Route d'Occitanie 2018: Stage 3 Results

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) attacks (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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“At the final split with Navarro and Elissonde, I was able to stay calm and follow their moves without much suffering – we were going on the attack in the beginning, but later understood it was better to cooperate, at least before the final slopes. They tried to drop me back into the final section because they knew I would be faster into a sprint, but I was able to keep their pace and grab the win.”

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	5:28:53
2	Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:02
3	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky	0:00:06
4	Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team	0:01:03
5	Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ	0:01:04
6	Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:06
7	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:09
8	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:01:32
9	Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ	0:01:50
10	Ricardo Vilela (Por) Manzana Postobon	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Samsic	0:01:55
12	Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:02
13	Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team	0:02:08
14	Thomas Joly (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:02:38
15	Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:02:50
16	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:03:07
17	Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic	0:03:13
18	Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:03:43
19	Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:05:53
20	Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:06:19
21	David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky	0:06:38
22	Jérémy Maison (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic	0:06:41
23	Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:06:58
25	Kevin Le Cunff (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:07:15
26	Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:07:48
28	Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) Manzana Postobon	0:07:51
29	Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team	0:07:56
30	Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Manzana Postobon	0:08:26
31	Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:09:04
32	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:09:39
33	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept Club	0:10:03
34	Joaquim Silva (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:10:40
35	Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:11:45
36	Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:11:55
37	Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:12:00
38	Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:12:09
39	Nicolas Baldo (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:12:49
40	Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team	0:13:10
41	Pierre Gouault (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:13:19
42	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Camille Thominet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Salim Kipkemboi (Ken) Bike Aid	0:13:41
46	Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:13:44
47	Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:14:12
48	Hernan Ricardo Aguirre Caipa (Col) Manzana Postobon	0:14:25
49	Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie	0:15:27
50	Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:15:53
51	Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Jerome Mainard (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Julien Amadori (Fra) Project Nice Cote d'Azur	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Suleiman Kangangi (Ken) Bike Aid	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:16:47
58	Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:17:48
59	Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic	0:18:25
60	Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:19:01
61	Moreno Moser (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:19:04
62	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie	0:19:18
64	Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:19:28
65	Bernardo Albeiro Suaza Arango (Col) Manzana Postobon	0:20:47
66	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:21:27
67	Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie	0:22:25
68	Geoffrey Kiprotich Langat (Ken) Bike Aid	0:22:39
69	Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:22:53
70	Simon Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:22:55
71	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:23:33
72	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:24:52
74	Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Club	0:25:03
77	Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:25:12
78	Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:29:25
80	Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:33:19
81	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:33:43
83	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Club	0:33:58
84	Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 83 - Cell 2
85	Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Sky	0:40:27
86	Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 88 - Cell 2
90	Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 89 - Cell 2
91	Fabio Duarte (Col) Manzana Postobon	Row 90 - Cell 2
92	Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Club	0:40:58
93	Erwann Corbel (Fra) Vital Concept Club	Row 92 - Cell 2
94	Tom Dernies (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole	Row 93 - Cell 2
95	Meron Abraham (Eri) Bike Aid	Row 94 - Cell 2
96	Stéphane Cognet (Fra) Project Nice Cote d'Azur	0:41:13
DNF	Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team	Row 96 - Cell 2
DNF	Maxime Daniel (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic	Row 97 - Cell 2
DNF	Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic	Row 98 - Cell 2
DNF	Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 99 - Cell 2
DNF	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	Row 100 - Cell 2
DNF	Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 101 - Cell 2
DNF	Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 102 - Cell 2
DNF	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 103 - Cell 2
DNF	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 104 - Cell 2
DNF	Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	Row 105 - Cell 2
DNF	Juan Sebastian Molano Benavides (Col) Manzana Postobon	Row 106 - Cell 2
DNF	Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	Row 107 - Cell 2
DNF	Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	Row 108 - Cell 2
DNF	Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Vital Concept Club	Row 109 - Cell 2
DNF	Brendan Cole (Aus) Project Nice Cote d'Azur	Row 110 - Cell 2
DNF	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	Row 111 - Cell 2
DNF	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	Row 112 - Cell 2
DNS	Damien Touze (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	Row 113 - Cell 2

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General classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	13:48:23
2	Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:06
3	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Team Sky	0:00:12
4	Luis León Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team	0:01:12
5	Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ	0:01:14
6	Antonio Molina Canet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:16
7	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:19
8	Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:01:42
9	Georg Preidler (Aut) Groupama-FDJ	0:02:00
10	Ricardo Vilela (Por) Manzana Postobon	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Samsic	0:02:05
12	Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:12
13	Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Astana Pro Team	0:02:18
14	Thomas Joly (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:02:48
15	Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:03:00
16	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:03:17
17	Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic	0:03:20
18	Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:03:53
19	Mikel Iturria Segurola (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:06:03
20	Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:06:29
21	David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky	0:06:48
22	Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic	0:06:51
23	Jérémy Maison (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Mathias Le Turnier (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:07:08
25	Kevin Le Cunff (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:07:25
26	Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:07:54
28	Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) Manzana Postobon	0:08:01
29	Jhojan Orlando Garcia Sosa (Col) Manzana Postobon	0:08:36
30	Cristian Rodriguez Martin (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:09:14
31	Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:09:49
32	Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team	0:10:03
33	Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept Club	0:10:13
34	Joaquim Silva (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:10:50
35	Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:11:55
36	Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:12:05
37	Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:12:18
38	Nicolas Baldo (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:12:59
39	Camille Thominet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93	0:13:29
40	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Pierre Gouault (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Salim Kipkemboi (Ken) Bike Aid	0:13:51
44	Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:13:54
45	Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:14:22
46	Hernan Ricardo Aguirre Caipa (Col) Manzana Postobon	0:15:27
47	Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:15:56
48	Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:16:03
49	Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie	0:16:56
50	Romain Seigle (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:16:57
51	Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team	0:17:13
52	Julien Amadori (Fra) Project Nice Cote d'Azur	0:17:18
53	Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:17:25
55	Sergio Samitier Samitier (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Jerome Mainard (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:17:41
57	Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic	0:18:35
58	Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:19:01
59	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:19:14
60	Jérémy Roy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ	0:19:20
61	Moreno Moser (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:20:36
62	Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie	0:20:50
63	Bernardo Albeiro Suaza Arango (Col) Manzana Postobon	0:20:57
64	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:23:13
65	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:23:38
66	Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:24:02
67	Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:24:25
68	Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:24:46
69	Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:25:02
70	Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:25:21
71	Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie	0:25:30
72	Simon Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert	0:25:54
73	Beñat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	0:26:07
74	Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Club	0:26:50
75	Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie	0:28:03
76	Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:29:35
77	Suleiman Kangangi (Ken) Bike Aid	0:31:37
78	Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:33:29
79	Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole	Row 78 - Cell 2
80	Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:33:53
81	Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Club	0:34:04
82	Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie	0:36:49
83	Geoffrey Kiprotich Langat (Ken) Bike Aid	0:40:09
84	Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team	0:40:33
85	Nuno Bico (Por) Movistar Team	0:40:36
86	Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Sky	0:40:37
87	Jonathan Lastra Martinez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Club	0:41:08
89	Fabio Duarte (Col) Manzana Postobon	0:42:34
90	Erwann Corbel (Fra) Vital Concept Club	0:43:38
91	Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky	0:44:09
92	Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky	0:44:26
93	Josu Zabala Lopez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:56:11
94	Meron Abraham (Eri) Bike Aid	0:56:36
95	Tom Dernies (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:56:42
96	Stéphane Cognet (Fra) Project Nice Cote d'Azur	1:01:07

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