Director’s report from Johnny Weltz:
Today was to be a long day with a mountain pass in the middle up to 2000 meters. A course that was made for a breakaway, intended to go in the beginning. So it did and Will Frischkorn got away with his buddy from last year’s Tour de France, Samuel Dumoulin, along with two other guys.
They built up a gap to five-and-a-half minutes. At the top of the mountain the field started a stronger chase. But at the first tunnel on the descent there was a big crash which involved Ryder Hesjedal, Martijn Maaskant and Christian Vande Velde. It held up the chase for a bit but it came back together and the hard chase continued .
With nine kilometers to go it was over. Then Ryder attacked wisely in a roundabout and took a lot people by surprise but it didn’t last. So it ended in a bunch sprint with Chris Sutton in 14th spot.
Team Garmin-Slipstream, stage 3 results
1. Mark Cavendish 4h39.27
26. Chris Sutton
23. Ryder Hesjedal
56. Tom Danielson
101. Martijn Maaskant +0.30
103. Cameron Meyer
105. Huub Duyn +0.43
137. Christian Vande Velde +0.59
148. Will Frischkorn +3.44
Team Garmin-Slipstream, GC results
1. Fabian Cancellara 8h25.39
21. Ryder Hesjedal +0.45
33. Tom Danielson +0.51
59. Cameron Meyer +1.17
100. Huub Duyn +8:18
102. Chris Sutton +11.01
131. Martijn Maaskant +15.44
141. Christian Vande Velde +16.02
153. Will Frischkorn +18.35
