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2014 Vuelta al País Vasco (World Tour)
Stage 3 Results
54th edition: April 7 - April 12, 2014
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Wednesday, April 9: Stage 3, Urdazubi - Vitoria Gasteiz, 194.51 km
The Race: Michael Matthews won the third stage of the Tour of the Basque Country largely through the powerful help of lead-out man, fellow Orica-GreenEdge rider Simon Gerrans.
Alberto Contador remains the overall leader, still with a 14-second lead of Alejandro Valverde. Though the pair were not protagonists in today's stage, things should be different tomorrow.
Stage 4 is hilly with three second-category and two first-category climbs, including the first-category ascent to Arrete.
Complete Results:
Winner's average speed: 38.63 km/hr
| 1 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEdge | 5hr 2min 9sec |
| 2 | Kevin Reza | Europcar | |
| 3 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 4 | Ben Swift | Sky | |
| 5 | Paul Martens | Belkin | |
| 6 | Yukiya Arashiro | Europcar | |
| 7 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale | |
| 8 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana | |
| 9 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana | |
| 10 | Tosh Van Der Sande | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 11 | Damiano Caruso | Cannondale | |
| 12 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin-Sharp | |
| 13 | Jan Polanc | Lampre-Merida | |
| 14 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ | |
| 15 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC | |
| 16 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 17 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | |
| 18 | Simon Geschke | Giant-Shimano | |
| 19 | Roman Kreuziger | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 20 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r | |
| 21 | Koldo Fdez. De Larrea | Garmin-Sharp | |
| 22 | Warren Barguil | Giant-Shimano | |
| 23 | Wouter Poels | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 24 | Daan Olivier | Giant-Shimano | |
| 25 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 26 | Cadel Evans | BMC | |
| 27 | Caleb Fairly | Garmin-Sharp | |
| 28 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 29 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 30 | Samuel Sanchez | BMC | |
| 31 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Ag2r | |
| 32 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 33 | Dominik Nerz | BMC | |
| 34 | Robert Gesink | Belkin | |
| 35 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-Merida | |
| 36 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha | |
| 37 | André Cardoso | Garmin-Sharp | |
| 38 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 39 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana | |
| 40 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Shimano | |
| 41 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r | |
| 42 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC | |
| 43 | Simon Yates | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 44 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 45 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha | |
| 46 | Jose Herrada | Movistar | |
| 47 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar | |
| 48 | Sergei Chernetskiy | Katusha | |
| 49 | Pieter Serry | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 50 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | |
| 51 | Peter Velits | BMC | |
| 52 | Robert Kiserlovski | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 53 | Mikel Nieve | Sky | |
| 54 | Petter Nordhaug Lars | Belkin | |
| 55 | Mikel Landa | Astana | |
| 56 | Sebastian Henao | Sky | |
| 57 | Romain Sicard | Europcar | |
| 58 | Amets Txurruka | Caja Rural | |
| 59 | Rui Costa | Lampre-Merida | |
| 60 | Stef Clement | Belkin | |
| 61 | Christian Meier | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 62 | Marc Marino Jean | Cannondale | |
| 63 | Simon Spilak | Katusha | |
| 64 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana | |
| 65 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin | |
| 66 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r | |
| 67 | Jelte Slagter Tom | Garmin-Sharp | |
| 68 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | |
| 69 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre-Merida | |
| 70 | Davide Malacarne | Europcar | |
| 71 | Ben Gastauer | Ag2r | |
| 72 | Pierrick Fedrigo | FDJ | |
| 73 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 74 | Leon Sanchez Luis | Caja Rural | |
| 75 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 76 | Jeremy Roy | FDJ | |
| 77 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale | |
| 78 | Frank Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 79 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin | |
| 80 | Tim Wellens | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 81 | Rory Sutherland | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 82 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural | |
| 83 | John Gadret | Movistar | |
| 84 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin-Sharp | |
| 85 | Carlos Verona | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 86 | Sander Armée | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 87 | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ | |
| 88 | Cyril Gautier | Europcar | |
| 89 | Benoit Vaugrenard | FDJ | |
| 90 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | |
| 91 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | |
| 92 | Haimar Zubeldia | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 93 | Ruben Plaza | Movistar | |
| 94 | Benjamin King | Garmin-Sharp | |
| 95 | Matthew Busche | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 96 | Pierre Rolland | Europcar | |
| 97 | Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 98 | Maxime Mederel | Europcar | |
| 99 | David Tanner | Belkin | @ 16 seconds |
| 100 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Giant-Shimano | + 01′ 01″ |
| 101 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | + 02′ 32″ |
| 102 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 103 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 104 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha | |
| 105 | Michel Koch | Cannondale | |
| 106 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Cannondale | |
| 107 | Adam Yates | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 108 | Michael Morkov | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 109 | Hubert Dupont | Ag2r | |
| 110 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ | |
| 111 | Angel Madrazo | Caja Rural | |
| 112 | Rafael Valls | Lampre-Merida | + 03′ 17″ |
| 113 | Jose Serpa | Lampre-Merida | |
| 114 | Natnael Berhane | Europcar | |
| 115 | Thomas Damuseau | Giant-Shimano | |
| 116 | Gang Xu | Lampre-Merida | |
| 117 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana | |
| 118 | Davide Villella | Cannondale | |
| 119 | Esteban Chaves | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 120 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana | |
| 121 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural | |
| 122 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre-Merida | |
| 123 | Thomas Peterson | Giant-Shimano | |
| 124 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar | |
| 125 | Antonio Piedra | Caja Rural | |
| 126 | Dmitry Kozontchuk | Katusha | |
| 127 | Xabier Zandio | Sky | + 04′ 30″ |
| 128 | Jens Voigt | Trek Factory Racing | + 05′ 56″ |
| 129 | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 130 | Omar Fraile | Caja Rural | |
| 131 | Bruno Pires | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 132 | Sergio Paulinho | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 133 | Jesper Hansen | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 134 | Jesus Hernandez | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 135 | Alberto Bettiol | Cannondale | |
| 136 | Josh Edmondson | Sky | |
| 137 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky | |
| 138 | Darwin Atapuma | BMC | |
| 139 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r | + 07′ 38″ |
| 140 | Jack Bobridge | Belkin | + 08′ 37″ |
| 141 | Danny Pate | Sky | |
| 142 | Ruben Fernandez | Caja Rural | + 09′ 52″ |
| 143 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky | + 12′ 05″ |
GC after stage 3: 503.7 km raced so far at an average speed of 39.044 km/hr
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff-Saxo | 12hr 54min 3sec |
| 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | @ 14 seconds |
| 3 | Michal Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | + 00′ 34″ |
| 4 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-Merida | + 00′ 36″ |
| 5 | Cadel Evans | BMC | |
| 6 | Jean-Christophe Peraud | Ag2r | |
| 7 | Yury Trofimov | Katusha | |
| 8 | Mikel Nieve | Sky | |
| 9 | Roman Kreuziger | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 00′ 54″ |
| 10 | Mikel Landa | Astana | |
| 11 | Yukiya Arashiro | Europcar | + 00′ 56″ |
| 12 | Jelte Slagter Tom | Garmin-Sharp | |
| 13 | Thibaut Pinot | FDJ | |
| 14 | Wouter Poels | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | + 00′ 58″ |
| 15 | Samuel Sanchez | BMC | |
| 16 | Robert Gesink | Belkin | |
| 17 | Sergei Chernetskiy | Katusha | |
| 18 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC | |
| 19 | André Cardoso | Garmin-Sharp | |
| 20 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 21 | Simon Yates | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 22 | Robert Kiserlovski | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 23 | Simon Spilak | Katusha | |
| 24 | John Gadret | Movistar | |
| 25 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin-Sharp | + 01′ 30″ |
| 26 | Damiano Caruso | Cannondale | + 01′ 34″ |
| 27 | Petter Nordhaug Lars | Belkin | |
| 28 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r | + 01′ 48″ |
| 29 | Warren Barguil | Giant-Shimano | + 01′ 52″ |
| 30 | Daan Olivier | Giant-Shimano | + 02′ 23″ |
| 31 | Philippe Gilbert | BMC | + 02′ 42″ |
| 32 | Cyril Gautier | Europcar | |
| 33 | Michael Albasini | Orica-GreenEdge | + 02′ 46″ |
| 34 | Frank Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | + 03′ 25″ |
| 35 | Tom Dumoulin | Giant-Shimano | + 03′ 39″ |
| 36 | Jose Herrada | Movistar | + 04′ 15″ |
| 37 | Rui Costa | Lampre-Merida | |
| 38 | Romain Sicard | Europcar | |
| 39 | David Arroyo | Caja Rural | |
| 40 | Jeremy Roy | FDJ | + 04′ 48″ |
| 41 | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ | |
| 42 | Arnold Jeannesson | FDJ | + 04′ 55″ |
| 43 | Caleb Fairly | Garmin-Sharp | + 05′ 39″ |
| 44 | Pavel Brutt | Katusha | |
| 45 | Rory Sutherland | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 06′ 57″ |
| 46 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEdge | + 07′ 12″ |
| 47 | Ben Gastauer | Ag2r | |
| 48 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana | + 07′ 29″ |
| 49 | Kristijan Durasek | Lampre-Merida | + 08′ 03″ |
| 50 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 51 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEdge | + 08′ 54″ |
| 52 | Jelle Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | + 08′ 56″ |
| 53 | Bauke Mollema | Belkin | + 09′ 01″ |
| 54 | Beñat Intxausti | Movistar | + 09′ 28″ |
| 55 | Gorka Izagirre | Movistar | + 09′ 29″ |
| 56 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana | + 09′ 35″ |
| 57 | Pierre Rolland | Europcar | + 10′ 05″ |
| 58 | Darwin Atapuma | BMC | + 10′ 44″ |
| 59 | Rafael Valls | Lampre-Merida | + 11′ 05″ |
| 60 | Simon Geschke | Giant-Shimano | + 11′ 18″ |
| 61 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | + 11′ 48″ |
| 62 | Andy Schleck | Trek Factory Racing | + 12′ 44″ |
| 63 | Ion Izagirre | Movistar | + 13′ 02″ |
| 64 | Xabier Zandio | Sky | + 13′ 06″ |
| 65 | Tony Martin | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | + 13′ 38″ |
| 66 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r | + 13′ 59″ |
| 67 | Koldo Fdez. De Larrea | Garmin-Sharp | + 14′ 18″ |
| 68 | Carlos Verona | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | + 14′ 32″ |
| 69 | Vasil Kiryienka | Sky | |
| 70 | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | + 14′ 35″ |
| 71 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Katusha | + 15′ 44″ |
| 72 | Paul Martens | Belkin | + 15′ 45″ |
| 73 | Rinaldo Nocentini | Ag2r | |
| 74 | Peter Velits | BMC | |
| 75 | Sebastian Henao | Sky | |
| 76 | Leon Sanchez Luis | Caja Rural | |
| 77 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin-Sharp | + 16′ 05″ |
| 78 | Haimar Zubeldia | Trek Factory Racing | + 16′ 19″ |
| 79 | Maxime Mederel | Europcar | |
| 80 | Ben Swift | Sky | + 16′ 52″ |
| 81 | Stef Clement | Belkin | |
| 82 | Jan Bakelants | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | + 17′ 04″ |
| 83 | Pierrick Fedrigo | FDJ | + 17′ 29″ |
| 84 | Jesus Hernandez | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 17′ 32″ |
| 85 | Fabricio Ferrari | Caja Rural | + 17′ 43″ |
| 86 | Matthew Busche | Trek Factory Racing | + 17′ 46″ |
| 87 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEdge | + 17′ 50″ |
| 88 | Pieter Serry | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 89 | Benoit Vaugrenard | FDJ | |
| 90 | Jan Polanc | Lampre-Merida | + 17′ 51″ |
| 91 | Alessandro Vanotti | Astana | + 18′ 32″ |
| 92 | Cristiano Salerno | Cannondale | + 18′ 42″ |
| 93 | Davide Malacarne | Europcar | |
| 94 | Ruben Plaza | Movistar | |
| 95 | Johannes Fröhlinger | Giant-Shimano | + 18′ 52″ |
| 96 | David Tanner | Belkin | + 18′ 58″ |
| 97 | Antonio Piedra | Caja Rural | + 19′ 36″ |
| 98 | Hubert Dupont | Ag2r | + 20′ 01″ |
| 99 | Amets Txurruka | Caja Rural | + 20′ 10″ |
| 100 | Danny Pate | Sky | + 20′ 13″ |
| 101 | Nelson Oliveira | Lampre-Merida | + 20′ 43″ |
| 102 | Christian Meier | Orica-GreenEdge | + 20′ 44″ |
| 103 | Esteban Chaves | Orica-GreenEdge | + 20′ 47″ |
| 104 | Marc Marino Jean | Cannondale | + 21′ 59″ |
| 105 | Sander Armée | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 106 | Amaël Moinard | BMC | |
| 107 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana | + 22′ 11″ |
| 108 | Tosh Van Der Sande | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 109 | Cayetano Sarmiento | Cannondale | + 22′ 38″ |
| 110 | Dominik Nerz | BMC | + 22′ 59″ |
| 111 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | + 23′ 11″ |
| 112 | Thomas Damuseau | Giant-Shimano | + 23′ 23″ |
| 113 | Ruben Fernandez | Caja Rural | + 23′ 28″ |
| 114 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale | + 23′ 56″ |
| 115 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | + 24′ 04″ |
| 116 | Javier Moreno | Movistar | |
| 117 | Tim Wellens | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 118 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ | + 24′ 31″ |
| 119 | Kevin Reza | Europcar | + 25′ 11″ |
| 120 | Davide Villella | Cannondale | + 25′ 49″ |
| 121 | Dmitry Kozontchuk | Katusha | + 26′ 00″ |
| 122 | Jose Serpa | Lampre-Merida | + 26′ 23″ |
| 123 | Angel Madrazo | Caja Rural | + 26′ 36″ |
| 124 | Natnael Berhane | Europcar | + 27′ 21″ |
| 125 | Gang Xu | Lampre-Merida | + 28′ 28″ |
| 126 | Fredrik Kessiakoff | Astana | |
| 127 | Adam Yates | Orica-GreenEdge | + 29′ 11″ |
| 128 | Alexsandr Dyachenko | Astana | + 30′ 49″ |
| 129 | Benjamin King | Garmin-Sharp | + 30′ 49″ |
| 130 | Michel Koch | Cannondale | + 31′ 16″ |
| 131 | Sergio Paulinho | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 32′ 12″ |
| 132 | Josh Edmondson | Sky | + 32′ 43″ |
| 133 | Jonathan Hivert | Belkin | + 32′ 54″ |
| 134 | Alberto Bettiol | Cannondale | + 34′ 32″ |
| 135 | Jens Voigt | Trek Factory Racing | + 34′ 40″ |
| 136 | Peter Kennaugh | Sky | + 35′ 11″ |
| 137 | Michael Morkov | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 35′ 26″ |
| 138 | Thomas Peterson | Giant-Shimano | + 35′ 44″ |
| 139 | Jesper Hansen | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 36′ 22″ |
| 140 | Christophe Riblon | Ag2r | + 38′ 27″ |
| 141 | Omar Fraile | Caja Rural | + 38′ 50″ |
| 142 | Bruno Pires | Tinkoff-Saxo | + 38′ 50″ |
| 143 | Jack Bobridge | Belkin | + 41′ 31″ |