Tour de Slovénie 2012: Stage 3 Results

Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago-CSF) scored victory on the toughest stage of the Tour of Slovenia to move into the overall lead, while local favourite Janez Brajkovic (Astana) is in striking distance to take it off him in Sunday’s final time trial.

Pozzovivo, fresh from an impressive Giro d’Italia, joined Brajkovic in taking flight on the final climb of Soriška Planina and the pair set a relentless rhythm from the base of the climb that no-one else could match. With 35km to go, the pair shed themselves of the rest of the leading group and they had a 24-second lead by the summit of the first category climb.

They continued to stretch out their advantage on the run-in to the finish, and they reached the line with 1:53 in hand over Kristjan Koren and Daniele Ratto (Liquigas-Cannondale). The diminutive Pozzovivo eased across the line in front of Brajkovic in the two-up sprint, and the Italian leads Brajkovic by four seconds ahead of Sunday’s final time trial.

“After the second ascent to Soriska, I noticed the others were weakening so I started to dictate the pace and when Pozzovivo came with me, we continued to the end,” Brajkovic said afterwards.

“It was very difficult for me because the last climb was 40km from the finish,” said Pozzovivo. “I worked with Jani and we made it to the finish. I got the win here, but tomorrow in the time trial, I won’t have much of a chance against him.”

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	5:46:21
2	Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
3	Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale	0:01:47
4	Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
5	Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
6	Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
7	Tomaž Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil
8	Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
9	Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD
10	Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team
11	Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank
12	Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
13	Jure Golcer (Slo) Tirol Cycling Team
14	Jan Polanc (Slo) Radenska	0:05:13
15	Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
16	Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
17	Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone
18	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Team Idea	0:05:20
19	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
20	Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:06:31
21	Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
22	Harald Totsching (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
23	Marco Frapporti (Ita) Team Idea	0:06:48
24	Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:10:59
25	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
26	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
27	Matej Mugerli (Slo) Adria Mobil
28	Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil
29	Marco Canola (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	0:14:53
30	Luka Pibernik (Slo) Radenska	0:16:05
31	Jaka Bostner (Slo) Radenska
32	Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
33	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Radenska
34	Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
35	Stefan Praxmarer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
36	Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Team Idea
37	Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank
38	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
39	Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
40	Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
41	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Sava
42	Luca Dodi (Ita) Team Idea
43	Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Sava
44	David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
45	Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska
46	Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team
47	Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
48	Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
49	Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
50	Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
51	Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
52	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
53	Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
54	Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
55	Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
56	Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD
57	Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
58	Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
59	Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
60	Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
61	Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
62	Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava	0:25:15
63	Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
64	Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
65	Aristide Ratti (Ita) Team Idea
66	Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
67	Rafael Andriato (Bra) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
68	Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava
69	Mark Džamastagic (Slo) Sava
70	Simon Pavlin (Slo) Adria Mobil	0:28:36
71	Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
72	Ruslan Karimov (Uzb) Team Idea	0:29:18
73	Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
74	Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
75	Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
76	Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
77	Andrea Di Corrado (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
78	Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
79	Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
80	Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
81	Luca Barla (Ita) Team Idea
82	Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
83	Martin Weiss (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
84	Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
85	Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
86	Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil
87	Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
88	Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
89	Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
90	Marko Pavlic (Slo) Radenska
91	Robert Jenko (Slo) Radenska
92	Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
93	Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
94	Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Team Idea
95	Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
96	Žiga Marolt (Slo) Sava
97	Marc Obkircher (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
DNF	Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
DNF	Matej Gnezda (Slo) Adria Mobil
DNF	Andrej Rajšp (Slo) Radenska
DNF	Mario Schoibl (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
DNF	Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox

Mountain 1 - Soriška Planina (Cat. 1), 96.1km
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	12	pts
2	Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska	8
3	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD	6
4	David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank	4
5	Harald Totsching (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	2

Mountain 2 -Pokljuka (Cat. 1), 142km
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	12	pts
2	Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska	8
3	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD	6
4	Harald Totsching (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	4
5	David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank	2

Mountain 3 - Soriška Planina (Cat. 1), 175km
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team	12	pts
2	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	8
3	Tomaž Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil	6
4	Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD	4
5	Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank	2

Sprint 1 - Grosuplje, 16.3km
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska	5	pts
2	Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	3
3	Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD	1

Sprint 2 - Medvode, 49.5km
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska	5	pts
2	Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	3
3	Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD	1

Sprint 3 - Bohinjska Bistrica, 162.8km
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	5	pts
2	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD	3
3	David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank	1

Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Liquigas-Cannondale	17:24:24
2	Acqua & Sapone	0:06:52
3	Astana Pro Team	0:12:31
4	Team Saxo Bank	0:17:44
5	Adria Mobil	0:18:24
6	Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:18:40
7	Tirol Cycling Team	0:19:02
8	Team Idea	0:22:52
9	Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	0:23:28
10	Lampre - ISD	0:23:30
11	Colnago - Csf Inox	0:25:37
12	Radenska	0:32:02
13	Sava	0:52:04
14	Orica GreenEdge	0:56:07

General classification after stage 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	13:59:34
2	Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team	0:00:04
3	Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	0:01:53
4	Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
5	Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	0:01:57
6	Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank
7	Tomaž Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil
8	Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD
9	Jure Golcer (Slo) Tirol Cycling Team
10	Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team	0:02:04
11	Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:02:11
12	Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
13	Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
14	Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:05:23
15	Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank	0:05:37
16	Jan Polanc (Slo) Radenska
17	Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone
18	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Team Idea	0:05:44
19	Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:06:41
20	Harald Totsching (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:06:55
21	Marco Frapporti (Ita) Team Idea	0:07:12
22	Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:10:14
23	Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:11:23
24	Matej Mugerli (Slo) Adria Mobil
25	Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Adria Mobil
26	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	0:13:11
27	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD	0:15:16
28	Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:15:59
29	Marco Canola (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	0:16:07
30	Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:16:11
31	David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank	0:16:15
32	Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
33	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
34	Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	0:16:19
35	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Sava	0:16:29
36	Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
37	Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
38	Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Team Idea
39	Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
40	Luca Dodi (Ita) Team Idea
41	Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
42	Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
43	Vladimir Kerkez (Slo) Sava	0:16:49
44	Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:17:19
45	Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team
46	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	0:20:22
47	Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:20:52
48	Jaka Bostner (Slo) Radenska	0:21:12
49	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Radenska
50	Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
51	Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:22:25
52	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:22:39
53	Luka Pibernik (Slo) Radenska	0:23:15
54	Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:24:10
55	Stefan Praxmarer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:25:11
56	Aristide Ratti (Ita) Team Idea	0:25:38
57	Rafael Andriato (Bra) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	0:25:39
58	Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	0:26:10
59	Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
60	Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil	0:29:22
61	Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:29:32
62	Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska	0:29:48
63	Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank	0:30:20
64	Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
65	Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	0:31:33
66	Andrea Di Corrado (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	0:33:35
67	Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava	0:35:45
68	Luca Barla (Ita) Team Idea	0:36:28
69	Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale	0:37:09
70	Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Team Idea	0:39:09
71	Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	0:39:23
72	Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	0:39:30
73	Mark Džamastagic (Slo) Sava
74	Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	0:40:13
75	Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD
76	Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
77	Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
78	Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia
79	Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:41:36
80	Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava	0:41:54
81	Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale	0:42:37
82	Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
83	Simon Pavlin (Slo) Adria Mobil	0:42:51
84	Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	0:43:01
85	Marko Pavlic (Slo) Radenska	0:43:28
86	Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	0:43:33
87	Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
88	Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	0:43:34
89	Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:44:04
90	Marc Obkircher (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:45:39
91	Robert Jenko (Slo) Radenska	0:45:57
92	Martin Weiss (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:48:03
93	Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	0:48:16
94	Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team
95	Ruslan Karimov (Uzb) Team Idea	0:49:10
96	Žiga Marolt (Slo) Sava	0:50:07
97	Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	0:50:40

Mountains classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	30	pts
2	Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska	25
3	Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team	12
4	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD	12
5	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	9
6	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	6
7	David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank	6
8	Tomaž Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil	6
9	Harald Totsching (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	6
10	Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank	5
11	Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD	4
12	Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	4
13	Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava	4
14	Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale	2
15	Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	1

Points classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team	45	pts
2	Daniele Ratto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	44
3	Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale	40
4	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	28
5	Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	25
6	Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	25
7	Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	22
8	Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team	21
9	Marko Kump (Slo) Adria Mobil	20
10	Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	18
11	Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	15
12	Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank	14
13	Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	14
14	Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska	14
15	Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	12
16	Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	11
17	Tomaž Nose (Slo) Adria Mobil	11
18	Matej Mugerli (Slo) Adria Mobil	10
19	Aristide Ratti (Ita) Team Idea	10
20	David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank	9
21	Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	9
22	Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox	9
23	Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	8
24	Luka Mezgec (Slo) Sava	8
25	Winner Anacona Gomez (Col) Lampre - ISD	7
26	Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava	7
27	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Team Idea	7
28	Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Team Idea	7
29	Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team	6
30	Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - ISD	4
31	Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	4
32	Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale	4
33	Travis Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	4
34	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	3
35	Marco Frapporti (Ita) Team Idea	3
36	Jure Golcer (Slo) Tirol Cycling Team	3
37	Jan Polanc (Slo) Radenska	2
38	Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD	1
39	Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	1
40	Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	1
41	Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava	1

U23 classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jan Polanc (Slo) Radenska	14:05:11
2	Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:10:52
3	Kevin De Jonghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
4	Jaka Bostner (Slo) Radenska	0:15:35
5	Jan Tratnik (Slo) Radenska
6	Luka Pibernik (Slo) Radenska	0:17:38
7	Klemen Štimulak (Slo) Radenska	0:24:11
8	Tim Mikelj (Slo) Sava	0:30:08
9	Mark Džamastagic (Slo) Sava	0:33:53
10	Maximilian Kuen (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:35:59
11	Jure Bitenc (Slo) Sava	0:36:17
12	Simon Pavlin (Slo) Adria Mobil	0:37:14
13	Marko Pavlic (Slo) Radenska	0:37:51
14	Marc Obkircher (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:40:02
15	Robert Jenko (Slo) Radenska	0:40:20
16	Martin Weiss (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:42:26
17	Žiga Marolt (Slo) Sava	0:44:30
18	Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team	0:45:03

Teams classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Liquigas-Cannondale	42:04:33
2	Acqua & Sapone	0:07:06
3	Astana Pro Team	0:12:38
4	Team Saxo Bank	0:17:58
5	Adria Mobil	0:18:38
6	Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:19:08
7	Team Idea	0:23:06
8	Lampre - ISD	0:23:44
9	Farnese Vini - Selle Italia	0:23:56
10	Tirol Cycling Team	0:24:52
11	Colnago - Csf Inox	0:26:05
12	Radenska	0:42:10
13	Sava	1:03:12
14	Orica GreenEdge	1:11:41

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