Breaks rule the day, until the end – Tour of Bavaria, stage 3

Director’s report from Johnny Weltz

As a lot of riders lost 25 minutes yesterday, we where in for a fast start! A lot of breaks went and we where well represented. But nothing got the chance to get away, until a huge group of 22 riders broke clear. We had CJ and Huub in there. After 50 km was done they built up a lead of 3 minutes — but as the group was that big it didn’t work very well.

So after a few attempts it broke into two, and we had CJ in the lead group. They built up a lead again to 3 minutes while the rest were back in the field again. It didn’t work much more smoothly and with a strong chase from behind it was caught with 18 km to go. it all ended in a bunch sprint with the same winner as the first stage . Tomorrow is the time trial of 26km.

Team Garmin-Slipstream, stage 3 results
1. André Greipel 4h11.37
15. Hans Dekkers
19. Kilian Patour
26. Will Frischkorn
32. Chris Sutton
44. Tom Peterson
50. Ricardo Van Der Velde
78. Huub Duyn

Team Garmin-Slipstream, GC results
1. Markus Eibegger 12h57.40
8. Tom Peterson +0.43
19. Ricardo Van Der Velde +6.11
20. Kilian Patour
30. Chris Sutton +25.31
54. Hans Dekkers +25.44
66. Will Frischkorn +25.46
81. Huub Duyn

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