May 11/15 12:58 pm - Giro d'Italia: Stage 3
Posted by Editoress on 05/11/15
The Australian rider Michael Matthews ( Orica-GreenEDGE) won stage three of the 2015 Giro d'Italia, from Rapallo to Sestri Levante (136km), retaining the race leader's Maglia Rosa.
Michael Matthews
"After the Team Time Trial win, today was another big target for us. We reconned the stage last week so we knew what to expect, and we pulled it off. We did very well to get two guys into the breakaway. The stage was quite hard, and I tried to get to the foot of the final climb near the front so that I could drift back to save some energy. Simon Gerrans worked very hard to position me for the sprint. The Giro d'Italia so far is a dream come true for me."
Q: Is it special to win a stage wearing the Maglia Rosa?
"Oh yeah!"
Results
| Stage 3: Rapallo to Sestri Levante, 136 km | |
| 1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE | 3:33:53 |
| 2 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | |
| 3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 4 Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha | |
| 5 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha | |
| 7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling | |
| 8 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | |
| 9 Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 10 Jonathan Monsalve (Ven) Southeast Pro Cycling | |
| 11 Grega Bole (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice | |
| 12 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 13 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 14 Elia Favilli (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling | |
| 15 Silvan Dillier (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 16 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 17 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | |
| 18 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 19 Alberto Contador (Esp) Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 20 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 63 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 121 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale | 14:07 |
| GC | |
| 1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE | 8:06:27 |
| 2 Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE | at 0:06 |
| 3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE | 0:10 |
| 4 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. |
| 5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:17 |
| 6 Alberto Contador (Esp) Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | both s.t. |
| 8 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:23 |
| 9 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 10 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 11 Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 12 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | |
| 13 Mikel Landa Meana (Esp) Astana Pro Team | all s.t. |
| 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:25 |
| 15 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step | 0:29 |
| 16 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 17 Ion Izagirre (Esp) Movistar Team | 0:31 |
| 18 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | |
| 19 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | |
| 20 Benat Intxausti (Esp) Movistar Team | all s.t. |
| 49 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team | 1:03 |
| 123 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale | 19:48 |
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