Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) wygrywając 3. etap wyścigu Giro di Sardegna, odzyskał prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej. Słowak pokonał José Serpę (Androni Giocattoli) oraz dotychczasowego lidera, Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD).
Dzisiejszy odcinek prowadził z miejscowości Orani do Lanusei. Podczas 173 kilometrowego etapu, w ucieczkę dnia zabrało się sześciu kolarzy: Alessandro Ballan (BMC), Maxim Iglinski (Astana), Marco Frapporti (Colnago Csf Inox), Alexander Porsev (Katusha Team), Lucas Euser (Team Spidertech Powered by C10) oraz Antonio Santoro (Androni Giocattoli).
W peletonie mocne tempo nadawały ekipy Liquigas-Cannondale oraz Lampre-ISD, gdy ucieczka miała już tylko niecałą minutę przewagi na około 15 kilometrów przed kreską, zaatakowali Ballan oraz Santoro. Dwójka Włochów zgodnie współpracowała, jednak ich akcja zakończyła się na 6 kilometrów przed metą.
Sagan nie popełnił już błędów z wczorajszego etapu, kiedy to podczas podobnego finiszu na wzniesieniu dał się zaskoczyć kolarzom Androni Giocattoli, Jose Serpie, Emanuelowi Sella oraz Damiano Cunego. 21-letni Słowak pewnie sięgnął po swój drugi triumf w sezonie oraz drugi etap w tegorocznej edycji wyścigu dookoła Sardynii. Drugie miejsce dla Serpy, trzeci był Cunego.
Dzięki bonifikacie, zjawiskowy talent ze Słowacji ponownie objął prowadzenie w generalce, w której o 4 sekundy wyprzedza Cunego oraz o 6 sekund Serpę.
Wyniki 3 etapu Giro di Sardegna:
| 1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 4:20:03 | |
| 2 | Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli | ||
| 3 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 4 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:02 | |
| 5 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack | ||
| 6 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 7 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 8 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 9 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 10 | Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Androni Giocattoli | ||
| 11 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 12 | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Miche – Guerciotti | ||
| 13 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | ||
| 14 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:00:06 | |
| 15 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:08 | |
| 16 | Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | ||
| 17 | Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack | ||
| 18 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | ||
| 19 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 20 | Andrea Noe (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | ||
| 21 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | 0:00:12 | |
| 22 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team | 0:00:22 | |
| 23 | Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Pro Team Astana | 0:00:24 | |
| 24 | Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Miche – Guerciotti | 0:00:26 | |
| 25 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain National Team | ||
| 26 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Great Britain National Team | ||
| 27 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack | ||
| 28 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack | 0:01:02 | |
| 29 | Benjamin King (USA) Team RadioShack | ||
| 30 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team RadioShack | ||
| 31 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:01:06 | |
| 32 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 33 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | 0:01:16 | |
| 34 | David Boily (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:01:21 | |
| 35 | Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche – Guerciotti | 0:01:28 | |
| 36 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Katusha Team | 0:01:59 | |
| 37 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 38 | Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 39 | Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:02:38 | |
| 40 | Luca Fioretti (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | ||
| 41 | Emanuel Vona (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | 0:02:39 | |
| 42 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | 0:02:42 | |
| 43 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | 0:02:43 | |
| 44 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Pro Team Astana | 0:03:11 | |
| 45 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:03:20 | |
| 46 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 47 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:03:22 | |
| 48 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 49 | Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone | ||
| 50 | Alexander Mironov (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:03:31 | |
| 51 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 52 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 53 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 54 | Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 55 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 56 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | 0:03:49 | |
| 57 | Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche – Guerciotti | 0:05:03 | |
| 58 | Rafai Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone | ||
| 59 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:05:53 | |
| 60 | Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | ||
| 61 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | ||
| 62 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack | 0:06:41 | |
| 63 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 64 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 65 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 66 | Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | ||
| 67 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:06:56 | |
| 68 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:07:15 | |
| 69 | Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) Katusha Team | ||
| 70 | Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 71 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 72 | Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche – Guerciotti | ||
| 73 | Antonio Santoro (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | ||
| 74 | Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:09:56 | |
| 75 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:10:54 | |
| 76 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 77 | Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain National Team | ||
| 78 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 79 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Great Britain National Team | ||
| 80 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 81 | Lucas Euser (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 82 | Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 83 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | ||
| 84 | Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | ||
| 85 | Simone Boifava (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | ||
| 86 | Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | ||
| 87 | Will Routley (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 88 | Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | ||
| 89 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | ||
| 90 | Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha Team | ||
| 91 | Gianluca Randazzo (Ita) Miche – Guerciotti | ||
| 92 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack | ||
| 93 | Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain National Team | ||
| 94 | Francois Parisien (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| 95 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | 0:12:58 | |
| 96 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 97 | Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 98 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 99 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 100 | Kevin Lacombe (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| DNS | Roberto Cesaro (Ita) Miche – Guerciotti | ||
| DNF | Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | ||
| DNF | Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Miche – Guerciotti | ||
| DNF | Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain National Team | ||
| DNF | Samuel Harrison (GBr) Great Britain National Team | ||
| DNF | Roberto De Patre (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | ||
| DNF | Adriano Angeloni (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | ||
| DNF | Walter Proch (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | ||
| DNF | Emanuele Rizza (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | ||
| DNF | Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) Ora Hotels Carrera | ||
| DNF | Krisztian Lovassy (Hun) Ora Hotels Carrera |
Klasyfikacja generalna po 3 etapie:
| 1 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | 13:16:36 | |
| 2 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre – ISD | 0:00:04 | |
| 3 | Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:06 | |
| 4 | Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:00:18 | |
| 5 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Team RadioShack | 0:00:22 | |
| 6 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:28 | |
| 7 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | ||
| 8 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:00:32 | |
| 9 | Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana | 0:00:33 | |
| 10 | Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:38 | |
| 11 | Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD | 0:00:47 | |
| 12 | Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Androni Giocattoli | ||
| 13 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | 0:00:50 | |
| 14 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | 0:00:59 | |
| 15 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:05 | |
| 16 | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Miche – Guerciotti | 0:01:06 | |
| 17 | Matthew Busche (USA) Team RadioShack | 0:01:12 | |
| 18 | Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Miche – Guerciotti | 0:01:14 | |
| 19 | Andrea Noe (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | 0:01:17 | |
| 20 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team | 0:01:26 | |
| 21 | Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:01:27 | |
| 22 | Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | ||
| 23 | Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Pro Team Astana | 0:01:33 | |
| 24 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Team RadioShack | 0:01:57 | |
| 25 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | 0:02:08 | |
| 26 | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Great Britain National Team | 0:02:20 | |
| 27 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team RadioShack | 0:02:21 | |
| 28 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:02:25 | |
| 29 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Katusha Team | 0:03:18 | |
| 30 | Pasquale Muto (Ita) Miche – Guerciotti | 0:03:22 | |
| 31 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | 0:03:58 | |
| 32 | Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain National Team | 0:04:25 | |
| 33 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | ||
| 34 | Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone | 0:04:31 | |
| 35 | Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:04:42 | |
| 36 | Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack | 0:05:01 | |
| 37 | Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:05:11 | |
| 38 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Pro Team Astana | 0:05:37 | |
| 39 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | 0:06:02 | |
| 40 | Benjamin King (USA) Team RadioShack | 0:06:03 | |
| 41 | Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:06:13 | |
| 42 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:06:27 | |
| 43 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:06:49 | |
| 44 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:07:17 | |
| 45 | Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Pro Team Astana | 0:07:25 | |
| 46 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | 0:07:26 | |
| 47 | Alexander Mironov (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:07:45 | |
| 48 | Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Androni Giocattoli | 0:07:57 | |
| 49 | Emanuel Vona (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | 0:07:58 | |
| 50 | Rafai Chtioui (Tun) Acqua & Sapone | 0:08:17 | |
| 51 | Antonio Santoro (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:08:33 | |
| 52 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:08:45 | |
| 53 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:08:58 | |
| 54 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:09:13 | |
| 55 | Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Pro Team Astana | 0:09:33 | |
| 56 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | 0:11:14 | |
| 57 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | 0:12:06 | |
| 58 | Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:12:21 | |
| 59 | Slawomir Kohut (Pol) Miche – Guerciotti | 0:12:33 | |
| 60 | Lucas Euser (USA) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:12:58 | |
| 61 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Team RadioShack | 0:13:55 | |
| 62 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 0:15:10 | |
| 63 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | 0:15:15 | |
| 64 | Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team | 0:15:21 | |
| 65 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | 0:15:52 | |
| 66 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | ||
| 67 | Arkimedes Arguelyes Rodriges (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:16:19 | |
| 68 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | 0:16:30 | |
| 69 | Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | 0:17:00 | |
| 70 | Francois Parisien (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:18:57 | |
| 71 | Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:19:09 | |
| 72 | Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:19:24 | |
| 73 | David Boily (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:20:22 | |
| 74 | Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team | 0:22:58 | |
| 75 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:23:00 | |
| 76 | Luca Fioretti (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | 0:23:36 | |
| 77 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:24:19 | |
| 78 | Krzysztof Szczawinski (Pol) Miche – Guerciotti | 0:24:32 | |
| 79 | Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli | 0:24:57 | |
| 80 | Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre – ISD | 0:25:03 | |
| 81 | Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre – ISD | 0:25:10 | |
| 82 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | 0:26:22 | |
| 83 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:26:45 | |
| 84 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago – CSF Inox | 0:27:45 | |
| 85 | Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | 0:27:55 | |
| 86 | Luke Rowe (GBr) Great Britain National Team | 0:28:22 | |
| 87 | Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain National Team | 0:28:58 | |
| 88 | Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:29:47 | |
| 89 | Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:29:58 | |
| 90 | Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | 0:30:00 | |
| 91 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:30:25 | |
| 92 | Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain National Team | 0:30:40 | |
| 93 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre – ISD | 0:30:45 | |
| 94 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack | 0:31:20 | |
| 95 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:31:57 | |
| 96 | Simone Boifava (Ita) Ora Hotels Carrera | 0:32:18 | |
| 97 | Kevin Lacombe (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:32:49 | |
| 98 | Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) Farnese Vini – Neri Sottoli | 0:34:23 | |
| 99 | Will Routley (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10 | 0:36:15 | |
| 100 | Gianluca Randazzo (Ita) Miche – Guerciotti | 0:36:16 |
