If there was any doubt about who is the best sprinter in the world, Mark Cavendish (OPQS) dispelled it once again. The Manx Missile displayed his sprinting prowess by beating some of the top sprinters in pro peloton without his usual leadout train. Barry Markus (VCD) nipped ahead of Orica-GreenEdge powerhouse Aidis Kruopis (OGE) in second place to show signs of a potential sprinter for the Dutch team.

Race Results

Tour of Qatar (2013) - Stage 3

Al Wakra to Mesaieed (143km)
5 Feb 2013


Stage
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 CAVENDISH, Mark GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 3:05:14
2 MARKUS, Barry NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM 0
3 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE
4 BOUHANNI, Nacer FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
5 HAUSSLER, Heinrich AUS IAM Cycling
6 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald NOR SKY PROCYCLING
7 KLUGE, Roger GER TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
8 DEGENKOLB, John GER ARG
9 FORTIN, Filippo ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
10 SOUPE, Geoffrey FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
11 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA
12 KRISTOFF, Alexander NOR KATUSHA
13 HUTAROVICH, Yauheni BLR AG2R LA MONDIALE
14 JARC, Blaz SLO TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
15 VAN HUMMEL, Kenny Robert NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM
16 DOWNING, Russell GBR TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
17 BOZIC, Borut SLO ASTANA
18 SHIMIZU, Miyataka JPN JAPAN
19 TERPSTRA, Niki NED OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
20 PORSEV, Alexander RUS KATUSHA
21 VAN AVERMAET, Greg BEL BMC RACING
22 GALLOPIN, Tony FRA Radioshack Leopard
23 STYBAR, Zdenek CZE OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
24 MOL, Wouter NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM
25 BENNATI, Daniele ITA Saxo Tinkoff
26 BOOKWALTER, Brent USA BMC RACING
27 OFFREDO, Yoann FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
28 HALLER, Marco AUT KATUSHA
29 TRAKSEL, Bobbie NED CHAMPION SYSTEM
30 GRIVKO, Andriy UKR ASTANA
31 GUARNIERI, Jacopo ITA ASTANA
32 DELLE STELLE, Christian ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
33 HAYMAN, Mathew AUS SKY PROCYCLING
34 SCHÄR, Michael SUI BMC RACING
35 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR Radioshack Leopard
36 THOMAS, Geraint GBR SKY PROCYCLING
37 VIVIANI, Elia ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling
38 ELMIGER, Martin SUI IAM Cycling
39 LADAGNOUS, Matthieu FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
40 ROWE, Luke GBR SKY PROCYCLING
41 BOIVIN, Guillaume CAN Cannondale Pro Cycling
42 SUTTON, Christopher AUS SKY PROCYCLING
43 BRAMMEIER, Matt IRL CHAMPION SYSTEM
44 BLYTHE, Adam GBR BMC RACING
45 MOURIS, Jens NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
46 SUZUKI, Yuzuru JPN JAPAN
47 DALL'ANTONIA, Tiziano ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling
48 JÖRGENSEN, Jonas Aaen DEN Saxo Tinkoff
49 CURVERS, Roy NED ARG
50 FISCHER, Murilo Antonio BRA FDJ-BIG MAT
51 DE KORT, Koen NED ARG
52 HOULE, Hugo CAN AG2R LA MONDIALE
53 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
54 PHINNEY, Taylor USA BMC RACING
55 DEMPSTER, Zakkari AUS TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
56 VEELERS, Tom NED ARG
57 COOKE, Baden AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
58 TOSATTO, Matteo ITA Saxo Tinkoff
59 RASCH, Gabriel NOR SKY PROCYCLING
60 BEPPU, Fumiyuki JPN ORICA-GREENEDGE
61 IRIZAR ARANBURU, Markel ESP Radioshack Leopard
62 Jae JANG, Chan PRK CHAMPION SYSTEM
63 BRESCHEL, Matti DEN Saxo Tinkoff
64 EISEL, Bernhard AUT SKY PROCYCLING
65 KEUKELEIRE, Jens BEL ORICA-GREENEDGE
66 RAST, Grégory SUI Radioshack Leopard
67 ROLLIN, Dominique CAN FDJ-BIG MAT
68 VOSS, Paul GER TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
69 LANG, Pirmin SUI IAM Cycling
70 SMUKULIS, Gatis LAT KATUSHA
71 SELIG, Rudiger GER KATUSHA
72 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING
73 APPOLLONIO, Davide ITA AG2R LA MONDIALE
74 BAGDONAS, Gediminas LTU AG2R LA MONDIALE
75 KAMYSHEV, Arman KAZ ASTANA
76 HINAULT, Sébastien FRA IAM Cycling
77 COLBRELLI, Sonny ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
78 SCHORN, Daniel AUT TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
79 HOLLENSTEIN, Reto SUI IAM Cycling
80 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN JAPAN
81 DEVOLDER, Stijn BEL Radioshack Leopard
82 BODNAR, Maciej POL Cannondale Pro Cycling
83 BOUCHER, David FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
84 VANDENBERGH, Stijn BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
85 EIJSSEN, Yannick BEL BMC RACING
86 WARBASSE, Lawrence USA BMC RACING
87 COLEDAN, Marco ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
88 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN JAPAN
89 LAGUTIN, Sergey UZB VACANSOLEIL-DCM
90 CANOLA, Marco ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
91 RUIJGH, Rob NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM
92 PASQUALON, Andrea ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
93 KREDER, Wesley NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM
94 IGLINSKIY, Valentin KAZ AG2R LA MONDIALE
95 GODDAERT, Kristof BEL IAM Cycling
96 BERARD, Julien FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE
97 FLECHA, Juan Antonio ESP VACANSOLEIL-DCM
98 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM
99 ROULSTON, Hayden NZL Radioshack Leopard
100 ARNDT, Nikias GER ARG 16
101 SABATINI, Fabio ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling 24
102 SINKELDAM, Ramon NED ARG 25
103 MEZGEC, Luka SLO ARG 27
104 KUMP, Marko SLO Saxo Tinkoff
105 DE MARCHI, Alessandro ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling 30
106 PENGDA, Jiao CHN CHAMPION SYSTEM 32
107 FENG, Chun Kai TPE CHAMPION SYSTEM
108 HATANAKA, Yusuke JPN JAPAN
109 MINARD, Sébastien FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE 33
110 FUMEAUX, Jonathan SUI IAM Cycling
111 UCHIMA, Kohei JPN JAPAN
112 FRIEDEMANN, Matthias GER CHAMPION SYSTEM
113 OLIVEIRA, Nelson POR Radioshack Leopard 37
114 CANTWELL, Jonathan AUS Saxo Tinkoff 42
115 LANCASTER, Brett AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE 53
116 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
117 MURAVYEV, Dmitriy KAZ ASTANA
118 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI Radioshack Leopard
119 GRUZDEV, Dmitriy KAZ ASTANA
120 SANO, Junya JPN JAPAN +1:05
121 KOREN, Kristijan SLO Cannondale Pro Cycling +1:07
122 CUMMINGS, Stephen GBR BMC RACING +1:12
123 BRUTT, Pavel RUS KATUSHA
124 RATTO, Daniele ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling
125 VELITS, Martin SVK OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
126 LUND, Anders DEN Saxo Tinkoff
127 KEISSE, Iljo BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
128 EICHLER, Markus GER TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA
129 TRENTIN, Matteo ITA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +1:21
130 MARCATO, Marco ITA VACANSOLEIL-DCM
131 BANDIERA, Marco ITA IAM Cycling
132 LE BON, Johan FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
133 DI CORRADO, Andrea ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
134 SCHILLINGER, Andreas GER TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA +1:35
135 STAMSNIJDER, Tom NED ARG
136 CHAINEL, Steve FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE +1:42
137 KUSCHYNSKI, Aliaksandr BLR KATUSHA +2:17
138 ISAICHEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA
139 HUFFMAN, Evan USA ASTANA
140 KROON, Karsten NED Saxo Tinkoff DNF
141 GANG, Xu CHN CHAMPION SYSTEM DNF

General Classification
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 BOOKWALTER, Brent USA BMC RACING 6:49:58
2 PHINNEY, Taylor USA BMC RACING 6
3 BLYTHE, Adam GBR BMC RACING 7
4 CAVENDISH, Mark GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 8
5 VAN AVERMAET, Greg BEL BMC RACING 10
6 SCHÄR, Michael SUI BMC RACING
7 EISEL, Bernhard AUT SKY PROCYCLING 11
8 HAYMAN, Mathew AUS SKY PROCYCLING 12
9 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald NOR SKY PROCYCLING 14
10 THOMAS, Geraint GBR SKY PROCYCLING 15
11 ROWE, Luke GBR SKY PROCYCLING
12 TERPSTRA, Niki NED OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 20
13 STYBAR, Zdenek CZE OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
14 GALLOPIN, Tony FRA Radioshack Leopard 21
15 KRISTOFF, Alexander NOR KATUSHA 23
16 PORSEV, Alexander RUS KATUSHA 25
17 HALLER, Marco AUT KATUSHA
18 GUARNIERI, Jacopo ITA ASTANA 27
19 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE 29
20 LADAGNOUS, Matthieu FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 33
21 KEUKELEIRE, Jens BEL ORICA-GREENEDGE
22 COOKE, Baden AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
23 VIVIANI, Elia ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling 34
24 DALL'ANTONIA, Tiziano ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling
25 BRESCHEL, Matti DEN Saxo Tinkoff 36
26 JÖRGENSEN, Jonas Aaen DEN Saxo Tinkoff
27 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING
28 DEGENKOLB, John GER ARG 38
29 GRIVKO, Andriy UKR ASTANA
30 ROLLIN, Dominique CAN FDJ-BIG MAT 39
31 VEELERS, Tom NED ARG 40
32 DE KORT, Koen NED ARG
33 ELMIGER, Martin SUI IAM Cycling 41
34 VANDENBERGH, Stijn BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
35 OFFREDO, Yoann FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 42
36 IRIZAR ARANBURU, Markel ESP Radioshack Leopard
37 KLUGE, Roger GER TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA 43
38 HUTAROVICH, Yauheni BLR AG2R LA MONDIALE
39 SMUKULIS, Gatis LAT KATUSHA 46
40 HAUSSLER, Heinrich AUS IAM Cycling 47
41 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 53
42 VOSS, Paul GER TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA 54
43 BENNATI, Daniele ITA Saxo Tinkoff 57
44 HOLLENSTEIN, Reto SUI IAM Cycling 58
45 VAN HUMMEL, Kenny Robert NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM +1:01
46 CURVERS, Roy NED ARG
47 RUIJGH, Rob NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM
48 FLECHA, Juan Antonio ESP VACANSOLEIL-DCM
49 TOSATTO, Matteo ITA Saxo Tinkoff +1:18
50 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR Radioshack Leopard +1:23
51 RAST, Grégory SUI Radioshack Leopard +1:32
52 LAGUTIN, Sergey UZB VACANSOLEIL-DCM +1:34
53 DEMPSTER, Zakkari AUS TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA +1:36
54 BRAMMEIER, Matt IRL CHAMPION SYSTEM +1:37
55 MINARD, Sébastien FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE
56 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI Radioshack Leopard +1:41
57 FISCHER, Murilo Antonio BRA FDJ-BIG MAT +1:45
58 KEISSE, Iljo BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +2:04
59 LE BON, Johan FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +2:15
60 BRUTT, Pavel RUS KATUSHA +2:19
61 HINAULT, Sébastien FRA IAM Cycling +2:20
62 VELITS, Martin SVK OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
63 SCHORN, Daniel AUT TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA +2:24
64 SINKELDAM, Ramon NED ARG +2:27
65 RASCH, Gabriel NOR SKY PROCYCLING +2:52
66 LANG, Pirmin SUI IAM Cycling +3:10
67 MURAVYEV, Dmitriy KAZ ASTANA +3:17
68 SCHILLINGER, Andreas GER TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA +3:21
69 ARNDT, Nikias GER ARG +3:25
70 CHAINEL, Steve FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE +3:26
71 SELIG, Rudiger GER KATUSHA +4:07
72 STAMSNIJDER, Tom NED ARG +4:44
73 DEVOLDER, Stijn BEL Radioshack Leopard +16:23
74 BOZIC, Borut SLO ASTANA +16:29
75 SOUPE, Geoffrey FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +16:35
76 BEPPU, Fumiyuki JPN ORICA-GREENEDGE
77 MOURIS, Jens NED ORICA-GREENEDGE
78 WARBASSE, Lawrence USA BMC RACING +16:44
79 BODNAR, Maciej POL Cannondale Pro Cycling
80 JARC, Blaz SLO TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA +16:45
81 HOULE, Hugo CAN AG2R LA MONDIALE
82 BAGDONAS, Gediminas LTU AG2R LA MONDIALE
83 APPOLLONIO, Davide ITA AG2R LA MONDIALE
84 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA +16:46
85 GODDAERT, Kristof BEL IAM Cycling +16:49
86 EIJSSEN, Yannick BEL BMC RACING +16:51
87 BOUHANNI, Nacer FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +16:55
88 MARKUS, Barry NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM +16:57
89 OLIVEIRA, Nelson POR Radioshack Leopard +17:00
90 SABATINI, Fabio ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +17:06
91 DE MARCHI, Alessandro ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling
92 MEZGEC, Luka SLO ARG +17:09
93 FORTIN, Filippo ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX +17:11
94 CANOLA, Marco ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
95 COLEDAN, Marco ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
96 PASQUALON, Andrea ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
97 KREDER, Wesley NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM
98 DOWNING, Russell GBR TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA +17:14
99 GRUZDEV, Dmitriy KAZ ASTANA +17:21
100 Jae JANG, Chan PRK CHAMPION SYSTEM +17:26
101 TRAKSEL, Bobbie NED CHAMPION SYSTEM +17:28
102 COLBRELLI, Sonny ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX +17:34
103 ROULSTON, Hayden NZL Radioshack Leopard +17:38
104 KOREN, Kristijan SLO Cannondale Pro Cycling +17:43
105 MOL, Wouter NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM +17:45
106 BOUCHER, David FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +17:47
107 RATTO, Daniele ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +17:48
108 EICHLER, Markus GER TEAM NETAPP - ENDURA +17:57
109 CUMMINGS, Stephen GBR BMC RACING
110 SHIMIZU, Miyataka JPN JAPAN +18:00
111 NISHITANI, Taiji JPN JAPAN
112 MORI, Kazuhiro JPN JAPAN
113 FENG, Chun Kai TPE CHAMPION SYSTEM
114 FRIEDEMANN, Matthias GER CHAMPION SYSTEM +18:01
115 KAMYSHEV, Arman KAZ ASTANA +18:05
116 PENGDA, Jiao CHN CHAMPION SYSTEM +18:10
117 BANDIERA, Marco ITA IAM Cycling
118 BERARD, Julien FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE +18:14
119 IGLINSKIY, Valentin KAZ AG2R LA MONDIALE
120 SUZUKI, Yuzuru JPN JAPAN +18:15
121 TRENTIN, Matteo ITA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +18:24
122 HATANAKA, Yusuke JPN JAPAN +18:32
123 DI CORRADO, Andrea ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX
124 SUTTON, Christopher AUS SKY PROCYCLING +18:33
125 ISAICHEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA +18:44
126 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +18:46
127 HUFFMAN, Evan USA ASTANA
128 LANCASTER, Brett AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
129 OTHMAN, Muhamad Adiq Husainie MYS CHAMPION SYSTEM +19:00
130 BOIVIN, Guillaume CAN Cannondale Pro Cycling +19:05
131 SANO, Junya JPN JAPAN
132 UCHIMA, Kohei JPN JAPAN +19:19
133 DELLE STELLE, Christian ITA BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX +19:24
134 FUMEAUX, Jonathan SUI IAM Cycling +19:28
135 KUMP, Marko SLO Saxo Tinkoff +19:40
136 CANTWELL, Jonathan AUS Saxo Tinkoff +19:55
137 MARCATO, Marco ITA VACANSOLEIL-DCM +19:59
138 LUND, Anders DEN Saxo Tinkoff +20:25
139 KUSCHYNSKI, Aliaksandr BLR KATUSHA +20:26