Marcel Kittel wins the third stage of the Tour De Wallonie Picardie 2012
After his terrific performance during the second stage, Marcel Kittel continued his tremendous run of form to claim the third stage of the Tour De Wallonie Picardie 2012.
The German rode exceptionally well to finish the 173.7 kilometre race and restricted his major opponents.
He took a total time of 4 hours, 9 minutes and 35 seconds to complete the 173.7 kilometre pursuit to Ichtegem and thanked his team mates for their continuous support throughout the event.
Stage 1 winner, Nacer Bouhanni of Team FDJ-Big Mat finished second with Andrea Guardini of Team Farnese Vini-Sella Italia and Aidis Kruopis of Team Orica-GreenEdge securing the third and the fourth positions in the respective order.
Kenny Robert Van Hummel of Team Vacansoleil-DCM, Giacomo Nizzolo of Team RadioShack-Nissan and Jean Pierre Drucker of Team Accent Jobs-Willems Veranda have achieved the fifth, the sixth and the seventh positions in the respective order.
Overnight general classifications leader, Jurgen Roelandts of Team Lotto Belisol finished eighth and continued his lead after the Tour De Wallonie Picardie stage 3 classifications.
Sebastian Stamegna of Team Farnese Vini-Selle Italia wins the first mountain of the race while Gijs Van Hoecke of Team Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator claimed the second ascend.
Sebastian Stamegna, Jasper Hamelink, Iljo Keisse and Marcel Kittel wins the first, second, third and the fourth sprints of the race in the respective order.
Stijn Neirynck of Team Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator is leading the stage 3 mountain classifications with David Boucher of Team FDJ-Big Mat and Gijs Van Hoecke of Team Top sport Vlaanderen-Mercator holding the third position.
Jurgen Roelandts of Team Lotto Belisol, Marcel Kittel of Team Argos-Shimano and Nacer Bouhanni of Team FDJ-Big Mat are the top three names after the stage 3 point’s classifications.
Top fifteen cyclists after the Tour De Wallonie Picardie are as below,
1
Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
12:07:29
2
Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
0:00:12
3
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
0:00:13
4
Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
0:00:17
5
Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank
0:00:28
6
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
0:00:46
7
Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica-GreenEdge Cycling Team
0:00:51
8
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
0:00:53
9
Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
0:00:55
10
Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
11
Jasper Hamelink (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
12
Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
13
Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
0:00:56
14
Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
0:00:57
15
Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
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