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08.09.2007/ Belgian rider Kristof Vanderwalle won the third stage of the Tour de l'avenir today. Bauke Mollema came in second and took over the overall lead.

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The route of the 2007 Tour de l'Avenir (picture: A.S.O.)

Todays third stage went from Pipriac to Cholet over 138 kilometers. The stage started at a rather fast pace with attacks immediately after kilometre 0. After 12.5 kilometers 21 riders managed to break away: Simon Spilak (SLO), Guillaume Levarlet (FRA), Andre Steensen, Thomas Kvist, Andreas Frisch (DEN), Sergey Shcherbakov (RUS), Tom Leezer, Bauke Mollema (NED), Tony Martin (GER), Herberts Pudans (LAT), Kristof Vandewalle (BEL), BenT Instxausti (ESP), Laurent Beuret, Michael Randin (SUI), Craig Lewis (USA), Christian Meier (CAN), Andriy Suralyov (UKR), Florian Morizot, Yoann Offredo (FRB), Oscar Sanchez (COL) and Frederik Wilmann (NOR). Their lead grew rapidly. They indeed enjoyed a 2’15 advantage over the pack at the first intermediate sprint at Guéméné-Penfao, won by Suralyov ahead of Leezer and Kvist, and then 2’50 at Nort-sur-Erdre.

At the intermediate sprint of Ligne the breakaway group’s move carried on being decisive: Leezer claimed the most points and seconds ahead of Suralyov and Sanchez. Nelson Rocha (POR) and Gatis Smukulis (LAT) who took off in a counter-attack were 3’55 behind while the bunch remained at 4’10. At the entry of the feeding zone, both riders were caught back but the gap remained the same.

Meier made it first at the top of the only climb of the day, the Côte de Champtoceaux (km 86), followed by Shcherbakov and Sanchez. Behind attempts to break away occurred in vain. The gap however started dropping: 3’40 after 100 kilometers. After 101 kilometers Stéphane Poulhiès (FRA), the yellow jersey holder attacked and was  joined by Dennis Van Winden (NED) and Ignatas Konovalova (LTU), but a crash changed the situation considerably and the pack awaited the event leader. From then on the gap started growing seriously . The lead was 4 minutes after 103 kilometers.

At the intermediate sprint in Geste Leezer, Levarlet and Suralyov led the front group as the lead reached a huge 6’10. In the final twenty kilometers, Mollema and then Morizot gave it a go and attacked, never however managing a good enough gap on their former breakaway companions. Behind the pack seemed to have stopped its chasing efforts as the gap reached 6'40" with 10 kilometres to go.
Entering the city of Cholet, further attacks occurred in the leading group. Mollema again tried to take off but was eventually caught. The group remained bunched with 500m to go when Vandewalle made a winning move claiming stage success ahead of Mollema who took command of the overall standing and also captured the green jersey. Marco Coledan (ITA) keeps his polka-dot jersey.

Results
 
Stage 3
 
1 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgium                                  3.04.50 (44.8 km/h)
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Netherlands                                         
3 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark                                         0.02
4 Tom Leezer (Ned) Netherlands                                            
5 Florian Morizot (Fra) France B                                          
6 Thomas Kvist (Den) Denmark                                              
7 Craig Lewis (USA) US National Team                                      
8 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) France A                                       
9 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Noraway                                          
10 Tony Martin (Ger) Germany                                              
11 Yoann Offredo (Fra) France B                                           
12 Benat Intxausti SPA Spain                                              
13 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukraine                                          
14 Laurent Beuret SWI Switzerland                                         
15 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvia                                           
16 Michael Randin SWI Switzerland                                         
17 Christian Meier (Can) Canada                                           
18 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenia                                         0.07
19 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed                                              
20 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russia                                     0.09
21 Andreas Frisch (Den) Denmark                                        0.29
22 Diego Milan SPA Spain                                               6.37
23 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland                                           
24 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russia                                             
25 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Slovenia                                          
26 Martin Kohler SWI Switzerland                                          
27 Haijun Ma (Alg) Mixed                                                  
28 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvia                                            
29 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                     
30 Marius Kukta LIT Lithuania                                             
31 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team                                    
32 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed                                      
33 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canada                                           
34 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canada                                             
35 Christer Rake (Nor) Noraway                                            
36 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenia                                               
37 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Poland                                             
38 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvia                                        
39 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Belgium                                           
40 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russia                                           
41 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukraine                                             
42 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Netherlands                                    
43 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvia                                       
44 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Poland                                             
45 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvia                                        
46 Marcos Garcia SPA Spain                                                
47 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed                                              
48 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                   
49 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed                                          
50 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Netherlands                                        
51 Mathias Belka (Ger) Germany                                            
52 Lars Boom (Ned) Netherlands                                            
53 Paul Voss (Ger) Germany                                                
54 Gediminas Kaupas LIT Lithuania                                         
55 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvia                                            
56 Rui Costa (Por) Portugal                                               
57 Sondre Sortveit (Nor) Noraway                                          
58 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Belgium                                     
59 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Netherlands                                    
60 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russia                                                
61 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Noraway                                     
62 Reto Hollenstein SWI Switzerland                                       
63 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Germany                                           
64 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portugal                                         
65 Jonas-Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Denmark                                     
66 Javier Aramendia SPA Spain                                             
67 Evaldas Siskevicius LIT Lithuania                                      
68 José Mendes (Por) Portugal                                             
69 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) France A                                           
70 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) France A                                        
71 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italy                                              
72 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Noraway                                       
73 Simon Geschke (Ger) Germany                                            
74 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                       
75 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed                                            
76 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Poland                                            
77 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italy                                             
78 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Denmark                                           
79 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portugal                                            
80 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukraine                                            
81 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russia                                             
82 Jose Herrada SPA Spain                                                 
83 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                        
84 David Veilleux (Can) Canada                                            
85 Marcel Wyss SWI Switzerland                                            
86 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Poland                                        
87 Andrius Buividas LIT Lithuania                                         
88 Mickael Larpe (Fra) France B                                           
89 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) France A                                      
90 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgium                                          
91 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) France B                                
92 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                    6.48
93 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) US National Team                              
94 Claudio Apolo (Por) Portugal                                           
95 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                               
96 Stefan Schafer (Ger) Germany                                           
97 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Poland                                          
98 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgium                                             
99 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team                                     
100 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr) Ukraine                                      
101 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Noraway                                        
102 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenia                                         
103 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenia                                            
104 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team                                  
105 Jakob Bering (Den) Denmark                                            
106 Thomas Peterson (USA) US National Team                                
107 Thomas Brigaud (Fra) France B                                         
108 Mathieu Deschenaux SWI Switzerland                                    
109 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italy                                             
110 Adriano Malori (Ita) Italy                                            
111 Ignatas Konovalovas LIT Lithuania                                     
112 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukraine                                          
113 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel) Belgium                                     
114 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Italy                                             
115 Cyril Bessy (Fra) France B                                            
116 Anthony Roux (Fra) France A                                           
117 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A                                      
118 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenia                                             
119 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canada                                         7.00
120 Eric Boily (Can) Canada                                           27.44
 
General Classification after stage 3
 
1 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Netherlands                                  10.51.50
2 Tom Leezer (Ned) Netherlands                                         0.02
3 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Belgium                                     0.03
4 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark                                         0.09
5 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) France A                                    0.13
6 Tony Martin (Ger) Germany                                               
7 Craig Lewis (USA) US National Team                                   0.18
8 Christian Meier (Can) Canada                                            
9 Laurent Beuret SWI Switzerland                                          
10 Michael Randin SWI Switzerland                                         
11 Frederik Wilmann (Nor) Noraway                                         
12 Simon Spilak (Slo) Slovenia                                         0.23
13 Thomas Kvist (Den) Denmark                                          0.26
14 Benat Intxausti SPA Spain                                              
15 Yoann Offredo (Fra) France B                                        0.31
16 Andreas Frisch (Den) Denmark                                        1.17
17 Sergey Shcherbakov (Rus) Russia                                     1.33
18 Florian Morizot (Fra) France B                                      3.51
19 Aleksey Kunshin (Rus) Russia                                        5.46
20 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) France A                                    5.51
21 Marcel Wyss SWI Switzerland                                         5.52
22 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Latvia                                         6.06
23 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Netherlands                                 6.08
24 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Italy                                           6.29
25 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Russia                                             6.39
26 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Mixed                                           6.45
27 Andrius Buividas LIT Lithuania                                      6.48
28 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Netherlands                                 6.50
29 José Mendes (Por) Portugal                                             
30 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Poland                                        6.51
31 Pawel Wachnik (Pol) Poland                                          6.53
32 Haijun Ma (Alg) Mixed                                                  
33 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Germany                                           
34 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Ukraine                                             
35 Alexandr Kilibaev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                     
36 Nelson Rocha (Por) Portugal                                            
37 Javier Aramendia SPA Spain                                             
38 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Belgium                                          
39 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Noraway                                     
40 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) France A                                           
41 Vitor Rodrigues (Por) Portugal                                         
42 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                       
43 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Belgium                                          6.56
44 Ignatas Konovalovas LIT Lithuania                                   7.01
45 Peter Stetina (USA) US National Team                                7.04
46 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) US National Team                              
47 Gasper Svab (Slo) Slovenia                                             
48 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) Noraway                                         
49 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Netherlands                                     7.05
50 Jose Herrada SPA Spain                                                 
51 Simon Geschke (Ger) Germany                                            
52 Diego Milan SPA Spain                                               7.09
53 Dalivier Ospina (Col) Mixed                                         7.10
54 Sondre Sortveit (Nor) Noraway                                          
55 Rui Costa (Por) Portugal                                               
56 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) France A                                        
57 Jakob Bering (Den) Denmark                                          7.12
58 Martin Kohler SWI Switzerland                                       7.14
59 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) Poland                                            
60 Lars Boom (Ned) Netherlands                                         7.15
61 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel) Belgium                                      
62 Thomas Peterson (USA) US National Team                              7.16
63 Ryan Anderson (Can) Canada                                          7.17
64 Bradley Fairall (Can) Canada                                        7.21
65 Abdelkader Belmokhtar (Alg) Mixed                                   7.22
66 Fabio Taborre (Ita) Italy                                           7.23
67 Dmytro Novosad (Ukr) Ukraine                                        7.25
68 Mathias Belka (Ger) Germany                                         7.26
69 Herberts Pudans (Lat) Latvia                                           
70 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Noraway                                    7.32
71 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Italy                                          7.33
72 Ildar Zakirov (Rus) Russia                                             
73 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) France A                                      
74 Sébastien Fournet Fayard (Fra) France B                             7.35
75 Andrey Klyuev (Rus) Russia                                          7.36
76 Evaldas Siskevicius LIT Lithuania                                   7.38
77 Pawel Cieslik (Pol) Poland                                          7.39
78 Mickael Larpe (Fra) France B                                        7.46
79 Reto Hollenstein SWI Switzerland                                    7.50
80 Marius Kukta LIT Lithuania                                          7.51
81 Marcos Garcia SPA Spain                                                
82 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Belgium                                  8.02
83 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                     8.05
84 Christer Rake (Nor) Noraway                                         8.14
85 Normunds Lasis (Lat) Latvia                                         8.34
86 Nazar Jumabekov (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                    8.48
87 Jonas-Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Denmark                                  8.50
88 Volodymyr Landyrev (Ukr) Ukraine                                    9.06
89 Marco Coledan (Ita) Italy                                           9.15
90 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Mixed                                       9.17
91 Lukasz Modzelewski (Pol) Poland                                     9.49
92 Anthony Roux (Fra) France A                                         9.58
93 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Belgium                                       10.09
94 Adriano Malori (Ita) Italy                                         10.23
95 Paul Voss (Ger) Germany                                            10.24
96 David Veilleux (Can) Canada                                        10.54
97 Cyril Bessy (Fra) France B                                         10.58
98 Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Denmark                                       12.02
99 Mathieu Deschenaux SWI Switzerland                                 12.06
100 Andriy Suralyov (Ukr) Ukraine                                     12.17
101 Oscar Sanchez (Col) Mixed                                         12.28
102 Viesturs Luksevics (Lat) Latvia                                   13.34
103 Grega Bole (Slo) Slovenia                                         13.45
104 Oleh Opryshko (Ukr) Ukraine                                       13.58
105 Thomas Brigaud (Fra) France B                                     14.06
106 Tomasz Krupinski (Pol) Poland                                     14.16
107 Chris Barton (USA) US National Team                               14.23
108 Keven Lacombe (Can) Canada                                        14.28
109 Stefan Schafer (Ger) Germany                                      14.47
110 Kristofers Racenajs (Lat) Latvia                                  16.06
111 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Slovenia                                          16.51
112 Kristjan Koren (Slo) Slovenia                                     19.23
113 Claudio Apolo (Por) Portugal                                      20.13
114 Martins Trautmanis (Lat) Latvia                                   22.22
115 Alexandr Shushemoin (Kaz) Kazakhstan                                  
116 Peter Salon (USA) US National Team                                22.46
117 Joze Senekovic (Slo) Slovenia                                     23.08
118 Gediminas Kaupas LIT Lithuania                                    26.09
119 Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy (Kaz) Kazakhstan                          45.34
120 Eric Boily (Can) Canada                                         1.03.45

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