VICHY, France, March 10, 2009 – Results from Tuesday’s third stage of the Paris-Nice, a 178km run from Orval to Vichy:

1. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 4hr 33min 12sec
2. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/RAB) at 0:00.
3. Sébastian Langeveld (NED/RAB) 0:00.
4. Stéphane Augé (FRA/COF) 0:00.
5. Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL/QST) 0:00.
6. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/RAB) 0:00.
7. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/SIL) 0:00.
8. Marcus Burghardt (GER/THR) 0:40.
9. Heinrich Haussler (GER/CTT) 1:09.
10. Sébastien Turgot (FRA/BTL) 1:09.
11. Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA/LAM) 1:09.
12. Francesco Gavazzi (ITA/LAM) 1:09.
13. Koen de Kort (NED/SKS) 1:09.
14. Christian Knees (GER/MRM) 1:09.
15. Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA/AGR) 1:09.
16. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/SIL) 1:09.
17. Marcel Sieberg (GER/THR) 1:09.
18. Maxime Monfort (BEL/THR) 1:09.
19. Rein Taaramae (EST/COF) 1:09.
20. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 1:09.
Selected
31. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) 1:09.

Overall
1. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA/QST) 9hr 29min 24sec
2. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/RAB) at 0:33.
3. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/RAB) 0:36.
4. Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL/QST) 0:37.
5. Jürgen Roelandts (BEL/SIL) 0:40.
6. Alberto Contador (ESP/AST) 1:03.
7. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 1:12.
8. Stéphane Augé (FRA/COF) 1:14.
9. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 1:17.
10. Antonio Colom (ESP/KAT) 1:22.
11. Heinrich Haussler (GER/CTT) 1:23.
12. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 1:24.
13. Marcus Burghardt (GER/THR) 1:26.
14. Jens Voigt (GER/SAX) 1:30.
15. Maxime Monfort (BEL/THR) 1:35.
16. Carlos Barredo (ESP/QST) 1:35.
17. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 1:36.
18. Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA/A2R) 1:37.
19. Frank Schleck (LUX/SAX) 1:39.
20. Christian Knees (GER/MRM) 1:40.