Niki Terpstra wygrał trzeci etap wyścigu w Katarze – jazdę indywidualną na czas o długości 10,9 km oraz objął prowadzenie w klasyfikacji łącznej Tour of Qatar.
8 sekund do obrońcy tytułu stracił Fabian Cancellara (Trek), a po 9 sekund jadący w koszulce mistrza świata Bradley Wiggins (Sky) i Maciej Bodnar (Tinkoff-Saxo). Polak awansował na drugie miejsce w wyścigu.
Chwilami mocno ograniczający widoczność silny, pustynny wiatr był główną przeszkodą na całej trasie czasówki. Z trudnymi warunkami zdecydowanie najlepiej poradził sobie 30-letni Holender, który jest na najlepszej drodze do ponownego zwycięstwa.
Słabiej za to wypadli utrzymujący się dotychczas na czele tabeli sprinterzy -m.in. Tom Boonen (Etixx-Quick Step) i Alexander Kristoff (Katusha). Nie popisał się również lider Tinkoff, Peter Sagan. Słowak miał 30. czas dnia.
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1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step 14:04 2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 00:08 3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 00:09 4 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 5 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 00:10 6 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 00:18 7 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:20 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 00:21 9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:24 10 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 00:25 11 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 00:29 12 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 13 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 14 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 00:30 15 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 00:31 16 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:34 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 00:35 18 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida 00:36 19 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 00:38 20 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:40 21 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 22 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 23 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 00:42 24 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 25 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 00:43 26 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 00:44 27 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 00:45 28 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 00:46 29 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 30 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:47 32 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:48 33 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:49 34 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 35 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 00:50 36 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 37 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 00:51 38 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 00:53 39 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 40 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr 41 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 42 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:55 43 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 44 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 45 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 00:56 46 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 00:58 47 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 00:59 48 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 49 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 01:00 50 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:02 51 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 52 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 01:04 53 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 01:05 54 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 01:06 55 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 01:07 56 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 57 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 58 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 01:08 59 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 01:09 60 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 61 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 62 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 01:10 63 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 64 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 65 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 66 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:11 67 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:14 68 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 01:15 69 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:16 70 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 71 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 72 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 01:17 73 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 74 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 75 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 76 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 01:18 77 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 78 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 01:19 79 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 80 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 81 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 01:20 82 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 01:22 83 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 84 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:23 85 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 01:24 86 Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF 87 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:25 88 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 89 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 01:26 90 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 01:27 91 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 01:28 92 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 01:30 93 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 94 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 95 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:32 96 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 97 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 98 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 01:33 99 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 01:35 100 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 101 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:36 102 Adam Blythe (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 01:37 103 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 104 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 01:38 105 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 01:39 106 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 01:40 107 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:41 108 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 01:42 109 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team 01:46 110 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 111 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team 112 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 01:47 113 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 114 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 115 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 01:48 116 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:49 117 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Movistar Team 118 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 01:51 119 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 01:52 120 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 01:53 121 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 01:54 122 Theo Bos (Ned) MTN - Qhubeka 123 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 01:59 124 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:00 125 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 02:01 126 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka 02:04 127 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 02:07 128 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 02:13 129 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 130 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 02:14 131 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 132 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 02:20 133 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ.fr 02:22 134 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF 02:23 135 Steve Chainel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:35 136 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 02:44 137 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 02:49 138 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 03:01 139 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 03:19 Klasyfikacja po 3. etapie 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step 7:53:42 2 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:11 3 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 00:12 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:19 5 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 00:33 6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 00:36 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:42 8 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 00:44 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 00:46 10 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:48 11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 00:54 12 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:59 13 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 01:00 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 01:04 15 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 01:07 16 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 01:11 17 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 01:12 18 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 01:19 19 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:24 20 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:27 21 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:32 22 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 01:34 23 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 01:36 24 Adam Blythe (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 01:39 25 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 26 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:40 27 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 01:41 28 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:49 29 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 01:52 30 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 02:00 31 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 02:02 32 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 02:24 33 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 03:20 34 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 03:23 35 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 03:29 36 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 03:39 37 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 03:48 38 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 03:58 39 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 04:03 40 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 04:06 41 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 04:16 42 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 04:40 43 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 04:43 44 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 04:45 45 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 04:46 46 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 04:49 47 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 04:52 48 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 04:54 49 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 04:57 50 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 05:00 51 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 52 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 05:15 53 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 05:22 54 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 05:23 55 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 05:24 56 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 05:35 57 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 05:39 58 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 06:11 59 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 08:04 60 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 08:12 61 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 62 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 08:15 63 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 08:22 64 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 08:23 65 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 08:29 66 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 08:32 67 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 68 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 08:38 69 Theo Bos (Ned) MTN - Qhubeka 08:51 70 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 08:53 71 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 08:58 72 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team 09:16 73 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 09:24 74 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 09:28 75 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 09:40 76 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 09:45 77 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team 09:59 78 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 10:02 79 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida 80 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 10:06 81 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 10:11 82 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 10:36 83 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 10:38 84 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step 10:48 85 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 10:57 86 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 11:00 87 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 11:01 88 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 11:03 89 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 11:04 90 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 11:05 91 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 11:10 92 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 11:15 93 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 94 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 11:17 95 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 11:18 96 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka 11:24 97 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Movistar Team 11:42 98 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 11:43 99 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 11:44 100 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 11:45 101 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 11:53 102 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 11:56 103 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 12:06 104 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 105 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 12:16 106 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 12:18 107 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 12:23 108 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 12:24 109 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 12:29 110 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 12:42 111 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 12:44 112 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF 12:59 113 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 13:07 114 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 13:30 115 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 13:48 116 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 14:32 117 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 14:33 118 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 14:37 119 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 15:00 120 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 18:15 121 Steve Chainel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 18:40 122 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 19:48 123 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 24:20 124 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 24:30 125 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 25:43 126 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 25:50 127 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 25:57 128 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr 25:59 129 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 26:22 130 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 26:24 131 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 26:25 132 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 26:35 133 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 26:53 134 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 26:56 135 Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF 27:43 136 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ.fr 28:41 137 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 28:46 138 Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 29:59 139 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 31:26