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Stage 3 of the Etoile de Bessèges ended in a last gasp victory for Lotto's Glenn D'Hollander, who successfully held off the charge for the line by the sprinters, as his teammate and stage 1 winner Robbie McEwen led them home. Jo Planckaert (Cofidis) finished third while Alessio's Andrea Ferrigato retained his leader's jersey, although he lost time to McEwen.
The third stage was held over 148 kilometres between Nîmes and Les Fumades, and was again full of aggression. The race situation was continually changing, as small groups of riders tried to get away. It wasn't until 116 kilometres into the stage that something finally stuck, with Aitor Silloniz (Euskaltel), Christopher Jenner and Pierrick Fedrigo (Credit Agricole), Frederic Guesdon (FDJ), Glenn D' Hollander (Lotto), Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r), Martin Hvastija (Alessio), Lénaïc Olivier (Jean Delatour), and Franck Bouyer (Bonjour) establishing a small lead.
The break was considered to be quite dangerous, and they were allowed just 30 seconds lead. When they reached the finishing circuits, Glenn D'Hollander decided to go solo and attacked with 20 kilometres to go. The peloton gradually closed down the gap to the breakaway, but they did not catch D'Hollander, who stayed away to win, with McEwen, Planckaert and the bunch a close second.
1 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 3.29.42 (42.35 km/h) 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 3 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 4 Endrio Leoni (Ita) Alessio 5 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 7 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour 8 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 9 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 10 Marcus Ljunqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 11 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 12 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 13 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 14 Josu Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Telekom 16 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 17 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 18 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 19 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 20 Igor Kranjec (Slo) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 21 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 22 James Vanlandshoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 23 Régis Lhuillier (Fra) La Française des Jeux 24 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 25 Oscar Cavagnis (Swi) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 27 Manu L'hoir (Bel) Team Fakta 28 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 29 Vincent Bader (Swi) Oktos-St-Quentin 30 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 31 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 32 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 33 Stefan Van Dyck (Ned) Lotto-Adecco 34 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 35 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 36 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37 Stefan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 38 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 39 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 40 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 41 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93 42 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43 Anthony Morin (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 45 Franck Pencole (Fra) La Française des Jeux 46 Michel Vanhaecke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 47 Christophe Capelle (Bel) Big Mat-Auber 93 48 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Telekom 49 Bobby Julich (USA) Team Telekom 50 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 51 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 52 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 53 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 54 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 55 Thomas Brun Eriksen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 56 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 57 Anthony Langella (Fra) Crédit Agricole 58 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 59 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 60 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio 61 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 62 Raphaël Jeune (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 63 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 64 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Fakta 65 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 66 Christopher Jenner (NZl) Crédit Agricole 67 Rossano Brasi (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 68 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 69 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 70 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance 71 Udo Bolts (Ger) Team Telekom 72 Rolf Huser (Swi) Team Coast 73 Marc Streel (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 74 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 75 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) Jean Delatour 76 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Team Coast 77 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) La Française des Jeux 78 Cesar Solaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 79 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 80 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 81 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Jean Delatour 82 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Jean Delatour 84 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 85 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 86 Steven Van Malderghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 87 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Française des Jeux 88 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 89 Laurent Paumier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 90 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 91 Jonathan Vaughters (USA) Crédit Agricole 92 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 93 Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 94 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 95 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 96 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 97 Robert Sassone (Fra) Cofidis 98 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 100 Martin Przadnovsky De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 101 Bert Dewaele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 102 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 103 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bonjour 104 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 105 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Jean Delatour 106 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Ag2r Prévoyance 107 Frack Bouyer (Fra) Bonjour 108 Raphaël Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 109 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 110 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 1.02 111 Aitor Silloniz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.08 112 Mikel Artexte (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 113 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 8.15 114 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux 10.25 115 Ruslan Pidgorny (Ukr) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 116 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) Team Coast 117 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 118 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 119 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Telekom 120 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 121 Bart Leysen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 122 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 123 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Jean Delatour 124 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 125 Franck Perque (Fra) La Française des Jeux 126 ? 127 Roman Peter (Swi) Oktos-St-Quentin 128 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 129 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 130 Vincent Templier (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin 131 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Big Mat-Auber 93 132 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 133 Florent Brard (Fra) Crédit Agricole 134 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 135 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 136 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Team Telekom 137 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Ag2r Prévoyance 138 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) CSC-Tiscali 139 Sergey Krushevskiy (Rus) Oktos-St-Quentin 22.25 140 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 141 Yuriy Metluschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC-Tiscali DNF Philippe Koehler (Fra) Oktos-St-Quentin DNS Roger Hammond (GBr) Palmans-Collstrop General classification after stage 3 1 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 10.06.48 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 0.04 3 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.07 4 Lander Euba (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.22 5 Marcus Ljunqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 0.23 6 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 7 Jurgen Vermeersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 0.25 9 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.27 11 Bruno Thibout (Fra) Jean Delatour 12 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 13 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 14 Igor Kranjec (Slo) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa 15 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC-Tiscali 16 Sébastien Talabardon (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 17 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 18 Stefan Schreck (Ger) Team Telekom 19 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) CSC-Tiscali 20 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio 21 Manu L'hoir (Bel) Team Fakta 22 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 23 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 24 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Française des Jeux 25 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Fakta 0.50 26 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis 1.03 27 Olivier Trastour (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 28 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Jean Delatour 3.06 29 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 30 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93 Courtesy of velomania.net