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Litscher continues winning streak with time trial victory

Bigham wins her first stage in women's category

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James Angus Ouchterlony

James Angus Ouchterlony (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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Top three men on the stage 3 podium

Top three men on the stage 3 podium (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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Top three women on the stage 3 podium

Top three women on the stage 3 podium (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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A racer climbs

A racer climbs (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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Benjamin Justesen

Benjamin Justesen (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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Two racers during stage 3

Two racers during stage 3 (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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One racer overtakes another

One racer overtakes another (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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A racer in action

A racer in action (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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Beautiful skies during stage 3

Beautiful skies during stage 3 (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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The wide open space meant wind was a factor, especially near the top

The wide open space meant wind was a factor, especially near the top (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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Thomas Litscher and Karl Markt went one-two on the stage

Thomas Litscher and Karl Markt went one-two on the stage (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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Ismael Ventura

Ismael Ventura (Image credit: Bob Foy)
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A racer climbs during stage 3.

A racer climbs during stage 3. (Image credit: Bob Foy)

Thomas Litscher and Sally Bigham won the stage 3 time trial on Lanzarote on Monday.

It was Litscher's third stage win in this year's race. As the race leader, he started last, but was soon climbing the hill with his caught teammate Karl Markt after both overtook Ismael Ventura. Litscher clocked the fastest time, with Markt in second. Benjamin Justesen was third and Luis Leao Pinto took fourth on the stage ahead of Christian Schneidawind in fifth.

It was Bigham's first stage win of the race. She defeated fellow top female racers Adelheid Morath by 1:34 and Annika Langvad in third. Langvad's ride was still good enough for her to keep her overall lead.

Emil Oliver Giraldi and Malene Degn won the cadet men's and women's races, respectively.

All racers battled a tough wind on a beautiful course.

The final stage happens on Tuesday over 80km on what will be the toughest and longest of the four courses.

Full Results

Men
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Thomas Litscher (Swi)0:56:42
2Karl Markt (Aut)0:00:59
3Benjamin Justesen (Den)0:01:11
4Luis Leão Pinto (Por)0:01:36
5Christian Schneidawind (Ger)0:02:31
6Karl Platt (Ger)0:02:33
7James Angus Ouchterlony Heathcote (GBr)0:03:30
8Christian Kreuchler (Ger)0:03:32
9Ismael Sanchez Ventura (Spa)0:03:53
10Erik Knudsen (Den)0:04:05
11Roland Golderer (Ger)0:04:09
12Casper Saltoft (Den)0:04:35
13Michael Schuchardt (Ger)0:04:44
14Jose Maria Sanchez Ruiz (Spa)0:04:49
15Simon Scheiber (Aut)0:05:31
16Victor Del Corral Morales (Spa)0:05:46
17Thomas Bundgaard (Den)0:06:09
18Niels Rasmussen (Den)0:06:26
19Johnni Junker Nielsen (Den)0:07:25
20Manuel Rojo Nieto (Spa)0:07:53
21Louis Bendixen (Den)0:08:00
22Sylvain Garde (GBr)0:08:36
23Francisco Jose Perez Cruz (Spa)0:08:54
24Fabián Molina Delgado (Spa)0:09:53
25Ruben Calvo Gomez (Spa)0:10:40
26Marco Almeida (Por)0:11:38
27Steve Ferguson (GBr)0:11:42
28Juaquin David Martin Hernandez (Spa)0:12:27
29Jose Maceira Rodriguez (Spa)0:12:31
30Ashleim Jones (Den)0:12:45
31Rafael Jesus Sanchez Ruiz (Spa)0:12:50
32Danny Files (Bel)0:13:04
33Benno Weber (Ger)0:13:09
34Aureliano Negrin (Spa)0:13:22
35Kris De Nef (Bel)0:13:40
36emil oliver giraldi (Den)0:13:55
37Jose Agustin Perez Morera (Spa)0:14:02
38Jaime Menendez de Luarca (Spa)0:14:15
39Aitor Navarro Hita (Spa)0:14:36
40Mads Bødker (Den)0:15:04
41Jakob Holm Lauritsen (Den)0:15:06
42Magnus R. Westergaard Petersen Cadets (Den)0:15:11
43Niels Bay Pedersen (Den)0:16:40
44Victor De Leon Tejera (Spa)0:17:11
45James Roe (GBr)0:17:13
46Thomas Nyvang Hansen (Den)0:17:57
47Bo Falck Hansen (Den)0:18:14
48Barry Wilson (GBr)0:19:14
49Daniel Casanova Expósito (Spa)0:19:26
50Henrik Helmer (Den)0:20:41
51Jose Luis Agra Torres (Spa)0:20:52
52Thomas Atkinson (GBr)0:20:53
53Rico Busk (Den)0:20:56
54Gerald Moser (Fra)0:20:57
55Silverio Antonio Rodriguez Moreno (Spa)0:22:17
56Domingo Morin Rodriguez (Spa)0:22:33
57Pedro Baltasar de la Paz (Spa)0:23:16
58Uffe Degn (Den)0:23:33
59Fernando Mainar Val (Spa)0:24:51
60Malte Birch (Den)0:24:52
61Gustav Als (Den)0:25:12
62Anton Bødker (Den)0:25:33
63Jaime Alexis Gonzalez Cabrera (Spa)0:26:19
64Christian Birch (Den)0:27:16
65Andre Van't Hof (Ned)0:27:17
66Benoit Sepulte (Bel)0:27:19
67Anders Primdahl Haubro (Den)0:27:54
68Hugo Cantineau (Bel)0:29:28
69Isidro manuel Martin Perez (Spa)0:30:15
70Christophe Meurice (Bel)0:30:32
71Denis Detinne (Bel)0:30:44
72Marcel Martens (Ger)0:31:00
73Eduardo Ramos Megolla (Spa)0:31:21
74Antonio Acosta Hernandez (Spa)0:32:12
75Alan Hamshaw (UAE)0:33:20
76Marc Ellwood (GBr)0:35:30
77Leandro Martín Gonzalez (Spa)0:39:00
78Lee Holdaway (GBr)0:39:45
79Jes Steen (Den)0:40:57
80dave overton (GBr)0:41:03
81Régis Vanoli (Fra)0:41:53
82Jean-Marie Colla (Bel)
83Daniel Kafunek (Den)0:43:35
84Kevin Parmentier (Bel)0:47:25
85Alexandre Asselberghs (Bel)0:49:37
86Frank Rikard Petersen (Den)0:51:39
87Henrik Jensen (Den)0:52:44
88Paul Cook (GBr)1:09:36
DNFElwin Van Groningen (Ned)8:46:34
DNFJose David Suarez Fernandez (Spa)9:06:33
DNSAntonio Acosta Brito (Spa)
DNSFrancisco Nicolas Armas (Spa)
DNSJuan Manuel Auyanet Suárez (Spa)
DNSJuan Carlos Benasco Guillén (Spa)
DNSVictor Betancor Acosta (Spa)
DNSRamon Bethencourt Leon (Spa)
DNSAlberto Bonilla Toledo (Spa)
DNSJavier Jesus Cabrera Arteaga (Spa)
DNSJavier Campo (Spa)
DNSJean Marie Colla (Bel)
DNSPaul Davies (GBr)
DNSAlejandro Delgado Abreut (Spa)
DNSJerome Dorgan (Irl)
DNSSimon Dudley (GBr)
DNSMark Ellwood (GBr)
DNSJorge Espinel Cejas (Spa)
DNSVictor Manuel Gonzalez Muñoz (Spa)
DNSJose Manuel González Gómez (Spa)
DNSEzequiel Jesus Gonzalez (Spa)
DNSGonzalez (Spa)
DNSRoberto Gonzalez Romero (Spa)
DNSIvan Guerra Perez (Spa)
DNSFacundo Hernandez Vera (Spa)
DNSJamie Jones Nielsen (Den)
DNSKræn Jens Knude (Den)
DNSEneko Llanos Burguera (Spa)
DNSAntonio Martin (Spa)
DNSFrederik Mørkeberg Mikkelsen (Den)
DNSJoan Pons Palacios (Spa)
DNSMarcelo Javier Ramirez Perez (Uru)
DNSFelix Sancho Losano (Cub)
DNSJose Serini Sanchez (Spa)
DNSJacky Smets (Bel)
DNSJulian Tamayo Villa (Spa)
DNSAlvaro Velazquez Gutierrez (Spa)
DNSNicholas Peter Ward Muñoz (Spa)

Women
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Sally Bigham (GBr)1:06:05
2Adelheid Morath (Ger)0:01:34
3Annika Langvad (Den)0:01:48
4Bettina Uhlig (Ger)0:15:17
5Rikke Kornvig (Den)0:15:24
6malene degn (Den)0:15:33
7Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa)0:19:22
8Darrelle Parker (GBr)0:27:10
9Lucia Funes Mendez (Spa)0:28:26
10Rikke Vindberg Hjort (Den)0:36:35
11Tove Andersen (Den)0:45:08
12Cristi Alonso Lugo (Spa)0:53:38
13Anne Marie Aagard Thomsen (Den)1:03:10
DNSSarah Davies (GBr)
DNSAngela Gillespie (GBr)
DNSBlaza Klemencic (Slo)

Men general classification after stage 3
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Thomas Litscher (Swi)4:22:43
2Karl Markt (Aut)0:02:50
3Benjamin Justesen (Den)0:04:37
4Ismael Sanchez Ventura (Spa)0:06:38
5Luis Leão Pinto (Por)0:10:24
6Casper Saltoft (Den)0:11:08
7Karl Platt (Ger)0:12:13
8James Angus Ouchterlony Heathcote (GBr)0:12:16
9Roland Golderer (Ger)0:14:43
10Erik Knudsen (Den)0:15:29
11Christian Kreuchler (Ger)0:19:57
12Michael Schuchardt (Ger)0:20:04
13Victor Del Corral Morales (Spa)0:20:49
14Thomas Bundgaard (Den)0:20:53
15Jose Maria Sanchez Ruiz Sub 23 (Spa)0:21:13
16Johnni Junker Nielsen (Den)0:23:13
17Simon Scheiber (Aut)0:24:26
18Francisco Jose Perez Cruz (Spa)0:26:14
19Manuel Rojo Nieto (Spa)0:29:11
20Christian Schneidawind (Ger)0:30:46
21Sylvain Garde (GBr)0:31:32
22Louis Bendixen (Den)0:32:04
23Ruben Calvo Gomez (Spa)0:35:34
24Marco Almeida (Por)0:40:26
25Niels Rasmussen (Den)0:40:39
26Fabián Molina Delgado (Spa)0:41:57
27Ashleim Jones (Den)0:43:22
28Jose Agustin Perez Morera (Spa)0:44:25
29Kris De Nef (Bel)0:44:52
30Rafael Jesus Sanchez Ruiz (Spa)0:47:07
31Steve Ferguson (GBr)0:48:05
32Mads Bødker (Den)0:48:48
33Aitor Navarro Hita (Spa)0:50:14
34Jaime Menendez de Luarca (Spa)0:52:59
35Benno Weber (Ger)0:53:16
36Danny Files (Bel)0:53:47
37Jakob Holm Lauritsen (Den)0:54:10
38Barry Wilson (GBr)0:56:08
39Juaquin David Martin Hernadez (Spa)0:56:40
40Thomas Nyvang Hansen (Den)0:56:45
41Aureliano Negrin (Spa)0:57:49
42Jose Luis Agra Torres (Spa)0:58:10
43Jose Maceira Rodriguez (Spa)0:59:40
44Gerald Moser (Fra)1:01:59
45Bo Falck Hansen (Den)1:03:04
46Victor De Leon Tejera (Spa)1:04:01
47James Roe (GBr)1:04:26
48Niels Bay Pedersen (Den)1:07:49
49Rico Busk (Den)1:15:14
50Thomas Atkinson (GBr)1:17:11
51Daniel Casanova Expósito (Spa)1:18:43
52Henrik Helmer (Den)1:18:53
53Domingo Morin Rodriguez (Spa)1:26:11
54Silverio Antonio Rodriguez Moreno (Spa)1:28:42
55Pedro Baltasar de la Paz (Spa)1:30:16
56Eduardo Ramos Megolla (Spa)1:34:03
57Isidro manuel Martin Perez (Spa)1:37:25
58Andre Van't Hof (Ned)1:43:29
59Jaime Alexis Gonzalez Cabrera (Spa)1:45:08
60Fernando Mainar Val (Spa)1:47:08
61Christian Birch (Den)1:47:27
62Antonio Acosta Hernandez (Spa)1:52:59
63Benoit Sepulte (Bel)1:57:04
64Marc Ellwood (GBr)1:57:37
65Hugo Cantineau (Bel)1:58:57
66Christophe Meurice (Bel)2:00:07
67Anders Primdahl Haubro (Den)2:01:05
68Alan Hamshaw (UAE)2:07:20
69dave overton (GBr)2:10:21
70Denis Detinne (Bel)2:23:21
71Alexandre Asselberghs (Bel)2:24:27
72Jes Steen (Den)2:25:13
73Lee Holdaway (GBr)2:26:00
74Jean-Marie Colla (Bel)2:27:59
75Daniel Kafunek (Den)2:33:49
76Régis Vanoli (Fra)2:45:27
77Paul Cook (GBr)3:52:24

Women general classification after stage 3
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Annika Langvad (Den)4:58:04
2Sally Bigham (GBr)0:01:21
3Adelheid Morath (Ger)0:02:55
4Bettina Uhlig (Ger)1:01:36
5Sandra Santanyes Murillo (Spa)1:06:01
6Rikke Kornvig (Den)1:09:59
7Darrelle Parker (GBr)1:36:25
8Lucia Funes Mendez (Spa)1:37:00
9Cristi Alonso Lugo (Spa)2:23:31
10Tove Andersen (Spa)2:25:30

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