Cavendish vandt i Qatar

På dagens tredje etape i Tour of Qatar skulle rytterne tilbagelægge 143 kilometer fra Al Wakra til Mesaieed.

Allerede efter 18 kilometer var der et massestyrt. Cirka 20 ryttere var involveret i styrtet, heriblandt Team Saxo-Tinkoffs Karsten Kroon og stortalentet Taylor Phinney, som lå nummer to i den samlede stilling inden dagens etape.

Etapen endte i den forventede massespurt. Mange hold forsøgte på de sidste kilometer at køre leadout for deres respektive sprintere. Omega Pharma-Quick Step prøvede på at køre deres kaptajn Cavendish frem, men taktikken glippede og Cavendish måtte derfor klare den på egen hånd i dag.

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Optakt: Liege-Bastogne-Liege

Den britiske supersprinter kan dog også uden hjælp, og som så ofte før kunne han række hænderne i vejret som vinder af dagens etape. I en kaotisk spurt lykkedes det ham at komme først over stregen med Barry Markus (Vacansoleil-DCM) og Aidis Kruopis (Orica GreenEdge) på de efterfølgende pladser. Det var Cavendish’ anden sejr i denne sæson.

BMC dominerer fortsat den samlede stilling ovenpå deres sejr i gårsdagens holdtidskørsel. Mark Cavendish er dog rykket op på en 4. plads efter at have vundet 12 bonussekunder i dag, og han begynder at ligne en seriøs udfordrer til den samlede sejr.

Resultat af 3. etape:

1 Mark Cavendish - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 03.05.14
2 Barry Markus - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
3 Aidis Kruopis - Orica-GreenEdge 
4 Nacer Bouhanni - FDJ 
5 Heinrich Haussler - IAM Cycling 
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen - Sky Procycling 
7 Roger Kluge - Team NetApp-Endura 
8 John Degenkolb - Team Argos-Shimano 
9 Filippo Fortin - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
10 Soupe Geoffrey - FDJ 
11 Andrea Guardini - Astana Pro Team 
12 Alexander Kristoff - Katusha 
13 Yauheni Hutarovich - Ag2R La Mondiale 
14 Blaz Jarc - Team NetApp-Endura 
15 Kenny Robert Van Hummel - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
16 Russell Downing - Team NetApp-Endura 
17 Borut Bozic - Astana Pro Team 
18 Miyataka Shimizu - Japan 
19 Niki Terpstra - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 
20 Alexander Porsev - Katusha 
21 Greg Van Avermaet - BMC Racing Team 
22 Tony Gallopin - RadioShack Leopard 
23 Zdenek Stybar - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 
24 Wouter Mol - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
25 Daniele Bennati - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 
26 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team 
27 Yoann Offredo - FDJ 
28 Marco Haller - Katusha 
29 Bobbie Traksel - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
30 Andriy Grivko - Astana Pro Team 
31 Jacopo Guarnieri - Astana Pro Team 
32 Christian Delle Stelle - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
33 Mathew Hayman - Sky Procycling 
34 Michael Schär - BMC Racing Team 
35 Yaroslav Popovych - RadioShack Leopard 
36 Geraint Thomas - Sky Procycling 
37 Elia Viviani - Cannondale Pro Cycling 
38 Martin Elmiger - IAM Cycling 
39 Matthieu Ladagnous - FDJ 
40 Luke Rowe - Sky Procycling 
41 Guillaume Boivin - Cannondale Pro Cycling 
42 Christopher Sutton - Sky Procycling 
43 Matt Brammeier - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
44 Adam Blythe - BMC Racing Team 
45 Jens Mouris - Orica-GreenEdge 
46 Yuzuru Suzuki - Japan 
47 Tiziano Dall’Antonia - Cannondale Pro Cycling 
48 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 
49 Roy Curvers - Team Argos-Shimano 
50 Murilo Antoniobil Fischer - FDJ 
51 Koen De Kort - Team Argos-Shimano 
52 Hugo Houle - Ag2R La Mondiale 
53 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 
54 Taylor Phinney - BMC Racing Team 
55 Zakkari Dempster - Team NetApp-Endura 
56 Tom Veelers - Team Argos-Shimano 
57 Baden Cooke - Orica-GreenEdge 
58 Matteo Tosatto - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 
59 Gabriel Rasch - Sky Procycling 
60 Fumiyuki Beppu - Orica-GreenEdge 
61 Markel Irizar - RadioShack Leopard 
62 Chan Jae Jang - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
63 Matti Breschel - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 
64 Bernhard Eisel - Sky Procycling 
65 Jens Keukeleire - Orica-GreenEdge 
66 Gregory Rast - RadioShack Leopard 
67 Dominique Rollin - FDJ 
68 Paul Voss - Team NetApp-Endura 
69 Pirmin Lang - IAM Cycling 
70 Gatis Smukulis - Katusha 
71 Rüdiger Selig - Katusha 
72 Ian Stannard - Sky Procycling 
73 Davide Appollonio - Ag2R La Mondiale 
74 Gediminas Bagdonas - Ag2R La Mondiale 
75 Arman Kamyshev - Astana Pro Team 
76 Sébastien Hinault - IAM Cycling 
77 Sonny Colbrelli - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
78 Daniel Schorn - Team NetApp-Endura 
79 Reto Hollenstein - IAM Cycling 
80 Taiji Nishitani - Japan 
81 Stijn Devolder - RadioShack Leopard 
82 Maciej Bodnar - Cannondale Pro Cycling 
83 David Boucher - FDJ 
84 Stijn Vandenbergh - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 
85 Yannick Eijssen - BMC Racing Team 
86 Lawrence Warbasse - BMC Racing Team 
87 Marco Coledan - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
88 Kazuhiro Mori - Japan 
89 Sergey Lagutin - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
90 Marco Canola - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
91 Rob Ruijgh - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
92 Andrea Pasqualon - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
93 Wesley Kreder - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
94 Valentin Iglinskiy - Ag2R La Mondiale 
95 Kristof Goddaert - IAM Cycling 
96 Julien Berard - Ag2R La Mondiale 
97 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
98 Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
99 Hayden Roulston - RadioShack Leopard 
100 Nikias Arndt - Team Argos-Shimano 0.16
101 Fabio Sabatini - Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.24
102 Ramon Sinkeldam - Team Argos-Shimano 0.25
103 Luka Mezgec - Team Argos-Shimano 0.27
104 Marko Kump - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 
105 Alessandro De Marchi - Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.30
106 Pengda Jiao - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 0.32
107 Chun Kai Feng - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
108 Yusuke Hatanaka - Japan 
109 Sébastien Minard - Ag2R La Mondiale 0.33
110 Fumeaux Jonathan - IAM Cycling 
111 Kohei Uchima - Japan 
112 Matthias Friedemann - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
113 Nelson Santos Oliveira - RadioShack Leopard 0.37
114 Jonathan Cantwell - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.42
115 Brett Daniel Lancaster - Orica-GreenEdge 0.53
116 Allan Davis - Orica-GreenEdge 
117 Dmitriy Muravyev - Astana Pro Team 
118 Fabian Cancellara - RadioShack Leopard 
119 Dmitriy Gruzdev - Astana Pro Team 
120 Junya Sano - Japan 1.05
121 Kristijan Koren - Cannondale Pro Cycling 1.07
122 Stephen Cummings - BMC Racing Team 1.12
123 Pavel Brutt - Katusha 
124 Daniele Ratto - Cannondale Pro Cycling 
125 Martin Velits - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 
126 Anders Lund - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 
127 Iljo Keisse - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 
128 Markus Eichler - Team NetApp-Endura 
129 Matteo Trentin - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 1.21
130 Marco Marcato - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
131 Marco Bandiera - IAM Cycling 
132 Johan Le Bon - FDJ 
133 Andrea Di Corrado - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
134 Andreas Schillinger - Team NetApp-Endura 1.35
135 Tom Stamsnijder - Team Argos-Shimano 
136 Steve Chainel - Ag2R La Mondiale 1.42
137 Aliaksandr Kuchynski - Katusha 2.17
138 Vladimir Isaichev - Katusha 
139 Evan Huffman - Astana Pro Team

Udgået

DNS Gang Xu - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
DNF Karsten Kroon - Team Saxo-Tinkoff

Samlet stilling

1 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team 06.49.58
2 Taylor Phinney - BMC Racing Team 0.06
3 Adam Blythe - BMC Racing Team 0.07
4 Mark Cavendish - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.08
5 Greg Van Avermaet - BMC Racing Team 0.10
6 Michael Schär - BMC Racing Team 
7 Bernhard Eisel - Sky Procycling 0.11
8 Mathew Hayman - Sky Procycling 0.12
9 Edvald Boasson Hagen - Sky Procycling 0.14
10 Geraint Thomas - Sky Procycling 0.15
11 Luke Rowe - Sky Procycling 
12 Niki Terpstra - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.20
13 Zdenek Stybar - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 
14 Tony Gallopin - RadioShack Leopard 0.21
15 Alexander Kristoff - Katusha 0.23
16 Alexander Porsev - Katusha 0.25
17 Marco Haller - Katusha 
18 Jacopo Guarnieri - Astana Pro Team 0.27
19 Aidis Kruopis - Orica-GreenEdge 0.29
20 Matthieu Ladagnous - FDJ 0.33
21 Jens Keukeleire - Orica-GreenEdge 
22 Baden Cooke - Orica-GreenEdge 
23 Elia Viviani - Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.34
24 Tiziano Dall’Antonia - Cannondale Pro Cycling 
25 Matti Breschel - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.36
26 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 
27 Ian Stannard - Sky Procycling 
28 John Degenkolb - Team Argos-Shimano 0.38
29 Andriy Grivko - Astana Pro Team 
30 Dominique Rollin - FDJ 0.39
31 Tom Veelers - Team Argos-Shimano 0.40
32 Koen De Kort - Team Argos-Shimano 
33 Martin Elmiger - IAM Cycling 0.41
34 Stijn Vandenbergh - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 
35 Yoann Offredo - FDJ 0.42
36 Markel Irizar - RadioShack Leopard 
37 Roger Kluge - Team NetApp-Endura 0.43
38 Yauheni Hutarovich - Ag2R La Mondiale 
39 Gatis Smukulis - Katusha 0.46
40 Heinrich Haussler - IAM Cycling 0.47
41 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.53
42 Paul Voss - Team NetApp-Endura 0.54
43 Daniele Bennati - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.57
44 Reto Hollenstein - IAM Cycling 0.58
45 Kenny Robert Van Hummel - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1.01
46 Roy Curvers - Team Argos-Shimano 
47 Rob Ruijgh - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
48 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
49 Matteo Tosatto - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1.18
50 Yaroslav Popovych - RadioShack Leopard 1.23
51 Gregory Rast - RadioShack Leopard 1.32
52 Sergey Lagutin - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1.34
53 Zakkari Dempster - Team NetApp-Endura 1.36
54 Matt Brammeier - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 1.37
55 Sébastien Minard - Ag2R La Mondiale 
56 Fabian Cancellara - RadioShack Leopard 1.41
57 Murilo Antoniobil Fischer - FDJ 1.45
58 Iljo Keisse - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 2.04
59 Johan Le Bon - FDJ 2.15
60 Pavel Brutt - Katusha 2.19
61 Sébastien Hinault - IAM Cycling 2.20
62 Martin Velits - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 
63 Daniel Schorn - Team NetApp-Endura 2.24
64 Ramon Sinkeldam - Team Argos-Shimano 2.27
65 Gabriel Rasch - Sky Procycling 2.52
66 Pirmin Lang - IAM Cycling 3.10
67 Dmitriy Muravyev - Astana Pro Team 3.17
68 Andreas Schillinger - Team NetApp-Endura 3.21
69 Nikias Arndt - Team Argos-Shimano 3.25
70 Steve Chainel - Ag2R La Mondiale 3.26
71 Rüdiger Selig - Katusha 4.07
72 Tom Stamsnijder - Team Argos-Shimano 4.44
73 Stijn Devolder - RadioShack Leopard 16.23
74 Borut Bozic - Astana Pro Team 16.29
75 Soupe Geoffrey - FDJ 16.35
76 Fumiyuki Beppu - Orica-GreenEdge 
77 Jens Mouris - Orica-GreenEdge 
78 Lawrence Warbasse - BMC Racing Team 16.44
79 Maciej Bodnar - Cannondale Pro Cycling 
80 Blaz Jarc - Team NetApp-Endura 16.45
81 Hugo Houle - Ag2R La Mondiale 
82 Gediminas Bagdonas - Ag2R La Mondiale 
83 Davide Appollonio - Ag2R La Mondiale 
84 Andrea Guardini - Astana Pro Team 16.46
85 Kristof Goddaert - IAM Cycling 16.49
86 Yannick Eijssen - BMC Racing Team 16.51
87 Nacer Bouhanni - FDJ 16.55
88 Barry Markus - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16.57
89 Nelson Santos Oliveira - RadioShack Leopard 17.00
90 Fabio Sabatini - Cannondale Pro Cycling 17.06
91 Alessandro De Marchi - Cannondale Pro Cycling 
92 Luka Mezgec - Team Argos-Shimano 17.09
93 Filippo Fortin - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 17.11
94 Marco Canola - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
95 Marco Coledan - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
96 Andrea Pasqualon - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
97 Wesley Kreder - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
98 Russell Downing - Team NetApp-Endura 17.14
99 Dmitriy Gruzdev - Astana Pro Team 17.21
100 Chan Jae Jang - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 17.26
101 Bobbie Traksel - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 17.28
102 Sonny Colbrelli - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 17.34
103 Hayden Roulston - RadioShack Leopard 17.38
104 Kristijan Koren - Cannondale Pro Cycling 17.43
105 Wouter Mol - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 17.45
106 David Boucher - FDJ 17.47
107 Daniele Ratto - Cannondale Pro Cycling 17.48
108 Markus Eichler - Team NetApp-Endura 17.57
109 Stephen Cummings - BMC Racing Team 
110 Miyataka Shimizu - Japan 18.00
111 Taiji Nishitani - Japan 
112 Kazuhiro Mori - Japan 
113 Chun Kai Feng - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 
114 Matthias Friedemann - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 18.01
115 Arman Kamyshev - Astana Pro Team 18.05
116 Pengda Jiao - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 18.10
117 Marco Bandiera - IAM Cycling 
118 Julien Berard - Ag2R La Mondiale 18.14
119 Valentin Iglinskiy - Ag2R La Mondiale 
120 Yuzuru Suzuki - Japan 18.15
121 Matteo Trentin - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 18.24
122 Yusuke Hatanaka - Japan 18.32
123 Andrea Di Corrado - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
124 Christopher Sutton - Sky Procycling 18.33
125 Vladimir Isaichev - Katusha 18.44
126 Allan Davis - Orica-GreenEdge 18.46
127 Evan Huffman - Astana Pro Team 
128 Brett Daniel Lancaster - Orica-GreenEdge 
129 Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 19.00
130 Guillaume Boivin - Cannondale Pro Cycling 19.05
131 Junya Sano - Japan 
132 Kohei Uchima - Japan 19.19
133 Christian Delle Stelle - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 19.24
134 Fumeaux Jonathan - IAM Cycling 19.28
135 Marko Kump - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 19.40
136 Jonathan Cantwell - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 19.55
137 Marco Marcato - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 19.59
138 Anders Lund - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 20.25
139 Aliaksandr Kuchynski - Katusha 20.26

Pointkonkurrencen

1 Mark Cavendish - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 22 pts
2 Brent Bookwalter - BMC Racing Team 15
3 Martin Elmiger - IAM Cycling 12
4 Barry Markus - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 12
5 Bernhard Eisel - Sky Procycling 11
6 Aidis Kruopis - Orica-GreenEdge 9
7 Gregory Rast - RadioShack Leopard 9
8 Heinrich Haussler - IAM Cycling 8
9 Taylor Phinney - BMC Racing Team 7
10 Nacer Bouhanni - FDJ 7
11 Edvald Boasson Hagen - Sky Procycling 6
12 Elia Viviani - Cannondale Pro Cycling 6
13 John Degenkolb - Team Argos-Shimano 5
14 Matti Breschel - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 4
15 Roger Kluge - Team NetApp-Endura 4
16 Adam Blythe - BMC Racing Team 3
17 Mathew Hayman - Sky Procycling 3
18 Alexander Kristoff - Katusha 2
19 Filippo Fortin - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 2
20 Chan Jae Jang - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 2
21 Matthieu Ladagnous - FDJ 1
22 Soupe Geoffrey - FDJ 1
23 Dmitriy Gruzdev - Astana Pro Team 1

Ungdomskonkurrencen

1 Taylor Phinney - BMC Racing Team 06.50.04
2 Adam Blythe - BMC Racing Team 0.01
3 Luke Rowe - Sky Procycling 0.09
4 Tony Gallopin - RadioShack Leopard 0.15
5 Marco Haller - Katusha 0.19
6 Jens Keukeleire - Orica-GreenEdge 0.27
7 Elia Viviani - Cannondale Pro Cycling 0.28
8 John Degenkolb - Team Argos-Shimano 0.32
9 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0.47
10 Johan Le Bon - FDJ 2.09
11 Daniel Schorn - Team NetApp-Endura 2.18
12 Ramon Sinkeldam - Team Argos-Shimano 2.21
13 Nikias Arndt - Team Argos-Shimano 3.19
14 Rüdiger Selig - Katusha 4.01
15 Soupe Geoffrey - FDJ 16.29
16 Lawrence Warbasse - BMC Racing Team 16.38
17 Blaz Jarc - Team NetApp-Endura 16.39
18 Hugo Houle - Ag2R La Mondiale 
19 Davide Appollonio - Ag2R La Mondiale 
20 Andrea Guardini - Astana Pro Team 16.40
21 Yannick Eijssen - BMC Racing Team 16.45
22 Nacer Bouhanni - FDJ 16.49
23 Barry Markus - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 16.51
24 Nelson Santos Oliveira - RadioShack Leopard 16.54
25 Luka Mezgec - Team Argos-Shimano 17.03
26 Filippo Fortin - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 17.05
27 Marco Canola - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
28 Marco Coledan - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
29 Andrea Pasqualon - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 
30 Wesley Kreder - Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 
31 Chan Jae Jang - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 17.20
32 Sonny Colbrelli - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 17.28
33 Daniele Ratto - Cannondale Pro Cycling 17.42
34 Chun Kai Feng - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 17.54
35 Arman Kamyshev - Astana Pro Team 17.59
36 Matteo Trentin - Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 18.18
37 Andrea Di Corrado - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 18.26
38 Evan Huffman - Astana Pro Team 18.40
39 Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman - Champion System Pro Cycling Team 18.54
40 Guillaume Boivin - Cannondale Pro Cycling 18.59
41 Kohei Uchima - Japan 19.13
42 Christian Delle Stelle - Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox 19.18
43 Fumeaux Jonathan - IAM Cycling 19.22
44 Marko Kump - Team Saxo-Tinkoff 19.34