Stage 3; Marbella - Malaga,157.3 km
On Monday 30th August the stage runs from Marbella to the county capital: Málaga. In this stage there will be appreciated the first differences among the favourite riders. Just in the beginning, riders must ascend to the climb Ojén (2nd category), placed almost at the stage start.
And also the “peloton” must get in this same day and nearly 30 km from the finish to the first climb that the organization of the Vuelta has given the 1st category. It is León´s climb and riders will ascend to it just after they have passed trough Málaga´s streets.
Stage 3 Map
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Stage 3 profile
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The last Km's
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General Classification before Stage 3
1 Mark Cavendish (GBR) Team HTC-Columbia 4:49:35
2 Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:12
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia
4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia
5 Matthew Goss (GBR) Team HTC-Columbia
6 Lars-Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-Columbia
7 Hayden Roulston (NZL) Team HTC-Columbia
8 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions 0:00:21
9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:22
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
On Monday 30th August the stage runs from Marbella to the county capital: Málaga. In this stage there will be appreciated the first differences among the favourite riders. Just in the beginning, riders must ascend to the climb Ojén (2nd category), placed almost at the stage start.
And also the “peloton” must get in this same day and nearly 30 km from the finish to the first climb that the organization of the Vuelta has given the 1st category. It is León´s climb and riders will ascend to it just after they have passed trough Málaga´s streets.
Stage 3 Map
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Stage 3 profile
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The last Km's
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General Classification before Stage 3
1 Mark Cavendish (GBR) Team HTC-Columbia 4:49:35
2 Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:12
3 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia
4 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia
5 Matthew Goss (GBR) Team HTC-Columbia
6 Lars-Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-Columbia
7 Hayden Roulston (NZL) Team HTC-Columbia
8 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Transitions 0:00:21
9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:22
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo