Stage 3: Miengo-El Astillero (178.1km)
Jean Marc Marino keeps yellow as Engoulvent shows sprinting abilities.

Rabobank dominated stage 1 of the 2009 Ciruitco but in stages 2 and 3, French team, Besson Chaussures have put their cards on the table and today took the stage win through Jimmy Engoulvent whilst keeping the yellow jersey on the back of Jean Marc Marino.

The third stage travelled from Miengo finishing in Elastillero covering 178km and was raced in sunny conditions. After the race had begun, there were attacks left, right and centre. Bessons-Chaussures Sojasun were keeping their minds on the job closing up any attack that tried to get away. Finally there was a successful break through Raul Santamarta (Burgos Monumental) and Columbian Diego Tamayo (Camiooro A-Style).

When the first climb of the day came around, these two riders had 5 minutes on the peloton when they started the ascent up the Collada de Carmona.

The peloton were going about their business not letting the advantage get too great and began to decrease the lead ever so slightly and when the riders passed through Guarnizo, 5km from the finish the sprinters teams were getting ready to prepare for a bunch sprint. The break was caught 3km from the line and the speed was so intense that the narrow roads caused some crashes in the peloton.

In a fast sprint to the finish, Jimmy Engoulvent reigned surpreme beating Jorge Martin Montenegro (Andalucia-Cajasur) and Evgeny Popov (Katyusha) recording his 6th victory in 2009.

Twenty Six year old Jean Marc Marino retained his leaders jersey. “The day has been good” said Marino. “We have achieved the stage win with Jimmy Engoulvent my partner and I keep the yellow jersey. It is a tough race but we could control it. Jimmy is a rider who is doing very well lately and has managed to be faster, not better.”

After today, the race gets tougher with 2 critical mountain stages. “The Spanish are very good riders in the mountains and the stages are better tailored to their characteristics. Do not rule out anything and that I and my team are ready to defend. Although we know that will not be easy.”

Stage 3 Classification
1 113 ENGOULVENT, Jimmy BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN FRA 4:37:57
2 1 MONTENEGRO, Jorge Martín ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR ARG m.t.
3 155 POPOV, Evgeny KATYUSHA CONTINENTAL TEAM RUS m.t.
4 134 SOBRINO MARTÍNEZ, Joaquin BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y LEÓN ESP m.t.
5 27 GRAU JORDA, Vicente O CAMARGO - FERROATLANTICA - FLOORTEX ESP m.t.
6 187 VAN WINDEN, Dennis RABOBANK NED m.t.
7 13 MARTÍNEZ HERNÁNDEZ, Rubén CAJA RURAL ESP m.t.
8 86 RODRÍGUEZ SEGARRA, Rafael SUPERMERCADOS FROIZ ESP m.t.
9 183 KREDER, Michel RABOBANK NED m.t.
10 101 TORRENT TARRES, Carlos ANDORRA - GRANDVALIRA ESP m.t.
11 136 VALLS FERRI, Rafael BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y LEÓN ESP +04
12 45 LOBATO VALLE, Juan José CUEVA EL SOPLAO ESP +04
13 75 ATXA AGIRRE, Garikoizt LIZARTE ESP +04
14 174 SOHRABI, Mehdi PETROCHEMICAL TABRIZ CYCLING TEAM IRI +04
15 116 SIMON, Julien BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN FRA +04
16 91 MERINO CRIADO, Pedro TRASMIERA FUJI ESP +04
17 22 GUTIÉRREZ GUTIÉRREZ, David CAMARGO - FERROATLANTICA - FLOORTEX ESP +04
18 44 LARA ARJONILLA, Jose Carlos CUEVA EL SOPLAO ESP +04
19 195 POHL, Dennis TEAM KUOTA - INDELAND GER +04
20 65 ZAMBRANO CALDERÓN, Gonzalo EXTREMADURA - SPIUK ESP +04
Complete Stage Results

General Classification
1 115 MARINO, Jean Marc BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN FRA 13:14:57
2 86 RODRÍGUEZ SEGARRA, Rafael SUPERMERCADOS FROIZ ESP +02
3 183 KREDER, Michel RABOBANK NED +09
4 1 MONTENEGRO, Jorge Martín ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR ARG +09
5 187 VAN WINDEN, Dennis RABOBANK NED +09
6 164 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS, Jonathan ORBEA ESP +13
7 136 VALLS FERRI, Rafael BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y LEÓN ESP +13
8 117 TALABARDON, Yannick BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN FRA +13
9 181 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay RABOBANK USA +13
10 103 GARCÍA DE MATEO RUBIO, Raúl ANDORRA - GRANDVALIRA ESP +13
11 102 VALLEJO FERNÁNDEZ, Ángel ANDORRA - GRANDVALIRA ESP +21
12 61 PÉREZ RODRÍGUEZ, Israel EXTREMADURA - SPIUK ESP +21
13 87 OYARZUN GUIÑEZ, Carlos I SUPERMERCADOS FROIZ CHI +21
14 125 BELDA GARCÍA, David BOYACA ES PARA VIVIRLA ESP +21
15 143 TERRENZIO, Fabio CARMIOORO - A STYLE ITA +21
16 172 MIZBANI IRANAGH, Ghader PETROCHEMICAL TABRIZ CYCLING TEAM IRI +21
17 176 POOR SEIEDI, Samad PETROCHEMICAL TABRIZ CYCLING TEAM IRI +21
18 186 AERNOUTS, Bart RABOBANK BEL +01:33
19 132 FRANCISCO DELGADO, David BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y LEÓN ESP +03:03
20 167 SICARD, Romain ORBEA FRA +03:14
Complete General Classification

Mountains Classification
1 87 OYARZUN GUIÑEZ, Carlos I SUPERMERCADOS FROIZ CHI 25
2 135 SANTAMARTA VALBUENA, Raúl BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y LEON ESP 16
3 86 RODRIGUEZ SEGARRA, Rafael SUPERMERCADOS FROIZ ESP 14
4 102 VALLEJO FERNANDEZ, Angel ANDORRA - GRANDVALIRA ESP 14
5 143 TERRENZIO, Fabio CARMIOORO - A STYLE ITA 13
6 142 TAMAYO MARTINEZ, Diego A CARMIOORO - A STYLE COL 11
7 137 GUAMA DE LA CRUZ, Byron BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y LEON ECU 8
8 54 VAN AAREN, Joset DIPUTAC. LEON - DEYSER TEAM NED 7
9 63 SALGUEIRO ALONSO, Enrique EXTREMADURA - SPIUK ESP 6
10 154 RESHETIKO, Evgeny KATYUSHA CONTINENTAL TEAM RUS 4

Sprint Classification
1 104 GARCIA DE MATEO RUBIO, Vicente ANDORRA - GRANDVALIRA ESP 4
2 102 VALLEJO FERNÁNDEZ, Ángel ANDORRA - GRANDVALIRA ESP 3
3 135 SANTAMARTA VALBUENA, Raúl BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y ESP 3
4 136 VALLS FERRI, Rafael BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y ESP 2
5 103 GARCÍA DE MATEO RUBIO, Raúl ANDORRA - GRANDVALIRA ESP 2
6 142 TAMAYO MARTÍNEZ, Diego A CARMIOORO - A STYLE COL 2
7 87 OYARZUN GUIÑEZ, Carlos I SUPERMERCADOS FROIZ CHI 1
8 132 FRANCISCO DELGADO, David BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y ESP 1

Points Classification
1 1 MONTENEGRO, Jorge Martín ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR ARG 40
2 183 KREDER, Michel RABOBANK NED 35
3 113 ENGOULVENT, Jimmy BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN FRA 32
4 86 RODRÍGUEZ SEGARRA, Rafael SUPERMERCADOS FROIZ ESP 32
5 153 MIRONOV, Alexander KATYUSHA CONTINENTAL TEAM RUS 25
6 115 MARINO, Jean Marc BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN FRA 25
7 187 VAN WINDEN, Dennis RABOBANK NED 24
8 101 TORRENT TARRES, Carlos ANDORRA - GRANDVALIRA ESP 22
9 134 SOBRINO MARTÍNEZ, Joaquin BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y LEÓN ESP 19
10 116 SIMON, Julien BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN FRA 17
Complete Points Classification

Teams Classification
1 RB3 RABOBANK NED 13:53:55
2 SCA CAMARGO - FERROATLANTICA - FLOORTEX ESP 04
3 BCS BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN FRA 04
4 FES CUEVA EL SOPLAO ESP 08
5 ORB ORBEA ESP 08
6 CCN CCN VALENCIA TERRA Y MAR ESP 08
7 VMC BURGOS MONUMENTAL - CASTILLA Y LEÓN ESP 12
8 ANG ANDORRA - GRANDVALIRA AND 12
9 BUC CAJA RURAL ESP 20
10 KTA KATYUSHA CONTINENTAL TEAM RUS 20
11 SFR SUPERMERCADOS FROIZ ESP 20
12 BCO ANDALUCÍA - CAJASUR ESP 20
13 TRA TRASMIERA FUJI ESP 24
14 AGA LIZARTE ESP 24
15 TPT PETROCHEMICAL TABRIZ CYCLING TEAM IRI 24
16 EXS EXTREMADURA - SPIUK ESP 24
17 CMO CARMIOORO - A STYLE ITA 24
18 BOY BOYACA ES PARA VIVIRLA COL 32
19 DIL DIPUTAC. LEON - DEYSER TEAM ESP 32
20 TRS TEAM KUOTA - INDELAND GER 54

Circuito Montañes Stages
Stage 1: Santander - Maliaño (172 km)
Stage 2: Santoña - Ramal de la Victoria (175.5 km)

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