Volta ao Algarve Stage 3

Hey, how bout some props for me? I tied TERatcliffe for 1st place... And then I went and won the next stage, too!

I'm off to check the scores.....TERatcliffe26 has won the stage on his own tour

Stewards enquiry launched into unusual betting patterns, illegal substances, non UCI approved parts.....

Alex Dowsett DNF. Glad I hadn't brought him in for tomorrow.

Full scores are out at http://www.voltaalgarve.com/classificacoes/Etapa3.pdf

What happened to DeGendt? I thought he would be up there

So I left Westra and Menchov out

Yeah Edmondson was a good call.

1,2,3,5,10,11 for me. Looks like TER did very well.

1,2,3,5,10 on the stage and 1,2,3,4 on GC.

Classificações
3.ª Etapa: Portimão – Alto do Malhão, 193km
1.º Sergio Henao (Sky), 4h53m15s
2.º Rui Costa (Movistar), a 3s
3.º Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM), 5s
4.º Rigoberto Urán (Sky), a 7s
5.º Tiago Machado (RadioShack-Leopard), mt
6.º Andreas Klöden (RadioShack-Leopard), mt
7.º Joshua Edmonson (Sky), mt
8.º Denis Menchov (Katusha), mt
9.º Jesús Herrada (Caja Rural), a 12s
10.º Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), mt
11.º Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), a 18s
12.º Miguel Minguez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), a 24s
13.º André Cardoso (Caja Rural), a 33s
14.º Wouter Poels (Vacansoleil-DCM)), mt
15.º Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar), mt

Geral Individual
1.º Sergio Henao (Sky), 14h50m49s
2.º Rui Costa (Movistar), a 7s
3.º Tiago Machado (RadioShack-Leopard), a 11s
4.º Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM), mt
5.º Andreas Klöden (RadioShack-Leopard), a 17s
6.º Rigoberto Urán (Sky), mt
7.º Denis Menchov (Katusha), mt
8.º Joshua Edmonson (Sky), mt
9.º Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), a 19s
10.º Jesús Herrada (Movistar), a 22s
11.º Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), a 28s
12.º Miguel Miguez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), a 34s
13.º André Cardoso (Caja Rural), a 43s
14.º Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar), mt
15.º Jan Bakelants (RadioShack-Leopard), mt

A 1-2-3 so far for me!

Podium badge #2

Sounds like Machado up there too, how successful I am though probably depends on JTL and Kwiatkowski.

Fingers crossed for a full house.

1.Henao
2.Costa
3.Westra

I went Colombian in my transfers

Thomas de Gendt
Sergio Luis Henao
Rigoberto Uran
Michal Kwiatkowski
Sep Vanmarcke
John Darwin Atapuma
Marc De Maar
Alexandr Kolobnev
Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa

Martin
Kwiatowski
Kelderman
Henao
Costa
Westra
Machado
Bos
Sanz

My purist team is exactly the same.

I was too indecisive at the beginning of this one, ended up leaving Bos out of my standard and Nizzolo out of purist, rather than picking both for both.

Std for today...
Martin
Kwiatkowski
Westra
De Gendt
Rui Costa
Machado
Nizzolo
De Maar
Kocjan

Purist could end up fairly high if I'm lucky...
Martin
Cav
Westra
Boeckmans
De Maar
Machado
Marque
Kelderman
Bos

Machado - Cav
Martin - Bos
Henao - Nizzolo
Poels - Boeckmans
Atapuma
JTL
Rui Costa
M Cardoso
Paulinho

10 point penalty which should help come ITT

Mark Cavendish
Thomas de Gendt < Nizzolo
Alberto Faria Da Costa
Jon Tiernan-Locke
Theo Bos
Paul Martens
John Darwin Atapuma < Sanz
Tsastevitch
Jan Bakelants
Well thats my standard anyway, dont even look at my purist, its all sprinters haha