Tour of Oman: Stage 3 a win for Kittell

The third stage of the Tour of Oman saw Marcel Kittell bring his teams first win of 2012 ahead of race leader Andre Geipel.

The 144.5 kilometre ride from Al Alwabi finished in the expected bunch sprint, and the time bonus Greipel earned for second put him back into the red leader’s jersey, which had been on the shoulders of Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) during the stage.

Team Sky riders Chris Sutton and Mathew Hayman were also part of the 64-strong group of riders which were credited with the same time as the winner.
In the overall standings, Sutton remains the highest-placed Team Sky rider in seventh but was today working on a lead-out for Cavendish.

“It was pretty scrappy in the last 15k. It went from a big wide open highway with two lanes and went a bit narrow with under 10k to go,” Sutton said.
“I was just trying to keep Cav out of trouble. It was all going perfect. We got lost a couple of times but I was trying to stay with Cav. You have a plan and you try to execute it but sometimes it doesn’t always go to plan.”

“It was a pretty comfortable ride for us all day up until then. We rode from the start with Ian Stannard and we pretty much controlled and set tempo all day. ‘Yogi’ (Ian Stannard) was on the front riding like 10 men.

Early on a four-man breakaway – made up of William Clarke (Champion System) Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha), Alexandre Lemair (Bridgestone Anchor) and Kevin Hulsmans (Farnese Vini) – was formed.

Team Sky director sportif Servais Knaven said afterwards: “It was not a fast day and it was hard with the headwind. That made it hard chasing the breakaway and the guys riding on the front. It the end it dragged up a few times so it was not an easy stage. On the profile it looked much easier.

“The guys were a bit disappointed at the finish but they were there at the point we wanted. It was chaotic on the lead-in to the roundabout and we were maybe missing a bit of luck after Jeremy [Hunt] punctured. But the guys are ready for it and they are strong. We’ll stay focused and motivated and try again.”

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1   Marcel Kittel  1t4i  03:23:00
2   Andre Greipel  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
3   Nacer Bouhanni  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
4   Tyler Farrar  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
5   Peter Sagan  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
6   Tom Boonen  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
7   Andrea Guardini  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
8   Mark Cavendish  Sky Procycling  @ same time
9   Graeme Brown  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
10   Ramunas Navardauskas  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
11   Denis Galimzyanov  Katusha Team  @ same time
12   Gert Steegmans  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
13   Adam Blythe  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
14   Koen De Kort  1t4i  @ same time
15   Roy Curvers  1t4i  @ same time
16   Gorik Gardeyn  Champion System  @ same time
17   Matthew Goss  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
18   Taylor Phinney  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
19   Allan Davis  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
20   Sylvain Chavanel  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
21   Ramon Sinkeldam  1t4i  @ same time
22   Guillaume Van Keirsbulck  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
23   Arnold Jeannesson  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
24   David Boucher  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
25   Matthieu Ladagnous  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
26   Vladimir Gusev  Katusha Team  @ same time
27   Hayato Yoshida  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
28   Jakob Fuglsang  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
29   Dennis Van Winden  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
30   Yaroslav Popovych  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
31   Michael Schar  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
32   Miyataka Shimizu  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
33   Daniel Oss  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
34   Vincenzo Nibali  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
35   William Bonnet  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
36   Peter Velits  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
37   Fabio Sabatini  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
38   Klaas Lodewyck  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
39   Christopher Sutton  Sky Procycling  @ same time
40   Maarten Tjallingii  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
41   Alessandro Ballan  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
42   Tom Jelte Slagter  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
43   Fabian Cancellara  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
44   Tony Gallopin  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
45   Laurens Ten Dam  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
46   Maarten Wynants  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
47   Mathew Hayman  Sky Procycling  @ same time
48   Gregory Rast  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
49   Lars Ytting Bak  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
50   Danilo Wyss  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
51   Thomas Lebas  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
52   Mauro Da Dalto  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
53   Gregory Henderson  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
54   Baden Cooke  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
55   Johan Vansummeren  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
56   Sandy Casar  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
57   Luca Ascani  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
58   Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver  Katusha Team  @ same time
59   Andy Schleck  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
60   Stijn Vandenbergh  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
61   Alexander Kristoff  Katusha Team  @ same time
62   Robert Wagner  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
63   Jens Debusschere  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
64   Rüdiger Selig  Katusha Team  @ same time
65   Marco Pinotti  BMC Racing Team  00:08
66   Robert Hunter  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
67   Stuart O’ Grady  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
68   Frantisek Rabon  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
69   Aleksandr Kuschynski  Katusha Team  @ same time
70   Martin Kohler  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
71   Maciej Bodnar  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
72   Joost Posthuma  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
73   David Mc Cann  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
74   Thomas Bonnin  1t4i  @ same time
75   Matthias Friedemann  Champion System  @ same time
76   Christiano Benenati  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
77   Marcel Sieberg  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
78   Pengda Jiao  Champion System  00:26
79   Clinton Avery  Champion System  @ same time
80   Adam Hansen  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
81   Christian Vande Velde  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
82   Alan Marangoni  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
83   Jai Crawford  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
84   Kazuo Inoue  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
85   Svein Tuft  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
86   Pier Paolo De Negri  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  00:30
87   Alex Coutts  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
88   Ryota Nishizono  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
89   Aidis Kruopis  GreenEdge Cycling Team  00:32
90   Tom Leezer  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
91   Murilo Antonio Fischer  Team Garmin – Barracuda  00:34
92   Chris Butler  Champion System  00:38
93   David Millar  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
94   Xu Gang  Champion System  @ same time
95   Bert Grabsch  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
96   Coen Vermeltfoort  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
97   Mikhail Ignatyev  Katusha Team  @ same time
98   Frederik Willems  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
99   Tobias Ludvigsson  1t4i  @ same time
100   Lee Rodgers  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
101   Diego Caccia  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
102   Alessandro Vanotti  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
103   Ian Stannard  Sky Procycling  @ same time
104   Jeremy Hunt  Sky Procycling  @ same time
105   Wei Kei Chang  RTS Racing Team  00:50
106   Vladimir Isaychev  Katusha Team  01:03
107   Albert Timmer  1t4i  @ same time
108   Alex Rasmussen  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
109   Jens Mouris  GreenEdge Cycling Team  01:05
110   Mart Ojavee  Champion System  @ same time
111   Thomas Bertolini  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
112   Luke Rowe  Sky Procycling  @ same time
113   Oscar Gatto  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  01:13
114   Dominique Rollin  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  01:18
115   Bernhard Eisel  Sky Procycling  @ same time
116   Gabriel Rasch  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
117   Davide Appollonio  Sky Procycling  @ same time
118   Chin Lung Huang  RTS Racing Team  01:47
119   Klaas Sys  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  02:16
120   Sebastian Langeveld  GreenEdge Cycling Team  02:24
121   Chin Lung Huang  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
122   Sergey Kudentsov  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
123   Dominik Klemme  1t4i  @ same time
124   Jonas Van Genechten  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
125   William Clarke  Champion System  03:02
126   Alexandre Lemair  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
127   Kevin Hulsmans  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  03:18

Overall after stage 3
1   Andre Greipel  Lotto – Belisol Team  09:59:41
2   Peter Sagan  Liquigas – Cannondale  00:02
3   Nacer Bouhanni  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  00:08
4   Baden Cooke  GreenEdge Cycling Team  00:09
5   Tom Jelte Slagter  Rabobank Cycling Team  00:11
6   Tony Gallopin  RadioShack – Nissan  00:12
7   Christopher Sutton  Sky Procycling  @ same time
8   Jakob Fuglsang  RadioShack – Nissan  00:15
9   Ramunas Navardauskas  Team Garmin – Barracuda  @ same time
10   Fabian Cancellara  RadioShack – Nissan  00:19
11   Thomas Lebas  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  00:21
12   Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver  Katusha Team  @ same time
13   Vincenzo Nibali  Liquigas – Cannondale  00:24
14   Peter Velits  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
15   Vladimir Gusev  Katusha Team  00:28
16   Arnold Jeannesson  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
17   Miyataka Shimizu  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
18   Laurens Ten Dam  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
19   Dennis Van Winden  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
20   Sandy Casar  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
21   Michael Schar  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
22   Lars Ytting Bak  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
23   Sylvain Chavanel  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  00:32
24   Maarten Wynants  Rabobank Cycling Team  @ same time
25   Daniel Oss  Liquigas – Cannondale  00:34
26   Aleksandr Kuschynski  Katusha Team  00:36
27   Tyler Farrar  Team Garmin – Barracuda  00:39
28   Danilo Wyss  BMC Racing Team  00:43
29   Alessandro Ballan  BMC Racing Team  00:46
30   Luca Ascani  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  @ same time
31   Stuart O’ Grady  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
32   Taylor Phinney  BMC Racing Team  00:50
33   Marco Pinotti  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
34   Tom Boonen  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  00:51
35   Joost Posthuma  RadioShack – Nissan  00:54
36   Andy Schleck  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
37   Matthias Friedemann  Champion System  00:58
38   Alexander Kristoff  Katusha Team  @ same time
39   Koen De Kort  1t4i  01:01
40   Yaroslav Popovych  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
41   Hayato Yoshida  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  @ same time
42   Thomas Bonnin  1t4i  01:02
43   Jai Crawford  RTS Racing Team  01:08
44   Pier Paolo De Negri  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  01:12
45   Alex Coutts  RTS Racing Team  @ same time
46   Klaas Lodewyck  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
47   Graeme Brown  Rabobank Cycling Team  01:15
48   Johan Vansummeren  Team Garmin – Barracuda  01:17
49   Maarten Tjallingii  Rabobank Cycling Team  01:18
50   Roy Curvers  1t4i  @ same time
51   Guillaume Van Keirsbulck  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
52   Mathew Hayman  Sky Procycling  @ same time
53   Allan Davis  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
54   Christian Vande Velde  Team Garmin – Barracuda  01:20
55   Pengda Jiao  Champion System  @ same time
56   Martin Kohler  BMC Racing Team  01:24
57   Ian Stannard  Sky Procycling  @ same time
58   Robert Hunter  Team Garmin – Barracuda  01:25
59   Stijn Vandenbergh  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
60   David Mc Cann  RTS Racing Team  01:26
61   Maciej Bodnar  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
62   Xu Gang  Champion System  01:28
63   Gert Steegmans  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  01:29
64   Gregory Henderson  Lotto – Belisol Team  @ same time
65   Frantisek Rabon  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  01:31
66   Matthieu Ladagnous  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  01:32
67   William Bonnet  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
68   Ryota Nishizono  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  01:37
69   Frederik Willems  Lotto – Belisol Team  01:39
70   David Millar  Team Garmin – Barracuda  01:40
71   Mikhail Ignatyev  Katusha Team  01:41
72   Adam Hansen  Lotto – Belisol Team  01:49
73   Thomas Lebas  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  01:50
74   Luke Rowe  Sky Procycling  01:51
75   Murilo Antonio Fischer  Team Garmin – Barracuda  01:52
76   Marcel Kittel  1t4i  01:54
77   Oscar Gatto  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  01:55
78   Chris Butler  Champion System  01:56
79   Bert Grabsch  Omega Pharma – Quickstep  @ same time
80   Albert Timmer  1t4i  02:04
81   Ramon Sinkeldam  1t4i  02:07
82   David Boucher  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  @ same time
83   Adam Blythe  BMC Racing Team  @ same time
84   Mauro Da Dalto  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
85   Fabio Sabatini  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
86   Marcel Sieberg  Lotto – Belisol Team  02:13
87   Davide Appollonio  Sky Procycling  02:27
88   Kazuo Inoue  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  02:33
89   Thomas Bertolini  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  02:36
90   Bernhard Eisel  Sky Procycling  03:05
91   Gabriel Rasch  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  03:07
92   Klaas Sys  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  03:23
93   Matthew Goss  GreenEdge Cycling Team  03:42
94   Mark Cavendish  Sky Procycling  03:45
95   Gregory Rast  RadioShack – Nissan  @ same time
96   Lee Rodgers  RTS Racing Team  04:23
97   Jeremy Hunt  Sky Procycling  @ same time
98   Wei Kei Chang  RTS Racing Team  04:34
99   Denis Galimzyanov  Katusha Team  04:47
100   Diego Caccia  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  04:52
101   Andrea Guardini  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  04:53
102   Gorik Gardeyn  Champion System  @ same time
103   Robert Wagner  RadioShack – Nissan  04:56
104   Rüdiger Selig  Katusha Team  @ same time
105   Christiano Benenati  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  05:04
106   Clinton Avery  Champion System  05:22
107   Aidis Kruopis  GreenEdge Cycling Team  05:28
108   Svein Tuft  GreenEdge Cycling Team  @ same time
109   Alan Marangoni  Liquigas – Cannondale  @ same time
110   Jens Debusschere  Lotto – Belisol Team  05:33
111   Tobias Ludvigsson  1t4i  05:34
112   Alessandro Vanotti  Liquigas – Cannondale  05:40
113   Vladimir Isaychev  Katusha Team  05:53
114   Alex Rasmussen  Team Garmin – Barracuda  05:59
115   Mart Ojavee  Champion System  06:01
116   Dominique Rollin  Equipe Cycliste FDJ – BigMat  06:14
117   Chin Lung Huang  RTS Racing Team  06:43
118   Jens Mouris  GreenEdge Cycling Team  06:54
119   Kevin Hulsmans  Farnese Vini – Selle Italia  07:02
120   Alexandre Lemair  Team Bridgestone – Anchor  07:50
121   Dominik Klemme  1t4i  08:48
122   Chin Lung Huang  RTS Racing Team  08:58
123   William Clarke  Champion System  09:52
124   Jonas Van Genechten  Lotto – Belisol Team  10:33
125   Coen Vermeltfoort  Rabobank Cycling Team  16:16
126   Sebastian Langeveld  GreenEdge Cycling Team  16:43
127   Sergey Kudentsov  RTS Racing Team

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