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German sprinter Thorsten Wilhelms (Team Coast) has won the third stage of the Tour of Qatar, that finished in another bunch sprint in Doha. Wilhelms, who also placed highly in the first two stages, beat Team fakta's Allan Bo Andresen and Christophe Capelle (BigMat). There was a change in the overall lead when young Brazilian Luciano Pagliarini (Lampre) picked up a time bonus to take over the GC from Magnus Backstedt (Team fakta), although both riders are now on equal time.
The stage started 30 minutes late after riders and officials attended a reception organised in the public enclosure of the "Camelodrome" by Sheikh Khalid bin Al-Thani, President of the Qatar Cycling Federation. A few riders dared to mount the camels, but most chose their more familiar steeds.
When the stage did get underway, it followed a similar course to the first two stages. There were numerous attacks in the last half, but all were chased down in preparation for the finale. Domo-Farm Frites were particularly strong, putting seven riders on the front at one stage to keep things under control, but other teams benefited from this.
Pagliarini won the sprint at the 150 kilometre mark to pick up a 2 second time bonus, thereby moving into the virtual lead. That became real at the end of the stage when Backstedt finished outside the top 3 and didn't get the necessary time bonus to keep his lead.
Tomorrow's 125 kilometre fourth stage is from Ras Laffan in the north east to Doha in the east. The stage is flat and should result in another bunch sprint.
1 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 4.26.37 (40.283 km/h) 2 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta 3 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Fakta 5 Corrado Serina (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 6 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 7 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 8 Sebastiano Scotti (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 9 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 10 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 11 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 12 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre-Daikin 13 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 14 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 15 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 16 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 17 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 18 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 19 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 20 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 21 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) La Francaise Des Jeux 22 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Team Colpack-Astro 23 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 24 Miguel Angel Meza (Mex) Team Colpack-Astro 25 Christoph Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 26 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 27 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 28 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 29 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 30 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 31 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC Tiscali 32 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 33 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 34 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 35 Vladimir Smirnov (Ltu) Team Colpack-Astro 36 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 37 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 38 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 39 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 40 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 41 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 42 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 43 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 44 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 45 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 46 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 47 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 48 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 49 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 50 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 51 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 52 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 53 André Korff (Ger) Team Coast 54 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 55 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 56 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 57 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 58 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 59 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 60 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.13 61 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.17 62 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 63 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 0.32 64 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 0.36 65 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.11 66 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 67 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.42 68 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.16 69 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 70 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 71 Jean Nuttli (Swi) St Quentin-Oktos 72 Manu L'hoir (Bel) Team Fakta 73 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 74 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 75 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 76 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC Tiscali 77 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 78 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 79 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 80 Fabiano Ferrari (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 5.43 81 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 5.47 82 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 5.54 83 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 84 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 85 Vincent Van Der Kooy (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 86 Luca Barattero (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 6.05 87 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 6.20 88 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) CSC Tiscali 6.45 89 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC Tiscali 90 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 13.53 91 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 92 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 93 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 94 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 95 Christophe Rinero (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 96 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 97 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre-Daikin 98 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 99 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 100 Roman Peter (Swi) St Quentin-Oktos 101 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC Tiscali 102 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Deutsche Telekom 103 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 104 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 105 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 106 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 107 Sacha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 108 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 109 Bruun Eriksen (Den) CSC Tiscali 110 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 111 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 112 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 113 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC Tiscali 114 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 115 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 116 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 117 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 118 Sergei Krushevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos DNF Michaël Blaudzun (Den) CSC Tiscali DNF Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola Points Dukhan - 52.5 km 1 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 3 pts 2 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2 3 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1 Doha (Khalifa Stadium) - 150 km 1 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 3 pts 2 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre-Daikin 2 3 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1 Young rider 1 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre-Daikin 4.26.37 2 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 3 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) La Francaise Des Jeux 5 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Team Colpack-Astro 6 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 7 Miguel Angel Meza (Mex) Team Colpack-Astro 8 Christoph Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 9 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 10 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 11 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 12 Vladimir Smirnov (Ltu) Team Colpack-Astro 13 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 14 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 16 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 17 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 18 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 19 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.13 20 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.17 21 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.11 22 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 23 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 2.16 24 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 25 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 26 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 5.47 27 Vincent Van Der Kooy (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 5.54 28 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 6.20 29 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour 13.53 30 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 31 Roman Peter (Swi) St Quentin-Oktos 32 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 33 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 34 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 35 Bruun Eriksen (Den) CSC Tiscali 36 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 37 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 Teams 1 Team Fakta 13.19.51 2 Team Coast 3 Team Colpack 4 Acqua & Sapone Cantina Tollo 5 La Francaise Des Jeux 6 Domo-Farm Frites 7 Bonjour 8 Team Telekom 9 Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 10 Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 11 Lampre Daikin 12 Big Mat - Auber 93 2.16 13 Oktos - Saint-Quentin 14 Alexia Alluminio 5.43 15 Team CSC Tiscali 9.01 General classification after stage 3 1 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre-Daikin 10.14.27 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Fakta 3 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 0.01 4 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 0.02 5 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.06 6 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta 7 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC Tiscali 0.07 8 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 9 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 10 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 0.08 11 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.09 12 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 13 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 0.10 14 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 15 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 16 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 17 Miguel Angel Meza (Mex) Team Colpack-Astro 18 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 19 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 20 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 21 Sandy Casar (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 22 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Coast 23 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 24 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 25 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Domo-Farm Frites 26 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Domo-Farm Frites 27 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 28 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Fakta 29 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 30 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 31 Vladimir Smirnov (Ltu) Team Colpack-Astro 32 André Korff (Ger) Team Coast 33 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 34 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 35 Steve De Wolf (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 36 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 37 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 38 Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour 39 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 40 Michele Colleoni (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 41 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 42 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 43 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 44 Sebastiano Scotti (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 45 Corrado Serina (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 46 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) La Francaise Des Jeux 47 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 48 Allan Johansen (Den) Team Fakta 49 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Bonjour 50 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 51 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 52 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 53 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 54 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 55 Pascal Derame (Fra) Bonjour 56 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 57 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.23 58 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 0.27 59 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 60 Christoph Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 0.32 61 Diego Ferrari (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 0.42 62 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 0.53 63 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.21 64 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1.29 65 Cesare Di Cintio (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 1.52 66 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Bonjour 2.20 67 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 2.26 68 Franck Perque (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 69 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 70 Milan Kadlec (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 71 Jean Nuttli (Swi) St Quentin-Oktos 72 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) CSC Tiscali 73 Félix Garcia Casas (Spa) Bigmat.Auber 93 74 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 75 Leif Hoste (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 76 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 2.48 77 Manu L'hoir (Bel) Team Fakta 78 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 3.11 79 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 5.57 80 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Domo-Farm Frites 6.04 81 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 82 Nicki Sorensen (Den) CSC Tiscali 6.55 83 Vincent Van Der Kooy (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 6.56 84 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 7.08 85 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) CSC Tiscali 7.25 86 Fabiano Ferrari (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 7.53 87 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Team Colpack-Astro 8.29 88 Luca Barattero (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 8.36 89 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 13.57 90 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 13.59 91 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 14.01 92 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 14.03 93 Bruun Eriksen (Den) CSC Tiscali 94 Sergei Krushevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos 95 Nicolas Liboreau (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 96 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team Fakta 97 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 98 Olivier Asmaker (Fra) CSC Tiscali 99 Martin Rittsel (Swe) CSC Tiscali 100 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 101 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour 102 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 103 Sacha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 104 Christophe Rinero (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 105 Kevin Livingston (USA) Team Deutsche Telekom 106 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Lampre-Daikin 107 Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 108 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 109 Lorenzo Di Silvestro (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 110 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 111 Stéphane Barthe (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 14.25 112 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 14.29 113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 14.55 114 Roman Peter (Swi) St Quentin-Oktos 15.07 115 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 116 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 15.54 117 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 23.35 118 Fabrice Salanson (Fra) Bonjour Points classification 1 Thorsten Wilhelms (Ger) Team Coast 78 pts 2 Christophe Capelle (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 67 3 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 57 4 Damien Nazon (Fra) Bonjour 56 5 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team Fakta 45 6 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 43 7 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre-Daikin 43 8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team Fakta 40 9 Miguel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina T 31 10 Nicola Minali (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 30 11 Guido Trenti (USA) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 28 12 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Bigmat.Auber 93 27 13 Miguel Angel Meza (Mex) Team Colpack-Astro 27 14 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 26 15 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 25 16 Alexandre Chouffe (Fra) St Quentin-Oktos 25 17 Corrado Serina (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 21 18 André Korff (Ger) Team Coast 21 19 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Coast 15 20 Sebastiano Scotti (Ita) Alexia Alluminio 15 21 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Deutsche Telekom 11 22 Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 9 23 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 9 24 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 8 25 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Acqua e Sapone-Cantina Tollo 8 26 Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Francaise Des Jeux 7 27 Michael Skelde (Den) Team Fakta 6 28 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 6 29 Guillaume Auger (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 3 30 Sergei Krushevskiy (Uzb) St Quentin-Oktos 3 31 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 3 32 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC Tiscali 3 33 Vladimir Smirnov (Ltu) Team Colpack-Astro 2 34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 2 35 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Bigmat.Auber 93 2 36 Matteo Gigli (Ita) Team Colpack-Astro 1 37 Franck Renier (Fra) Bonjour 1 Teams classification 1 Team Coast 30.43.51 2 Acqua & Sapone Cantina Tollo 3 Team Fakta 4 La Francaise Des Jeux 5 Team Colpack 6 Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 7 Domo-Farm Frites 8 Lampre Daikin 9 Bonjour 10 Team Telekom 11 Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 12 Big Mat - Auber 93 2.16 13 Oktos - Saint-Quentin 14 Alexia Alluminio 5.43 15 Team CSC Tiscali 9.01