Stage 3: Marbella - Málaga 157.3km

Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto wins solo after attacking hard on final ascent. Earlier in the race, Niki Terpstra (Milram) made a bold move and and ended up riding in the early break of seven riders. During the Puerto del Leon climb (120 km into the race, gradients up to 10%), the fractured peloton caught all but one from the breakaway by the summit.

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Tomorrow's Stage 4 is 187 km and has three climbs:

Km 45 - Alto de Zafarraya - 11.2 km of 5.89% - Category 2
Km 105 - Alto de Montefrío - 8 km of 5.44% - Category 3
Km 167 - Alto de Valdepeñas de Jaén - 9 km of 4.83% - Category 2


Results Stage 3:

1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4:06:12
2 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:03
3 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:13
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:15
5 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini
6 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Ag2R-La Mondiale
7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:00:18
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:19
9 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
10 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ

Team Milram:

30 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
44 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram
70 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
106 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram
109 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram
113 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
122 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram
125 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
160 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram

General Classification:

1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 8:55:56
2 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:00:14
3 Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:22
4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:26
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:28
6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia
7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:35
8 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:36
10 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:41

Team Milram:

26 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 0:00:51
36 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Team Milram 0:01:05
62 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0:02:22
101 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 0:14:31
08 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 0:15:48
116 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 0:19:26
130 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 0:20:35
133 Bjorn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 0:21:24
150 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 0:25:24