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Tuesday, August 5: Stage 3, Kielce - Rzeszów, 174 km

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Theo Bos wins stage 3. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: Four riders got away today: Salvatore Puccio (Sky), Bjorn Thurau (Europcar), Pawel Franczak (Poland) and Mateusz Taciak (CCC Polsat). They were kept on a short choke-collar, never being allowed much more than a three-minute gap.

The roads were dry today, and despite a lot of road furniture and and inflatable banner that collapsed by the side of the road, the peloton completed the stage with most of its skin intact.

The pace was blistering, and though the break quartet worked well together and was made of four, good, strong boys, they were caught with a little more than seven kilometers to go. Belkin tried to rule the peloton and spent a lot of watts keeping things together at the front. But in the final meters, they seems to have run out of gas a ceded control to Giant-Shimano.

It didn't matter. Belkin rider Theo Bos stormed past such quality speedsters and Sacha Modolo and Michael Matthews to give Belkin a clean stage win.

Petr Vakoc finished in the front group to preserve his GC lead.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 47.573 km/hr

1	Theo Bos	Belkin	3hr 39min 27sec
2	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
3	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
4	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida
5	Thor Hushovd	BMC
6	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp
7	Yauheni Hutarovich	Ag2r
8	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol
9	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r
10	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
11	Grzegorz Stępniak	CCC Polsat Polkowice
12	Konrad Dąbkowski	Poland
13	Sebastien Chavanel	FDJ
14	Arman Kamyshev	Astana
15	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol
16	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
17	Ramon Sinkeldam	Giant-Shimano
18	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano
19	Kamil Zieliński	Poland
20	Johan Le Bon	FDJ
21	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing
22	Steele Von Hoff	Garmin-Sharp
23	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing
24	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
25	Marco Haller	Katusha
26	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha
27	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana
28	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ
29	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY
30	Nikias Arndt	Giant-Shimano
31	Laurent Mangel	FDJ
32	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana
33	Bartłomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice
34	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r
35	Dominik Nerz	BMC
36	Roman Maikin	RusVelo
37	Hugo Houle	Ag2r
38	Steve Morabito	BMC
39	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
40	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha
41	Sergei Chernetski	Katusha
42	Jose Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale
43	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r
44	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge
45	Fabio Aru	Astana
46	Przemysław Kasperkiewicz	Poland
47	Davide Formolo	Cannondale
48	Martin Velitis	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
49	Davide Villella	Cannondale
50	Ivan Balykin	RusVelo
51	Giovanni Bernaudeau	Europcar
52	Maciej Paterski	CCC Polsat Polkowice
53	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
54	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
55	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
56	Paweł Cieślik	Poland
57	Nicki Sorensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
58	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
59	Jon Izaguirre	Movistar
60	Andrey Amador	Movistar
61	Pawel Poljański	Tinkoff-Saxo
62	Rafał Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
63	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r
64	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
65	Peter Velits	BMC
66	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC
67	Andrey Solomennikov	RusVelo
68	Sergey Firsanov	RusVelo
69	Sebastian Henao	SKY
70	Robert Gesink	Belkin
71	Przemysław Niemiec	Lampre-Merida
72	Marek Rutkiewicz	CCC Polsat Polkowice
73	Sergey Lagutin	RusVelo
74	Timofey Kritskiy	RusVelo
75	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice
76	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
77	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
78	Barry Markus	Belkin
79	Yaroslav Popovuch	Trek Factory Racing
80	Tomasz Marczyński	CCC Polsat Polkowice
81	Artem Ovechkin	RusVelo
82	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar
83	Petr Vakoc	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
84	Kevin De Weert	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
85	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Belisol
86	Sanchez Samuel	BMC
87	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano
88	Johannes Frohlinger	Giant-Shimano
89	Anthony Roux	FDJ
90	Philip Deignan	SKY
91	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r
92	Murilo Fischer	FDJ
93	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r
94	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
95	Paul Martens	Belkin
96	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing
97	Manuel Silva Pires	Tinkoff-Saxo
98	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
99	Paweł Bernas	Poland
100	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar
101	Warren Barguil	Giant-Shimano
102	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana
103	Eros Capecchi	Movistar
104	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana
105	Ilnur Zakarin	RusVelo
106	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp
107	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp
108	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp
109	Raymond Kreder	Garmin-Sharp
110	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ
111	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge
112	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge
113	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha
114	Anton Vorobyev	Katusha
115	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice
116	Dario Cataldo	SKY
117	Bartosz Warchoł	Poland
118	Maxime Mederel	Europcar
119	Andrey Zeits	Astana
120	Christophe Kern	Europcar
121	Nathan Brown	Garmin-Sharp
122	Angelo Tulik	Europcar
123	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
124	Alexander Rybakov	Katusha
125	Bart De Clercq	Lotto-Belisol
126	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol
127	Vegard Breen	Lotto-Belisol
128	Jimmy Engoulvent	Europcar
129	Beant Intxausti	Movistar
130	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing
131	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ
132	Jerome Cousin	Europcar
133	Maxim Belkov	Katusha
134	Stephen Cummings	BMC
135	Lasse Hansen	Garmin-Sharp
136	Sebastian Lander	BMC
137	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
138	Jesus Hernandez	Tinkoff-Saxo
139	David Tanner	Belkin
140	Kamil Gradek	Poland
141	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida
142	Davide Malacarne	Europcar
143	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
144	Salvatore Puccio	SKY
145	Adriano Malori	Movistar
146	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale
147	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
148	Kanstantsin Siutsou	SKY
149	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	@ 1min 42sec
150	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	02' 31''
151	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale	00' 00''
152	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge	02' 37''
153	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar	02' 39''
154	Rick Flens	Belkin
155	Joshua Edmondson	SKY	00' 00''
156	Ben Swift	SKY	00' 00''
157	Samuel Bewley	Orica-GreenEdge	02' 54''
158	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	03' 31''
159	Jack Bobridge	Belkin
160	Thierry Hupond	Giant-Shimano	03' 41''
161	Jose Lobato Juan	Movistar	00' 00''
162	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge	05' 33''
163	Paweł Franczak	Poland	06' 11''
164	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice

GC after Stage 3:

1	Petr Vakoc	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	14hr 50min 55sec
2	Yauheni Hutarovich	Ag2r	@ 27 seconds
3	Bos Theo	Belkin
4	Roman Maikin	RusVelo	00' 31''
5	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
6	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol	00' 33''
7	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
8	Maciej Paterski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	00' 35''
9	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale
10	Grzegorz Stępniak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	00' 37''
11	Marco Haller	Katusha
12	Ramon Sinkeldam	Giant-Shimano
13	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana
14	Davide Formolo	Cannondale
15	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
16	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
17	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha
18	Dominik Nerz	BMC
19	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano
20	Steve Morabito	BMC
21	Pawel Poljański	Tinkoff-Saxo
22	Kamil Zieliński	Poland
23	Timofey Kritskiy	RusVelo
24	Rafał Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
25	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r
26	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ
27	Martin Velitis	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
28	Jon Izaguirre	Movistar
29	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
30	Peter Velits	BMC
31	Andrey Amador	Movistar
32	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
33	Marek Rutkiewicz	CCC Polsat Polkowice
34	Konrad Dąbkowski	Poland
35	Davide Villella	Cannondale
36	Kevin De Weert	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
37	Robert Gesink	Belkin
38	Tomasz Marczyński	CCC Polsat Polkowice
39	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
40	Jose Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale
41	Artem Ovechkin	RusVelo
42	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol
43	Przemysław Niemiec	Lampre-Merida
44	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
45	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale
46	Warren Barguil	Giant-Shimano
47	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r
48	Sanchez Samuel	BMC
49	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
50	Sebastian Henao	SKY
51	Sergey Firsanov	RusVelo
52	Manuel Silva Pires	Tinkoff-Saxo
53	Philip Deignan	SKY
54	Sebastian Lander	BMC
55	Paweł Cieślik	Poland
56	Eros Capecchi	Movistar
57	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r
58	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp
59	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
60	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice
61	Barry Markus	Belkin
62	Vegard Breen	Lotto-Belisol
63	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
64	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
65	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing
66	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
67	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar
68	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice
69	Ilnur Zakarin	RusVelo
70	Maxime Mederel	Europcar
71	Angelo Tulik	Europcar
72	Beant Intxausti	Movistar
73	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY	01' 03''
74	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
75	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
76	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Belisol
77	Giovanni Bernaudeau	Europcar
78	Christophe Kern	Europcar
79	Stephen Cummings	BMC
80	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha	01' 12''
81	Sergey Lagutin	RusVelo
82	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano
83	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar
84	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	01' 17''
85	Paul Martens	Belkin	01' 28''
86	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida	01' 31''
87	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge	01' 33''
88	Bartosz Warchoł	Poland
89	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC	01' 45''
90	Dario Cataldo	SKY
91	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing
92	Adriano Malori	Movistar	01' 48''
93	Paweł Bernas	Poland	01' 59''
94	Bart De Clercq	Lotto-Belisol
95	Ivan Balykin	RusVelo	02' 04''
96	Jimmy Engoulvent	Europcar	02' 09''
97	Raymond Kreder	Garmin-Sharp	02' 20''
98	Johannes Frohlinger	Giant-Shimano	02' 25''
99	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	02' 39''
100	Andrey Zeits	Astana	02' 41''
101	Murilo Fischer	FDJ	02' 44''
102	Andrey Solomennikov	RusVelo	03' 09''
103	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge	03' 31''
104	Nicki Sorensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	03' 33''
105	Anton Vorobyev	Katusha	04' 05''
106	Yaroslav Popovuch	Trek Factory Racing	04' 13''
107	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	04' 14''
108	Nikias Arndt	Giant-Shimano	04' 35''
109	Bartłomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	05' 06''
110	Alexander Rybakov	Katusha	05' 11''
111	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	05' 17''
112	Steele Von Hoff	Garmin-Sharp	05' 34''
113	Hugo Houle	Ag2r	05' 36''
114	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida	05' 46''
115	Salvatore Puccio	SKY	06' 20''
116	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r	06' 21''
117	Kanstantsin Siutsou	SKY	06' 22''
118	David Tanner	Belkin	06' 23''
119	Thor Hushovd	BMC	06' 40''
120	Samuel Bewley	Orica-GreenEdge	06' 59''
121	Anthony Roux	FDJ	07' 08''
122	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r	07' 13''
123	Sergei Chernetski	Katusha	07' 18''
124	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar	07' 29''
125	Jesus Hernandez	Tinkoff-Saxo	07' 36''
126	Paweł Franczak	Poland	07' 43''
127	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice	07' 44''
128	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ	07' 55''
129	Przemysław Kasperkiewicz	Poland	08' 12''
130	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana	08' 13''
131	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge	08' 14''
132	Kamil Gradek	Poland	08' 20''
133	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	08' 24''
134	Laurent Mangel	FDJ
135	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	08' 31''
136	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	08' 55''
137	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana	09' 00''
138	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	09' 16''
139	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge	09' 57''
140	Arman Kamyshev	Astana	10' 59''
141	Juan Jose Lobato	Movistar
142	Fabio Aru	Astana	11' 02''
143	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	11' 21''
144	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha	11' 55''
145	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing	11' 58''
146	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana
147	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing	12' 09''
148	Sebastien Chavanel	FDJ
149	Johan Le Bon	FDJ
150	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp
151	Davide Malacarne	Europcar
152	Rick Flens	Belkin	12' 51''
153	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge	13' 06''
154	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp	13' 10''
155	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol	13' 28''
156	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	13' 36''
157	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	14' 40''
158	Ben Swift	SKY	15' 26''
159	Jerome Cousin	Europcar	15' 32''
160	Lasse Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	15' 58''
161	Nathan Brown	Garmin-Sharp	21' 32''
162	Joshua Edmondson	SKY	23' 04''
163	Thierry Hupond	Giant-Shimano	28' 21''
164	Jack Bobridge	Belkin	35' 04''

Stage Three Photos:

Theo Bos came from well back to win the stage. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Theo Bos. Photo ©Sirotti

Luka Mezgec was second today. Photo ©Sirotti

Michael Matthews doesn't look happy with is third place today. Photo ©Sirotti

GC leader Petr Vakoc. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage Three Live Updates:

25 km to go: A break of four are up the raod with 50 seconds in hand. Break is Salvatore Puccio, Bjorn Thurau, Pawel Franczak and Mateusz Taciak. Tailwind, pack is going 56 km/hr.

18 km to go: Gap is down to 19 seconds. Streets are dry, looks like nice weather.

17 km to go: Belkin is leading the peloton. The break so far is working well together and haven't started attacking each other.

14 km to go: Gap is 21 seconds. As each rider in the break pulls off, he looks back to the peloton. Belkin is still pulling the pack. Working for Theo Bos? They are in the final circuit. Some of the corners look dangerous.

7 km to go: An inflatable sign was in the road, but no one ran into it. Speed is 57 km/hr. Astana has added some horsepower to the chase. Break must have been caught when the camera was away.

4 km to go: Garmin-Sharp is doing the pack's pacesetting. 63 km/hr!

2 km to go: Belkin seems to have run out of gas. It's Lotto at the front.

The finish: Giant-Shimano took over the final meters, Michael Matthews leading, Sacha Modolo on his wheel, but Theo Bos (Belkin) punched his way to the front, making up a lot of ground, and won the sprint.

Stage 3 map and profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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