February 3, 2009 – Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step took his first win of the season in Stage 3 of the Tour of Qatar today, grabbing the leader’s jersey along with the stage. Boonen, last year’s Qatar winner, is under pressure to repeat the dominance he displayed at the event last year. Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha was hot on his heels, followed Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto in third. Canada’s Michael Barry (Can) Columbia-Highroad placed 35th.

Stage 3 – 137.5km

1. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 2:34:53
2. Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha
3. Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto
4. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam
5. Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-N.G.C.
6. Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam
7. Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha
8. Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team
9. Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano
10. Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam
11. Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam
12. Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam
13. Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam
14. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step
15. Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
16. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 0:06
17. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad
18. Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 0:10
19. Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0:13
20. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0:28
21. Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam
22. Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia-Highroad
23. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre-N.G.C.
24. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha
25. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam
26. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad
27. Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre-N.G.C. 1:27
28. Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:30
29. Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
30. Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank
31. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram
32. Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
33. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank
34. Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram
35. Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad
36. Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
37. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-N.G.C.
38. Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank
39. Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram
40. Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas
41. Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
42. Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha
43. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
44. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano
45. Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
46. Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 2:25
47. Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
48. Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
49. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank
50. Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling
51. Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling
52. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step
53. Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team
54. Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
55. Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream
56. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto
57. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
58. Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling
59. Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram
60. Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
61. Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram
62. Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
63. Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia-Highroad
64. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano
65. Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
66. Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto
67. Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 6:31
68. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 7:36
69. Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha
70. Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha
71. Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
72. Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
73. Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha
74. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
75. Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo-GDR
76. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas
77. Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha
78. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas
79. Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
80. Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling
81. William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
82. Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
83. Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step
84. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas
85. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
86. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-N.G.C.
87. Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo-GDR
88. David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano
89. Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano
90. Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team
91. Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 10:37
92. Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
93. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 12:14
94. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step
95. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto
96. Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale
97. Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas
98. Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team
99. Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
100. Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream
101. Kilian Patour (Fra) Garmin-Slipstream
102. Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo-GDR
103. Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team
104. Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream
105. Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto
106. Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream
107. Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
108. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
109. José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale
110. Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
111. Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream
112. Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo-GDR
113. Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
114. Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo-GDR
115. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto
116. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale
117. Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling
118. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
119. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-N.G.C.
120. Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team
121. Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team
122. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-N.G.C.
123. Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas
124. Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-N.G.C.
125. Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling
126. Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto
127. Ashley Humbert (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling
128. Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia-Highroad
129. Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling
130. Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team
131. Guillaume Pont (Fra) Meitan Hompo-GDR
132. Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo-GDR
133. Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team
134. Sung Baek Park (Kor) Meitan Hompo-GDR

GC after Stage 3

1. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step