Niemiec Gerald Ciolek (MTN – Qhubeka) po finiszu z peletonu został zwycięzcą trzeciego etapu wyścigu. Liderem pozostał Hiszpan Alejandro Valverde (Movistar).
W ucieczce dnia znaleźli się Fabio Silvestre (Trek), Edward Theuns (Topsport), Martijn Tusveld (Rabobank) i Haritz Orbe (Euskadi). Peleton odpuścił akcję na 4 minuty (53 km).
Różnica powoli malała, ale wszystko zmierzało do masowego sprintu. Najdłużej bronił się przed pościgiem Theuns, doścignięty dopiero 7 km przed metą.
Ogromne tempo rozkręcała ekipa Sky, ale w decydującej rozgrywce poległa. Nie obyło się bez sporej kraksy 2,8 km przed kreską. Nie przeszkodziło to jednak Ciolkowi, który po bardzo wyrównanym finiszu minimalnie pokonał Belga Roya Jansa (Wanty – Groupe Gobert), przekonanego, że to on właśnie zwyciężył.
Na 15. miejscu przyjechał Paweł Franczak (ActiveJet).
Wyniki 3. etapu Vuelta a Andalucia (2.1), Sanlucar la Mayor – Sevilla (182,7 km):
1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 4:17:39 2 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 4 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant Shimano 5 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 6 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 8 Fabio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing 9 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 10 Davide Vigano (Ita) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 11 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 12 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant Shimano 13 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 14 Edwing Cammaerts (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 15 Paweł Franczak (Pol) Activejet Team 16 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 17 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Euskadi 18 Arakdiusz Owsian (Pol) Activejet Team 19 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 20 Michał Podlaski (Pol) Activejet Team 21 Bayron Guama De La Cruz (Ecu) Team Ecuador 22 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant Shimano 23 Łukasz Wiśniowski (Pol) ETIXX 24 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 25 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 26 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 27 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 29 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 30 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 31 Marcos García (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 32 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 33 Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 34 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 35 Miguel Minguez (Spa) Euskadi 36 Jon Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 37 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 38 Jesús Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Activejet Team 39 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 40 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 41 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 42 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 44 Ivar Slik (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 45 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 46 Be?at Txoperena (Spa) Euskadi 47 Tomasz Marczyński (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 48 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 49 Sergio Pardilla Bellón (Spa) MTN - Qhubeka 50 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Polsat Polkowice 51 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 52 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) ETIXX 53 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 54 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka 55 Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 56 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant Shimano 57 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 58 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 59 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 60 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN - Qhubeka 61 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 62 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 63 Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 64 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 65 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 66 Segundo Navarrete (Ecu) Team Ecuador 67 Pablo Miguel Hidalgo Vega (Ecu) Team Ecuador 68 Illart Zuazubiskar (Spa) Euskadi 69 Samuel Spokes (Aus) ETIXX 70 Jon Larrinaga (Spa) Euskadi 71 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 72 Emanuel Piaskowy (Pol) Activejet Team 73 Pablo Lechuga (Spa) Euskadi 74 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 75 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 76 Paveł Brylowski (Pol) Activejet Team 77 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 78 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 79 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Polsat Polkowice 80 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 81 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 82 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 83 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 84 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 85 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 86 Edward Theuns (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 87 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 88 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 89 Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 90 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 91 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 92 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 93 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 94 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Movistar Team 95 Mario González Salas (Spa) Activejet Team 96 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 97 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol 98 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 99 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 100 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 101 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 102 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 103 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 104 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 105 Emiel Dolfsma (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 106 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 02:20 107 Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 108 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 109 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 110 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 111 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 112 Piotr Havik (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 113 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 03:04 114 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 115 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 116 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Team Ecuador 117 Merijn Korevaar (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 118 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) ETIXX 119 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 120 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 121 Alexis Guerin (Fra) ETIXX 122 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) ETIXX 123 Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spa) Euskadi 05:21 124 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 125 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 126 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant Shimano DNS Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant Shimano Klasyfikacja po 3. etapie 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 14:37:51 2 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 00:20 3 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 00:22 4 Jon Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 00:33 5 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 00:43 6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 00:44 7 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 00:51 8 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:55 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 01:02 10 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:24 11 Marcos García (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 01:27 12 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 01:30 13 Sergio Pardilla Bellón (Spa) MTN - Qhubeka 01:36 14 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 02:04 15 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 02:06 16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Polsat Polkowice 02:10 17 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 02:17 18 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 02:20 19 Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 02:21 20 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 21 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:28 22 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 02:29 23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol 02:36 24 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 02:50 25 Miguel Minguez (Spa) Euskadi 02:54 26 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 03:19 27 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 03:34 28 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 03:56 29 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 05:03 30 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 05:18 31 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 05:19 32 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 06:13 33 Antonio Piedra (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 06:27 34 Tomasz Marczyński (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 07:00 35 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 36 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 07:18 37 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 07:37 38 Łukasz Wiśniowski (Pol) ETIXX 08:05 39 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 08:11 40 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant Shimano 08:13 41 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant Shimano 08:25 42 Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 08:55 43 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 09:02 44 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 09:37 45 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Movistar Team 09:48 46 Edward Theuns (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 09:50 47 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 09:55 48 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 10:09 49 Bayron Guama De La Cruz (Ecu) Team Ecuador 10:14 50 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 10:39 51 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka 11:16 52 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 11:19 53 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 11:28 54 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 12:04 55 Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 12:12 56 Michał Podlaski (Pol) Activejet Team 12:26 57 Emanuel Piaskowy (Pol) Activejet Team 12:39 58 Arakdiusz Owsian (Pol) Activejet Team 12:45 59 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 13:17 60 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 13:46 61 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 13:51 62 Mario González Salas (Spa) Activejet Team 14:43 63 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 15:17 64 Merijn Korevaar (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 15:18 65 Edwing Cammaerts (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 15:25 66 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 15:35 67 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 15:39 68 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 15:51 69 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant Shimano 15:56 70 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 16:09 71 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 16:18 72 Davide Vigano (Ita) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 16:29 73 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 16:32 74 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 16:35 75 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) ETIXX 16:36 76 David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 16:39 77 Pablo Lechuga (Spa) Euskadi 16:45 78 Pavel Brylowski (Pol) Activejet Team 17:11 79 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 17:54 80 Ivar Slik (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 18:02 81 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 18:30 82 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 20:46 83 Paweł Franczak (Pol) Activejet Team 20:58 84 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 21:28 85 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 21:37 86 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 21:40 87 Be?at Txoperena (Spa) Euskadi 21:54 88 Jon Larrinaga (Spa) Euskadi 21:59 89 Javier Aramendia (Spa) Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 22:07 90 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 22:09 91 Samuel Spokes (Aus) ETIXX 22:18 92 Kevin De Mesmaeker (Bel) Team Novo Nordisk 22:36 93 Javier Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 23:34 94 Segundo Navarrete (Ecu) Team Ecuador 24:11 95 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Polsat Polkowice 24:28 96 Fabio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing 24:38 97 Jesús Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Activejet Team 24:47 98 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 24:59 99 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 25:03 100 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol 25:13 101 Nicky Van Der Lijke (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 25:26 102 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 25:36 103 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN - Qhubeka 25:37 104 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Euskadi 25:38 105 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 25:47 106 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 26:05 107 Haritz Orbe Urrutia (Spa) Euskadi 27:08 108 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 27:58 109 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Team Ecuador 29:18 110 Emiel Dolfsma (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 30:36 111 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar Team 33:38 112 Alexis Guerin (Fra) ETIXX 34:08 113 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant Shimano 35:20 114 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) ETIXX 36:00 115 Stephane Poulhies (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 36:57 116 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 37:03 117 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 37:07 118 Jens Voigt (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 38:54 119 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 39:13 120 Pablo Miguel Hidalgo Vega (Ecu) Team Ecuador 121 Piotr Havik (Ned) Rabobank Development Team 41:01 122 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 41:12 123 Andreas Stauff (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 41:49 124 Illart Zuazubiskar (Spa) Euskadi 44:40 125 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant Shimano 48:09 126 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) ETIXX 49:07