MALAGA – Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert won the third stage of the Tour of Spain on Monday, a 157.3 kilometres ride from Marbella to here and took the overall leader’s red jersey.

The 28-year-old – a two-time winner of the prestigious Paris-Tours race – broke clear in the final kilometres and came home 14 seconds clear of Spaniard Joaquin Rodriguez.

“The target was to win the stage so getting the overall leader’s jersey is a bonus,” said Gilbert, who won the Amstel Gold Classic earlier this season.

Previous overall leader British rider Mark Cavendish suffered in the hot conditions on a stage which included a first category climb and along with Luxembourg star Andy Schleck was left trailing by the peloton.

1. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 4hr 06min 12sec
(average: 38.3 km/h)
2. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) at 0:03.
3. Igor Anton (ESP/EUS) 0:13.
4. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 0:15.
5. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 0:15.
6. Nicolas Roche (IRL/ALM) 0:15.
7. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 0:18.
8. Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (ESP/KGZ) 0:19.
9. David Arroyo (ESP/GCE) 0:19.
10. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 0:19.
11. Filippo Pozzato (ITA/KAT) 0:19.
12. Xavier Tondo (ESP/CTT) 0:19.
13. Frank Schleck (LUX/SAX) 0:19.
14. Rubén Plaza (ESP/GCE) 0:19.
15. Marzio Bruseghin (ITA/GCE) 0:19.
16. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/THR) 0:19.
17. Mikel Nieve (ESP/EUS) 0:23.
18. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/THR) 0:23.
19. David García (ESP/KGZ) 0:25.
20. Carlos Barredo (ESP/QST) 0:25.
21. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 0:25.
22. Peter Velits (SVK/THR) 0:25.
23. Xavier Florencio (ESP/CTT) 0:25.
24. Greg Van Avermaet (BEL/OLO) 0:28.
25. Andreï Kashechkin (KAZ/LAM) 0:30.
26. Alexandr Dyachenko (KAZ/AST) 0:30.
27. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 0:30.
28. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 0:30.
29. Gustav Larsson (SWE/SAX) 0:30.
30. Markus Fothen (GER/MRM) 0:30.
31. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CTT) 0:30.
32. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 0:30.
33. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 0:30.
34. Jan Bakelants (BEL/OLO) 0:30.
35. Javier Moreno (ESP/ACA) 0:30.
36. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/LIQ) 0:30.
37. Inigo Cuesta (ESP/CTT) 0:30.
38. Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR/SKY) 0:30.
39. Thomas Lovkvist (SWE/SKY) 0:30.
40. Rigoberto Uran (COL/GCE) 0:37.
41. Manuele Mori (ITA/LAM) 0:40.
42. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/OLO) 0:42.
43. David Lopez (ESP/GCE) 0:44.
44. Roy Sentjens (NED/MRM) 0:44.
45. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 0:44.
46. Thomas Peterson (USA/GRM) 0:44.
47. Pierre Rolland (FRA/BTL) 0:44.
48. Josep Jufre (ESP/AST) 0:44.
49. Sébastien Minard (FRA/COF) 0:44.
50. Mickaël Cherel (FRA/FDJ) 0:54.
51. Luis Pasamontes (ESP/GCE) 0:54.
52. Oscar Pujol (ESP/CTT) 0:54.
53. Assan Bazayev (KAZ/AST) 0:54.
54. Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (ESP/ACA) 0:54.
55. Daniele Bennati (ITA/LIQ) 0:58.
56. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/FDJ) 1:04.
57. Guillaume Bonnafond (FRA/ALM) 1:07.
58. David Moncoutié (FRA/COF) 1:17.
59. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 1:23.
60. Christophe Le Mevel (FRA/FDJ) 1:24.
61. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/RAB) 1:24.
62. Marco Marzano (ITA/LAM) 1:26.
63. Alexandre Kolobnev (RUS/KAT) 1:29.
64. Juan Jose Oroz (ESP/EUS) 1:37.
65. José Alberto Benitez (ESP/FOT) 1:49.
66. Johann Tschopp (SUI/BTL) 1:49.
67. Serafín Martínez (ESP/KGZ) 1:49.
68. Marcos García (ESP/KGZ) 1:53.
69. Ludovic Turpin (FRA/ALM) 1:59.
70. Niki Terpstra (NED/MRM) 2:01.
71. Gustavo Cesar (ESP/KGZ) 2:34.
72. Sergey Renev (KAZ/AST) 2:34.
73. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 2:58.
74. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 2:59.
75. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA/KAT) 3:01.
76. Mauro Finetto (ITA/LIQ) 3:01.
77. Enrico Gasparotto (ITA/AST) 3:41.
78. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/BTL) 7:26.
79. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 8:49.
80. Javier Ramirez (ESP/ACA) 11:00.
81. Juan Javier Javier Estr (ESP/ACA) 11:00.
82. Amets Txurruka (ESP/EUS) 11:00.
83. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 11:00.
84. Andrey Zeits (KAZ/AST) 11:00.
85. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 11:00.
86. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 11:00.
87. Jurgen Van Goolen (BEL/OLO) 11:00.
88. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 11:00.
89. Dario Cataldo (ITA/QST) 11:00.
90. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 11:00.
91. Delio Fernández (ESP/KGZ) 11:00.
92. Gonzalo Rabuñal (ESP/KGZ) 11:00.
93. Imanol Erviti (ESP/GCE) 11:00.
94. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 11:00.
95. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 11:00.
96. Joan Horrach (ESP/KAT) 11:00.
97. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 14:10.
98. Vincent Jérôme (FRA/BTL) 14:10.
99. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/QST) 14:10.
100. Daniele Pietropolli (ITA/LAM) 14:10.
101. Davide Malacarne (ITA/QST) 14:10.
102. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 14:10.
103. Andy Schleck (LUX/SAX) 14:10.
104. Anders Lund (DEN/SAX) 14:10.
105. Oliver Zaugg (SUI/LIQ) 14:10.
106. Johannes Fröhlinger (GER/MRM) 14:10.
107. Giampaolo Cheula (ITA/FOT) 14:10.
108. Gustavo Rodríguez (ESP/KGZ) 15:27.
109. Markus Eichler (GER/MRM) 15:27.
110. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/BTL) 15:28.
111. Nicolas Vogondy (FRA/BTL) 15:28.
112. Jose Luis Arrieta (ESP/ALM) 15:28.
113. Bjoern Schroeder (GER/MRM) 19:05.
114. Manuel Cardoso (POR/FOT) 19:05.
115. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 19:05.
116. Alexandre Pichot (FRA/BTL) 19:05.
117. Benat Intxausti (ESP/EUS) 19:05.
118. William Bonnet (FRA/BTL) 19:05.
119. Martin Velits (SVK/THR) 19:05.
120. Vicente Garcia Acosta (ESP/GCE) 19:05.
121. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 19:05.
122. Paul Voss (GER/MRM) 19:05.
123. Stefan Denifl (AUT/CTT) 19:05.
124. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 19:05.
125. Dominik Roels (GER/MRM) 19:05.
126. Kasper Klostergaard (DEN/SAX) 19:05.
127. Philip Deignan (NIR/CTT) 19:05.
128. Manuel Ortega (ESP/ACA) 19:05..
129. Mickael Delage (FRA/OLO) 19:05.
130. Olivier Kaisen (BEL/OLO) 19:05.
131. Antonio Piedra (ESP/ACA) 19:05.
132. Martin Pedersen (DEN/FOT) 19:13.
133. Leif Hoste (BEL/OLO) 19:13.
134. Sergio Carrasco (ESP/ACA) 19:15.
135. Nikolas Maes (BEL/QST) 19:15.
136. Nico Sijmens (BEL/COF) 19:17.
137. Daniele Righi (ITA/LAM) 19:20.
138. Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR/FDJ) 25:03.
139. Yoann Offredo (FRA/FDJ) 25:03.
140. Angelo Furlan (ITA/LAM) 25:03.
141. Mark Cavendish (GBR/THR) 25:03.
142. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 25:03.
143. Enrique Mata (ESP/FOT) 25:03.
144. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/SAX) 25:03.
145. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 25:03.
146. Matthew Goss (AUS/THR) 25:03.
147. Allan Davis (AUS/AST) 25:03.
148. Hayden Roulston (NZL/THR) 25:03.
149. Matthew Wilson (AUS/GRM) 25:03.
150. Valentin Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 25:03.
151. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 25:03.
152. Arnaud Labbe (FRA/COF) 25:03.
153. Jorge Montenegro (ARG/ACA) 25:03.
154. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 25:03.
155. Theo Bos (NED/CTT) 25:03.
156. Michel Kreder (NED/GRM) 25:03.
157. David Gutiérrez Gutierrez (ESP/FOT) 25:03.
158. Sébastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 25:03.
159. Robert Forster (GER/MRM) 25:03.
160. Remi Pauriol (FRA/COF) 25:03.
161. Pierre Cazaux (FRA/FDJ) 25:03.
162. Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA/LIQ) 25:03.
163. Branislav Samoilav (BLR/QST) 25:03.
164. Juan José Haedo (ARG/SAX) 25:03.
165. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 25:12.
166. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/SAX) 25:12.
167. Dominik Klemme (GER/SAX) 25:12.
168. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/KAT) 25:15.
169. Koldo Fernandez (ESP/EUS) 25:16.
170. Ian Stannard (ENG/SKY) 25:16.
171. David Vitoria (SUI/FOT) 25:18.
172. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/THR) 25:18.
173. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 25:20.
174. Vladimir Isaichev (RUS/KGZ) 25:20.
175. Johnnie Walker (AUS/FOT) 25:23.
176. Denis Galimzyanov (RUS/KAT) 25:23.
177. Dmitriy Kozontchuk (RUS/RAB) 25:25.
178. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 25:27.
179. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 25:27.
180. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 25:29.
181. Freddy Bichot (FRA/BTL) 25:29.
182. Kjell Carlstrom (FIN/SKY) 25:30.
183. José Vicente Toribio (ESP/ACA) 25:30.
184. Lars Bak (DEN/THR) 25:32.
185. Frederik Willems (BEL/LIQ) 25:32.
186. Thor Hushovd (NOR/CTT) 25:32.
187. Sébastian Langeveld (NED/RAB) 25:32.
188. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 25:46.
189. Andreas Stauff (GER/QST) 25:49.
190. Mauricio Ardila (COL/RAB) 26:00.
191. Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA/ALM) 25:49.
192. Peter Kennaugh (GBR/SKY) 25:49.

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