August 4, 2006 — Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud won today’s Stage 3, Witzenhausen – Schweinfurt, 203 km, while Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery retained the overall lead.

Results

1 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 4.56.22 (41.16 km/h)
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
3 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team
4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
5 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole
6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
7 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
8 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
9 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
10 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

54 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
DNF Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems

GC after Stage 3

1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.08.39
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.01
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.07
5 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 0.10
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.11
7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana Team
8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.13
9 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital 0.14
10 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Team 0.17

36 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.00