Argentinian Juan Jose Haedo of the Saxo Bank
team took out the 189km long third stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico, from
Terranuova Bracciolini to Perugia, on Friday.
American Tyler Farrar finished second to retain the race leader’s blue
jersey, with Haedo moving up to second in the overall standings.
Farrar leads Haedo by five seconds with Dutchman Lars Boom, an all-rounder
who is a contender for overall victory, a further second back in third.

For the second consecutive day Norway’s world champion Thor Hushovd did
most of the work for Farrar, bringing the American to the finish line before
peeling off.

With British sprint king Mark Cavendish struggling to keep the pace again,
the coast looked clear for yet another Garmin-Cervelo win.

Farrar, however, appeared to run out of juice yards before the finish line
as Haedo’s top end speed came to the fore.

Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi of Lampre finished fourth, with
HTC-Highroad’s Cavendish down in fifth and Australian Robbie McEwen in sixth.

Stage
1. Juan Jose Haedo (ARG/Saxo Bank) 4hr 39min 45sec,
2. Tyler Farrar (USA/Garmin) same time,
3. Daniel Oss (ITA/LIQ) s.t.,
4. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/Lampre) s.t.,
5. Mark Cavendish (GBR/HTC) s.t.

Selected: 6. Robbie McEwen (AUS/RadioShack) s.t.

General classification:
1. Tyler Farrar (USA/Saxo Bank) 9hr 53min 51sec,
2. Juan Jose Haedo (ARG/Rabobank) at 5sec,
3. Lars Boom (NED/Rabobank) 6,
4. Oscar Freire (ESP/Rabobank) 8,
5. Tom Leezer (NED/Rabobank) s.t.