Stage 3 – Monday, May 11: Grado – Valdobbiadene, 198km
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 4.45.27 (41.618km/h) 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
General classification after stage 3
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8.50.06 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.08 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.18 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0.31 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.40 7 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 0.44 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 9 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 0.45 10 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.52
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