89 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:19:32
90 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:19:35
91 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
92 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team 0:20:19
93 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:22:05
94 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 0:22:32
95 Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:22:33
96 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:22:34
97 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team RadioShack 0:23:24
98 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:24:13
99 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:25:48
100 Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:26:18
101 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Caja Rural 0:26:31
102 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:26:32
103 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo
104 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard
105 David Lelay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:26:33
106 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:27:06
107 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:27:19
108 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Lampre - ISD 0:28:06
109 Fabio Felline (Ita) Geox-TMC 0:28:12
110 Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:28:19
111 Gert Dockx (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:28:22
112 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
113 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:28:27
114 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC 0:28:31
115 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:29:18
116 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:29:34
117 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:30:28
118 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:30:56
119 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 0:30:59
120 Caleb Fairly (USA) HTC-Highroad
121 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:31:43
122 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:31:53
123 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 0:33:40
124 Anders Lund (Den) Leopard Trek
125 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:33:51
126 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 0:34:29
127 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:34:58
128 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Caja Rural 0:35:45
129 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:37:34
130 Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 0:38:51
131 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Pro Team Astana 0:40:41
132 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad 0:40:47
133 Thimothy Roe (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:41:26
134 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:41:35
135 Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:41:39
136 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:42:06
137 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:43:57
138 Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:44:22
139 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:45:59
140 Jason McCartney (USA) Team RadioShack
141 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Lampre - ISD
142 Michael Albasini (Swi) HTC-Highroad 0:46:29
143 Higinio Fernández (Spa) Caja Rural 0:46:46
144 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:46:49
145 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Caja Rural 0:47:16
146 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Caja Rural 0:49:39
147 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:55:52
148 Noè Gianetti (Swi) Geox-TMC 0:56:29
149 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 1:00:35