Friday, March 8, 2013

2013 Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 3 Results

The winner of stage 3 is:



Joining the winner on the podium were Mark Cavendish ( Omega Pharma-Quick Step) and André Greipel (Lotto Belisol), finishing 2nd nd 3rd respectively.

Top 10 GC:
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 11:23:08
2 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:07
3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0:00:09
4 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
5 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step
6 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:00:18
7 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 0:00:20
8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
9 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Movistar Team

Tomorrow: the first of two key days with tomorrow featuring the Prati di Tivo climb that will take riders to the finish line; 14.5 km climbing with an average of 7% and max grade of 12% at the start. Vincenzo Nibali won this stage last year and donned the leader's jersey. Expect Nibali, Contador, Froome, Evans, and Rodriguez to show their hands.



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