Race report from DS Johnny Weltz

Today was by far the hardest stage of this Tour of Catalunya. It started out really fast with a five-man break going from the gun. With a couple of favorites in the break, the peloton was forced to maintain a high speed in order to keep the group at a comfortable distance.

The hardest part of the day was the last 40 km with a lot of up and down and around on very rough roads. The roads were extremely slippery and resulted in total crash chaos and many broken collarbones.

We had our youngster Dan Martin and Lucas Euser in the final break. Lucas couldn’t hold on at the end and though Dan was there for the final, he crashed out of the front group just before the finish. Jason Donald didn’t finish because of a crash, but he seems to be okay with a lot of bruises.

But all in all, a very good ride.

Slipstream stage 3 results
1. Cyril Dessel 5:10′30″

30. Dan Martin +2′13″
57. Lucas Euser +3′04″
88. Christophe Laurent +13′53″
96. Blake Caldwell +13′53″
99. Trent Lowe +13′53″
103. Tom Peterson +18′01″
122. Tom Danielson +24′57″

Slipstream GC
1. Cyril Dessel 9:23′03″

35. Dan Martin +2′09″
61. Lucas Euser +3′21″
91. Christophe Laurent +13′48″
96. Trent Lowe +14′11″
99. Blake Caldwell +14′39″
107. Tom Peterson +18′16″
125. Tom Danielson +25′01″