May 4, 2007 – Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Fondital won Stage 3 of the Tour de Romandie today in a suspenseful three-up sprint after riding 163 kilometres from Moudon to Charmey, Switzerland. Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team, who placed third, nearly took over the GC lead, but now sits in second place, four seconds behind Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana. Canada’s Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team finished an impressive 14th today and moves up two spots to 23rd in the overall.

Results

1. Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre – Fondital 4.04.15
2. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
3. Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team
4. Christophe Moreau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance at 3.51
5. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
6. Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep – Innergetic
7. Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
8. Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team L.P.R.
9. Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
10. Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas

14. Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team

GC after Stage 3

1. Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana 12.23.20
2. Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team at 0.04
3. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.05
4. Chris Horner (USA) Predictor – Lotto
5. Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.06
6. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
7. Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana 0.09
8. Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 0.10
9. Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
10. Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep – Innergetic 0.11

23. Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile Team 0.16