March 28, 2003: Nonantola - Nonantola (154 km):
1 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Team Saeco             03:14:17 (45.10 km/h)
2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre
3 Uros Murn (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiav?
4 Ruben Daniel Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
5 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Cycling Team
6 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Cycling Team
7 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax
8 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino
9 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio
10 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Amore & Vita-Beretta
26 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino

Overall rankings after stage 3:
1 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Saeco             11:53:30 (39.30 km/h)
2 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre                         0.04
3 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze-Elitron            0.08
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                           0.12
6 Angelo Lopeboselli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Cr?dit par T?l?pho    0.14
7 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio                         0.16
8 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo            0.20
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron             0.22
10 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre                            0.46
11 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Scanavino              0.54