Vande Velde, Martin, Farrar, Castilla y Leon stage 2 All your Slipstream/Chipotle favorites managed to finish today’s flat, windy stage on the same time as the stage winner Ventoso. As a result, all seven riders moved up at least one place in the overall classification. The Argyle now counts four riders in the top ten with almost all seven within a minute of race leader Contador.

Recounted young rider Dan Martin, “The finish was a little harder with a 1 km climb and an interesting 2 km descent. Tyler and Jason worked hard on the uphill, headwind sprint finish and both finished in top 20. And Huub moved up on GC meaning 4 argyle in the top 10!”

Look for tomorrow’s stage 4 with a flat start and category 1 mountain finish to shake things up a bit.

Teams Classification!!
1. Slipstream/Chipotle H3O 11:07′11″
2. Rabobank +00′02″
3. Astana +00′02″

Slipstream stage 3 results
1. Francisco Ventoso 4:22′54″

15. Tyler Farrar
20. Jason Donald
36. Christian Vande Velde
39. Dan Martin
45. Pat McCarty
61. Steven Cozza
83. Huub Duyn

Slipstream GC after stage 3
1. Alberto Contador 8:01′52″

5. Christian Vande Velde +00′22″
6. Steven Cozza +00′25″
9. Tyler Farrar +00′30″
10. Huub Duyn +00′36″
27. Pat McCarty +00′48″
29. Jason Donald +00′52″
45. Dan Martin +01′07″