Mark Cavendish (Sky Team) odniósł pierwszy triumf w koszulce Mistrza Świata podczas 3. etapu Tour of Qatar. Brytyjczyk pokonał lidera wyścigu Toma Boonena (Omega Pharma – Quick Step) oraz Aidisa Kruopisa (GreenEDGE). Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas-Cannondale) przyjechał w drugiej grupie.
Kolarze ścigali się dziś na etapie z Dukhan do Al Gharafa Stadium, którego łączny dystans wynosił 146,5 km. Uciekać próbował m.in: Mehdi Sohrabi (Lotto Belisol), Mikhail Ignatyev (Katusha), Alexandre Lemair (Bridgestone Anchor) oraz Mart Ojavee (Champion System). Jednak akcja tych zawodników nie powiodła się.
Losy etapu zaczęły się odsłaniać mniej więcej od 110 km. Wtedy drużyna Garmin-Barracuda „przyrantowała” na silnym bocznym wietrze, rozbijając peleton. Z tyłu została m.in drużyna Liquigas-Cannondale z Bodnarem i Peterem Saganem, Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini) oraz drużyna FDJ.
Na ostatnich kilometrach, mocne tempo podyktowali kolarze Lotto Belisol co rozbiło czołówkę. Jako pierwszy finiszować zaczął Tom Boonen, jednak z koła wyszedł mu Mark Cavendish, dla którego to pierwsze zwycięstwo w sezonie. Na trzeciej pozycji zameldował się najlepszy litewski sprinter – Aidis Kruopis. Grupa z Maciejem Bodnarem straciła blisko półtorej minuty.
W klasyfikacji generalnej Boonen ma 6 sekund nad Tylerem Farrarem (Garmin-Barracuda) oraz 8 s nad Cavendishem.
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| 1 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | 3:23:48 | |
| 2 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 3 | Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team | ||
| 4 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank | ||
| 5 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1t4i | ||
| 6 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda | ||
| 7 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Katusha | ||
| 8 | David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 9 | Robert Wagner (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 10 | Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha | ||
| 11 | Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 12 | Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System | ||
| 13 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 14 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | ||
| 15 | Baden Cooke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | ||
| 16 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 17 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:00:03 | |
| 18 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| 19 | Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Sky Procycling | ||
| 20 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 21 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 22 | Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda | ||
| 23 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha | ||
| 24 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank | ||
| 25 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 26 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Barracuda | ||
| 27 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda | ||
| 28 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda | 0:00:10 | |
| 29 | Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | ||
| 30 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 31 | Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System | ||
| 32 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1t4i | ||
| 33 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Project 1t4i | 0:00:16 | |
| 34 | Murilo Antoniobil Fischer (Bra) Garmin-Barracuda | 0:00:19 | |
| 35 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:00:32 | |
| 36 | Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team | ||
| 37 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:00:34 | |
| 38 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:00:39 | |
| 39 | Gregory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:01:21 | |
| 40 | Christian Benenati (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | 0:01:29 | |
| 41 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | ||
| 42 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | ||
| 43 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 44 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha | ||
| 45 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | ||
| 46 | Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | ||
| 47 | Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 48 | Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 49 | Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha | ||
| 50 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 51 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Project 1t4i | ||
| 52 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 53 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) GreenEdge Cycling Team | ||
| 54 | Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | ||
| 55 | Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System | ||
| 56 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 57 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 58 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 59 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 60 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1t4i | ||
| 61 | Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | ||
| 62 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 63 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 64 | Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | ||
| 65 | Joss Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 66 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 67 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 68 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 69 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 70 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 71 | Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | ||
| 72 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 73 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling | ||
| 74 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 75 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 76 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha | ||
| 77 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | ||
| 78 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 79 | Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | ||
| 80 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 81 | Klaas Lodewijck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 82 | David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team | ||
| 83 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 84 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| 85 | Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha | ||
| 86 | Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | ||
| 87 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Project 1t4i | ||
| 88 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | ||
| 89 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | ||
| 90 | Markel Irizar (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 91 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 92 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 93 | Michaël Barry (Can) Sky Procycling | ||
| 94 | Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 95 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Barracuda | ||
| 96 | Jens Mouris (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | ||
| 97 | Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Champion System | ||
| 98 | Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| 99 | Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha | ||
| 100 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| 101 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 102 | Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
| 103 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
| 104 | Dominic Klemme (Ger) Project 1t4i | ||
| 105 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 106 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1t4i | ||
| 107 | Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Barracuda | ||
| 108 | Jai Crawford (Aus) RTS Racing Team | 0:10:57 | |
| 109 | Chin-Lung Huang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team | ||
| 110 | Lee Rodgers (GBr) RTS Racing Team | ||
| 111 | Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | ||
| 112 | Alex Coutts (GBr) RTS Racing Team | ||
| 113 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 114 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 115 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 116 | Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | ||
| 117 | Klaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone Anchor | 0:12:15 | |
| 118 | Wei Kei Chang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team | ||
| 119 | Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | ||
| 120 | Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | ||
| 121 | Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System | ||
| 122 | Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System | ||
| 123 | Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) RTS Racing Team | ||
| 124 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| DNS | Clinton Avery (NZl) Champion System |
Klasyfikacja generalna:
| 1 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 6:47:49 | |
| 2 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda | 0:00:06 | |
| 3 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:00:08 | |
| 4 | Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda | 0:00:12 | |
| 5 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda | ||
| 6 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Barracuda | ||
| 7 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha | 0:00:17 | |
| 8 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 0:00:18 | |
| 9 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Katusha | ||
| 10 | Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:19 | |
| 11 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| 12 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| 13 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Barracuda | ||
| 14 | Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:00:21 | |
| 15 | Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha | ||
| 16 | Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Sky Procycling | ||
| 17 | Robert Wagner (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:00:23 | |
| 18 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank | 0:00:25 | |
| 19 | Baden Cooke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | ||
| 20 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 21 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:00:26 | |
| 22 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 23 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank | 0:00:29 | |
| 24 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 25 | David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | 0:00:32 | |
| 26 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Project 1t4i | 0:00:33 | |
| 27 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | 0:00:36 | |
| 28 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1t4i | 0:00:43 | |
| 29 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Project 1t4i | 0:00:49 | |
| 30 | Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:00:57 | |
| 31 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 32 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | ||
| 33 | Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System | 0:01:12 | |
| 34 | Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System | 0:01:21 | |
| 35 | Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | 0:01:29 | |
| 36 | Murilo Antoniobil Fischer (Bra) Garmin-Barracuda | 0:01:38 | |
| 37 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling | 0:01:45 | |
| 38 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| 39 | Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha | ||
| 40 | Matt Brammeier (Irl) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | ||
| 41 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha | 0:01:47 | |
| 42 | Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha | ||
| 43 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 44 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha | ||
| 45 | Michaël Barry (Can) Sky Procycling | ||
| 46 | Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling | ||
| 47 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:01:51 | |
| 48 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 49 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 50 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 51 | Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | ||
| 52 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:01:52 | |
| 53 | Markel Irizar (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 54 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:01:54 | |
| 55 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 56 | Jens Mouris (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | ||
| 57 | Klaas Lodewijck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 58 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:01:55 | |
| 59 | Lars Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 60 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team | ||
| 61 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | ||
| 62 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 63 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:01:58 | |
| 64 | Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | 0:02:01 | |
| 65 | Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 66 | Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 67 | Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 68 | Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 69 | Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 70 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-BigMat | ||
| 71 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Project 1t4i | 0:02:02 | |
| 72 | Roger Kluge (Ger) Project 1t4i | ||
| 73 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Project 1t4i | ||
| 74 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1t4i | 0:02:04 | |
| 75 | Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | 0:02:09 | |
| 76 | Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | ||
| 77 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | ||
| 78 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | ||
| 79 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:02:12 | |
| 80 | Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:02:16 | |
| 81 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:02:19 | |
| 82 | Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin-Barracuda | 0:02:22 | |
| 83 | Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | 0:02:30 | |
| 84 | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | 0:02:32 | |
| 85 | Aaron Kemps (Aus) Champion System | 0:02:41 | |
| 86 | Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Champion System | ||
| 87 | Joss Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank | ||
| 88 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:02:46 | |
| 89 | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 90 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 91 | Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | 0:02:49 | |
| 92 | Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | ||
| 93 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | 0:02:56 | |
| 94 | Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:02:58 | |
| 95 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:03:03 | |
| 96 | David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team | 0:03:12 | |
| 97 | Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin-Barracuda | 0:03:23 | |
| 98 | Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:03:25 | |
| 99 | Gregory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:03:30 | |
| 100 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:03:31 | |
| 101 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan | ||
| 102 | Dominic Klemme (Ger) Project 1t4i | 0:03:37 | |
| 103 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:03:47 | |
| 104 | Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:03:58 | |
| 105 | Christian Benenati (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | 0:04:17 | |
| 106 | Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha | 0:04:44 | |
| 107 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:05:31 | |
| 108 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team | 0:11:22 | |
| 109 | Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 110 | Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank | 0:11:23 | |
| 111 | Blaise Sonnery (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | 0:12:17 | |
| 112 | Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:12:31 | |
| 113 | Jai Crawford (Aus) RTS Racing Team | 0:12:40 | |
| 114 | Alex Coutts (GBr) RTS Racing Team | ||
| 115 | Lee Rodgers (GBr) RTS Racing Team | ||
| 116 | Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | 0:13:35 | |
| 117 | Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | 0:14:06 | |
| 118 | Klaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone Anchor | 0:14:12 | |
| 119 | Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System | 0:15:09 | |
| 120 | Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | 0:15:11 | |
| 121 | Chin-Lung Huang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team | 0:15:58 | |
| 122 | Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System | 0:17:52 | |
| 123 | Wei Kei Chang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team | 0:26:36 | |
| 124 | Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) RTS Racing Team | 0:26:51 |
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