Solo escape nets Pujol the win

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Defending team champions Azad University secured their first win of the 2012 Tour de Singkarak as Oscar Pujol Munoz raced to the win in stage three of the Indonesian race in Istano Basa.

Pujol finished the stage comfortably clear of Australia's Joel Pearson, becoming the Spaniard to win a stage at the race. He was the third different winner in as many stages and is just over a minute behind leader Masakazu Ito in the overall general classification.

Two steep climbs faced the climbers in the 102 km stage, making it the toughest stage of the race so far. Pujol pulled clear from a group of breakaway leaders at the midway point of the stage's second climb and consolidated his lead all the way to the finish line.

"The most important thing in the tour is to recover well after every stage and, of course, the team has to develop a good strategy to be in front of others," Munoz said after the finish. "I hope to maintain this good performance as the race continues."

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