26th Volta ao Algarve - 2.4

Portugal, March 8-12, 2000

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Stage 3 - March 10: Faro - Loulé, 185.7 km

Edo gains more time

A long escape by Garcia Calvo (Fuenlabrada) and Svein Holestol (Team Gerolsteiner) managed more than 10 minutes lead at one stage, but as the Spanish rider was not far from the leader, team Maia MSS team pulled quite a lot and neutralized the escape 25 kilometers from the finish. The final sprint was won by the leader, Angel Edo, who gained another 10 seconds bonus before tomorrow's individual time trial.

Results

1 Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Maia-MSS			     4.46.19 
2 Serguei Smetanine (Rus) Sport Lisboa e Benfica
3 Orlando Sergio Gomes Rodrigues (Por) Banesto
4 José Azevedo (Por) Maia-MSS
5 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
6 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi	
7 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol-Calbrita	
8 Pedro Miguel Soeiro Miranda (Por) Boavista
9 Victor Gamito (Por) Porta da Ravessa
10 Pedro Lourenco Martins (Por) Gresco-Tavira

General classification after stage 3:

1 Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Maia-MSS		    	    13.35.26 
2 Orlando Sergio Gomes Rodrigues (Por) Banesto			0.12
3 Michael Rich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner				0.16
4 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA-Pecol-Calbrita			0.18
5 Vidal José Fitas Pereira (Por) Porta da Ravessa		0.19
6 Rafael Casero (Spa) Festina-Lotus				0.20
7 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 			0.21
8 Gonçalo José Amorim Valdana (Por) Maia-MSS
9 Gorka Gerrikagoitia Arrien (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi		0.22
10 Paulo Jorge Ferreira (Por) Barbot-Torrie Cafés-Gondomar
 Mountains classification:
 1. Pedro Lopes (Por) LA Pecol