Garmin-Sharp’s Andrew Talansky takes the stage win and race lead; Nicolas Roche’s group is just behind
Nicolas Roche (Saxo-Tinkoff) has made an important selection on the third stage of Paris-Nice today, arriving at the finish in a group of 25 riders that put one minute into the best of the rest of the field.
That select group the Irishman was in went clear in the attacking that broke out going over the last climb of the day a little more than 10 miles from the finish on the wet 170km stage.
A group of seven riders pulled clear and just about stayed away. However, during the pursuit of them down the climb and into the finish in Brioude, what was left of the peloton fractured, with Roche’s group pulling clear.
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The stage was won by US rider Andrew Talansky (Gramin-Sharp) in the sprint from the lead group and he is also the new leader of the race. Roche’s group came over the line seven seconds after the breakaway, with Roche 7th in the sprint from that group to take 14th on the stage. He is now 18th overall, some 17 seconds down on Talansky ahead of tomorrow’s 200km stage.
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Stage 3: Châtel-Guyon - Brioude 170.5km
1 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin Sharp 4:06:15
2 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
3 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
4 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling
6 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
8 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun 0:00:07
9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
10 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
11 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
12 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
14 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
15 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha
16 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol
17 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
18 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
19 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ
20 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling
22 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
24 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
25 Egor Silin (Rus) Astana Pro Team
26 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
27 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team
30 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
31 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
32 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Blanco 0:01:05
33 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
34 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Blanco
35 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
General Classification
1 Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin Sharp 14:39:36
2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:00:03
3 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
4 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:04
5 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:05
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:06
7 Richie Porte (Aus) Sky Procycling 0:00:07
8 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 0:00:08
9 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:00:09
10 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Sojasun 0:00:12
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:13
12 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
13 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:00:15
14 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team
15 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:16
16 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack Leopard
17 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha
18 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:17
19 Andreas Klöden (Ger) RadioShack Leopard
20 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
21 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
22 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 0:00:18
23 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
24 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre-Merida
25 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling 0:00:19
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