Niemiec Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) został zwycięzcą trzeciego etapu i odzyskał prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej wyścigu.
Ucieczkę dnia utworzyli Martijn Maaskant (UnitedHealthcare), Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen), Nicola Boem (Bardiani) i Kevin Ista (IAM Cycling). Czwórka znaczniej przewagi nie zdobyła, raptem nieco ponad 3 minuty.
Na ostatnich kilometrach znajdowały się dwie krótkie, ale dość sztywne górskie premie: Al Hamriya (121 km; 9,8%) oraz 6,5 km przed kreską Al Jissah (9%). Na dojeździe do pierwszej ze wspinaczek różnica wynosiła 1:50, przed drugą było po akcji.
Drugi podjazd wykorzystał do ataku Chris Froome (Sky). Za Brytyjczykiem ruszyło kilku rywali, ale przy wjeździe na ostatni kilometr, wszystko się zdążyło zjechać. Finisz, tak jak na pierwszym etapie należał do Greipela, któremu wczoraj przeszkodził defekt roweru.
Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp) przyjechał na 62. miejscu.
Wyniki 3. etapu Tour of Oman (2.HC), Bank Muscat – Al Bustan (145 km):
1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 3:29:08 2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr 4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 5 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Csf 6 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 8 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp-Endura 9 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 10 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Csf 11 Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 13 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica Greenedge 14 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 15 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 16 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 17 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 20 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 21 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 22 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 23 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 24 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr 25 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 26 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto-Belisol 27 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 28 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 29 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 30 Marc Demaar (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 31 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 32 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 33 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 34 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 35 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 36 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 37 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 38 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale 39 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 40 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica Greenedge 41 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 42 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 43 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 44 Steve Chainel (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 45 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 46 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica Greenedge 47 Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 48 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 49 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky 50 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica Greenedge 51 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica Greenedge 52 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 53 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol 54 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 55 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 56 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 57 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 58 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Netapp-Endura 59 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling 60 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team 61 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol 62 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 63 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale 64 Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling 65 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 66 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo 67 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 68 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 69 Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 70 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 71 Christopher Jones (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 72 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 73 Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 74 Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 75 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 76 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 77 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 78 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 79 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 80 Frantisek Padour (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 81 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 82 Lucas Euser (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 83 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha 00:11 84 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky 00:36 85 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 00:49 86 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 87 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:56 88 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 89 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 90 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 91 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 92 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Csf 93 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 94 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 95 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 96 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 97 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 98 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 99 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 100 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 101 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 102 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 01:59 103 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 02:15 104 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 105 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 02:17 106 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 02:18 107 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp-Endura 02:38 108 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 109 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 02:54 110 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha 111 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge 03:23 112 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica Greenedge 04:31 113 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 114 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 115 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 116 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling 117 Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 118 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 119 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 120 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 121 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 122 John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 123 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 124 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 125 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 126 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 127 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 128 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 129 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 130 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 131 Sam Bennett (Irl) Team Netapp-Endura 132 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Csf 133 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 134 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 135 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica Greenedge 136 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani Csf 06:19 137 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani Csf 138 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani Csf 06:21 139 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 07:00 140 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 141 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 09:12 142 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 11:32 Klasyfikacja po 3. etapie 1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 10:44:20 2 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica Greenedge 00:08 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 00:10 4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale 00:14 5 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr 00:16 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto-Belisol 00:19 8 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 9 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 00:20 10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 11 Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 12 Steve Chainel (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 14 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp-Endura 15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 16 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 17 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 18 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 19 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica Greenedge 20 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 21 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica Greenedge 22 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 23 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 24 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 25 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 26 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 27 Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team 28 Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 29 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 30 Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 31 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto-Belisol 32 Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 33 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 34 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 35 Frantisek Padour (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 36 Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky 37 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 38 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 39 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 40 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 41 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 42 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Netapp-Endura 43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 44 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling 45 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 46 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 47 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo 48 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani Csf 49 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp-Endura 50 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani Csf 51 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 52 Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr 53 Marc Demaar (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 54 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 55 Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 56 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol 57 Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 58 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 59 Lucas Euser (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 60 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 61 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica Greenedge 62 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 63 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ag2r La Mondiale 64 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 65 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 66 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 68 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp-Endura 69 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 70 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 71 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica Greenedge 72 Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 73 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 74 Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling 75 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp-Endura 76 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 77 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 00:30 78 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 00:35 79 Christopher Jones (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 80 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale 00:39 81 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 00:44 82 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha 00:46 83 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky 00:56 84 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 01:09 85 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 02:15 86 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 02:16 87 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 88 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 89 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky 90 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 91 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 92 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 93 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani Csf 94 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 95 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 96 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 02:19 97 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 98 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 02:35 99 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 100 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 02:38 101 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 02:51 102 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 02:54 103 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp-Endura 02:58 104 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 03:04 105 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr 03:06 106 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha 03:14 107 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 03:43 108 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge 109 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 03:48 110 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani Csf 04:42 111 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 04:48 112 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 113 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 04:51 114 Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 115 Sam Bennett (Irl) Team Netapp-Endura 116 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 117 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 118 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 119 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 120 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 121 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 122 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 123 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 124 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 125 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 05:06 126 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 05:11 127 John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 05:19 128 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 05:20 129 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 05:22 130 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 05:41 131 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling 132 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto-Belisol 05:47 133 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica Greenedge 05:59 134 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica Greenedge 06:32 135 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani Csf 06:35 136 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani Csf 06:37 137 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani Csf 06:39 138 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 07:20 139 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling 07:40 140 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 09:36 141 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team 11:51 142 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2r La Mondiale 13:10
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