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2012 Tour de Suisse
Stage 3: Martigny - Aarberg, 194.7km
Slovakian Peter Sagan (Liguigas) took his second stage win at the 2012 Tour de Suisse, adding to victory in the time trail on stage one. Sagan edged out Baden Cooke (Orica-GreeEdge) after overtaking him in the closing metres, with Ben Swift (Sky) taking third spot. Cooke, behind a strong lead out by Michael Albasini had looked to have the win in the bag, especially with Sagan almost crashing in the penultimate bend, but the Aussie hadn't the power to hold of the latter. Sagan now has ten wins this season, including five at the Tour of California.
Peter Sagan
wins Stage 3 © Tour de Suiisse
The result was almost thwarted when the peloton fell victim to Switzerland's famously punctual railway and train barriers closed 55 km from the finish. 14 riders, among them overall leader Rui Costa, sneaked past underneath the barrier, but the rest of the peloton had to wait until the train had gone past. After some discussions, the race judges decided to stop the 14 riders and to make them wait for the remaining riders of the peloton. Further up the road though were three riders who had been in a breeakaway for over 100km, Michael Morkov (Saxo), Guillaume Bonnafond (AG2R) and Jonas van Genechten (Lotto-Belisol) who gained another two minutes to what would turn out to be a maximum of over eithg minutes lead. It still wasn't enough and they were sept up in the last three kilometres after a 188km break.
Rui Costa (Movistar) retained the overall lead and will start stage 4 from Aarberg to Trimbach/Olten with eight seconds over Fränk Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) and 15 seconds over Roman Kreuziger (Astana).
Route Map
© Tour de Suiisse
Results Stage 3 - Top 30
1. Peter SAGAN, Liquigas-Cannondale +4:35:32
2. Baden COOKE, Orica-GreenEdge at s.t.
3. Ben SWIFT, Sky at s.t.
4. Jacopo GUARNIERI, Astana +3
5. Allan DAVIS, Orica-GreenEdge +3
6. Yauheni HUTAROVICH, FDJ-Big Mat +3
7. Lloyd MONDORY, Ag2r La Mondiale +3
8. Tyler FARRAR, Garmin-Barracuda +3
9. Daniele COLLI, Team Type 1-Sanofi +3
10. Marcus BURGHARDT, BMC Racing +3
11. Jose Joaquin ROJAS GIL, Movistar +3
12. Matti BRESCHEL, Rabobank +3
13. Vicente REYNES MIMO, Lotto-Belisol +3
14. Alessandro BAZZANA, Team Type 1-Sanofi +3
15. Kris BOECKMANS, Vacansoleil-DCM +3
16. Matteo MONTAGUTI, Ag2r La Mondiale +3
17. Julien EL FARES, Team Type 1-Sanofi +3
18. Alessandro PETACCHI, Lampre-ISD +3
19. Steve CHAINEL, FDJ-Big Mat +3
20. Grégory RAST, RadioShack-Nissan +3
21. Ruben PEREZ MORENO, Euskaltel-Euskadi +3
22. Thomas LÖVKVIST, Sky +3
23. Martin ELMIGER, Ag2r La Mondiale +3
24. Jakob FUGLSANG, RadioShack-Nissan +3
25. Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA, Movistar +3
26. Zdenek STYBAR, Omega Pharma-Quick Step +3
27. Marco MARCATO, Vacansoleil-DCM +3
28. Frank SCHLECK, RadioShack-Nissan +3
29. Mikel ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU, Euskaltel-Euskadi +3
30. Vladimir GUSEV, Katusha +3
General Classification after Stage 3
1. Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA, Movistar +11:06:57
2. Frank SCHLECK, RadioShack-Nissan +8
3. Roman KREUZIGER, Astana +15
4. Thibaut PINOT, FDJ-Big Mat +19
5. Nicolas ROCHE, Ag2r La Mondiale +21
6. Thomas LÖVKVIST, Sky +21
7. Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE, Movistar +23
8. John GADRET, Ag2r La Mondiale +24
9. Mikel NIEVE ITURALDE, Euskaltel-Euskadi +26
10. Thomas DANIELSON, Garmin-Barracuda +29
11. Robert KISERLOVSKI, Astana +32
12. Jakob FUGLSANG, RadioShack-Nissan +33
13. Levi LEIPHEIMER, Omega Pharma-Quick Step +37
14. Chris Anker SÖRENSEN, Saxo Bank +40
15. Giampaolo CARUSO, Katusha +41
16. Steven KRUIJSWIJK, Rabobank +47
17. Damiano CUNEGO, Lampre-ISD +57
18. Vladimir GUSEV, Katusha +58
19. Moreno MOSER, Liquigas-Cannondale +1:01
20. Robert GESINK, Rabobank +1:09
21. Dario CATALDO, Omega Pharma-Quick Step +1:15
22. Volodymir GUSTOV, Saxo Bank +1:33
23. Mathias FRANK, BMC Racing +1:37
24. Gorka IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Euskaltel-Euskadi +1:39
25. Wouter POELS, Vacansoleil-DCM +1:43
26. Rubens BERTOGLIATI, Team Type 1-Sanofi +1:45
27. Tanel KANGERT, Astana +1:47
28. Mikel ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU, Euskaltel-Euskadi +1:55
29. Bart DE CLERCQ, Lotto-Belisol +1:59
30. Tom Jelte SLAGTER, Rabobank +1:59
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