September 9, 2009 (Rolla, Missouri) – Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team made good on Stage 3 from Farmington to Rolla, 183.9km, with Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank in second and Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step in 3rd. David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies placed 8th and Andrew Pinfold (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis was 9th.

Tour of Missouri Report – Stage 3
In a chaotic sprint after a day of serpentine climbing, sprinter Thor Hushovd (Cervelo Test Team) edged out Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) for the Stage 3, presented by Emerson, win today at the Tour of Missouri. Argentina’s Haedo crossed the line with Italy’s Dario Cataldo (Quick Step), both two/tenths of a second behind Hushovd. Hushovd finished in 4 hours, 26 minutes, 50.4 seconds.

The win put the Norwegian “God of Thunder” in a virtual tie for the overall lead with Mark Cavendish (Columbia-HTC), who had worn the Missouri Tourism Leader’s Jersey for the first two days of the race. In the general classification (G.C.), both riders have a time of 11.27’19” after three days of racing. Hushovd will take over the Missouri Tourism Leader’s Jersey based on the aggregate of place finishes. Cavendish finished fifth on today’s stage.

“It’s always good to be in yellow and first of all I’m more happy to win a stage because of course it’s confusing to get beaten by Cavendish every time, so I’m really happy to win. For me it was a perfect final, and all my teammates on Cervelo Test Team, they did a really great job,” said Hushovd, who won the prestigious green sprinter’s jersey as the Points Classification leader in the 2009 Tour de France. “When we have yellow jersey we have more responsibility. Tomorrow we see what we can do; we do our best to keep this jersey for as long as possible.”

Today’s Stage 3, presented by Emerson, was the longest and most hilly stage in this year’s Tour of Missouri, covering 112.4 miles (180.9 km). The field of 116 riders stayed intact, climbing more than 7,000 feet through the Saint Francois Mountains.

With no more than 10 kilometers covered outside of the start host city of Farmington, Garmin-Slipstream launched an attack of two American riders, Will Frischkorn and Michael Friedman. They were joined just before the first Michelob Ultra King of the Mountain climb, a five kilometer ascent with numerous switchbacks on Missouri Highway 32, by Team Type I Australian climber Matt Wilson. Frischkorn was dropped with close to 13 miles to go. Friedman and Wilson worked together into Rolla, and were caught by a storming peloton with five miles to go to the finish in the picturesque Meramec Valley Region.

With the Stage 3 win today, Thor Hushovd also takes over the Edward Jones Sprint jersey from Cavendish. The 23-year-old British rider will wear the 180 Energy/Icelandic Glacial Water Best Young Rider jersey in tomorrow’s stage. For his attacks to win all three KOM climbs, Wilson will wear the Drury Hotels Most Aggressive Rider jersey tomorrow. Moises Aldape (Team Type I) of Mexico will continue wearing the Michelob Ultra KOM jersey.

New to the Top 10 in the G.C. are Friedman (in sixth) and Cataldo (seventh). Current Australian national time trial champion Michael Rogers (Columbia-HTC) is in ninth, 17 seconds back. There are 70 riders who are 20 seconds off the lead, including 2007 Tour of Missouri champion George Hincapie (Columbia-HTC), 2009 Amgen Tour of California champion Levi Leipheimer (Team Astana), and four-time U.S. Professional Time Trial champion David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream).

Hushovd received a custom crystal and wood trophy from Kent’s Jewelry and bonus prize money from stage sponsor Brewer Science, Inc. today. The $10,000 bonus prize purse for the Top 3 stage finishers made the day’s event the richest stage in the history of the Tour of Missouri.

“It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience to present the yellow jersey. It was the best finish I’ve ever seen anywhere in the world,” said Dr. Terry Brewer of Brewer Science Inc., one of the top sponsors for the Rolla host city.

Stage 4, presented by Missouri Farm Bureau, is the only repeat stage from last year’s Tour of Missouri, covering 109.2 miles (175.7 km), from St. James to the capital city of Jefferson City. There will be two finishing circuits in downtown Jefferson City, overlooking the Missouri River.

Results

1. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 4:26:50
2. Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
3. Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step
4. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas
5. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-HTC
6. John Murphy (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
7. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
8. David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies
9. Andrew Pinfold (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
10. Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team
11. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step
12. Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
13. Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
14. Keven Lacombe (Can) Planet Energy
15. Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
16. Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
17. Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1
18. Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
19. Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
20. Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick Step
21. Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
22. Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
23. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
24. Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1
25. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC
26. Michael Creed (USA) Team Type 1
27. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team
28. Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step
29. Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
30. Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana
31. Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 1
32. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
33. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
34. Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
35. Scott Wizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
36. Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
37. Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
38. Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
39. Andrew Randell (Can) Planet Energy
40. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team
41. Ryan Anderson (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies
42. Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
43. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank
44. Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
45. Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
46. Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
47. Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
48. Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step
49. Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
50. Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team
51. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
52. George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-HTC
53. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
54. Jason Donald (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
55. Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
56. Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas
57. Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
58. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
59. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
60. Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana
61. Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team
62. Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
63. Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
64. Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
65. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana
66. Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
67. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
68. Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
69. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
70. Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1
71. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Planet Energy
72. Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana
73. Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
74. Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank
75. Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia-HTC
76. Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
77. Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-HTC
78. Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
79. Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
80. Ryan Roth (Can) Planet Energy
81. Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
82. Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
83. Anibal Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
84. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
85. Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
86. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
87. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
88. Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
89. Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
90. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1
91. Christopher Baldwin (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
92. Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas
93. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
94. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
95. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
96. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas
97. Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
98. Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
99. Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step
100. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia-HTC
101. Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
102. Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
103. Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 0:17
104. Bruno Langlois (Can) Planet Energy 0:19
105. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 0:21
106. Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team
107. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia-HTC 0:34
108. Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia-HTC
109. Martin Gilbert (Can) Planet Energy 0:41
110. Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
111. Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:48
112. Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling 0:53
113. Francois Parisien (Can) Planet Energy 1:19
114. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 1:40
115. Charly Vives (Can) Planet Energy 1:52
116. William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 2:32
DNF Cody O’reilly (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling

GC after Stage 3

1. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 11:27:19
2. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-HTC
3. Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 4
4. Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 0:12
5. Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 0:14
6. Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
7. Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 0:16
8. Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
9. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC 0:17
10. Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
11. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:18
12. Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1
13. Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 0:19
14. Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:20
15. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step
16. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas
17. Alex Candelario (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
18. Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
19. Frederique Robert (Bel) Quick Step
20. Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
21. Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
22. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
23. David Veilleux (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies
24. Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
25. Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step
26. Matthew Rice (Aus) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
27. George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-HTC
28. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Planet Energy
29. Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
30. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
31. Neil Shirley (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
32. Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step
33. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
34. Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
35. Michael Creed (USA) Team Type 1
36. Jason Donald (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
37. Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas
38. Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia-HTC
39. Anthony Colby (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
40. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
41. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
42. Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
43. Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank
44. Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 1
45. Andrew Pinfold (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
46. Scott Wizanski (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
47. Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
48. Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-HTC
49. Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
50. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team
51. Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
52. Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
53. Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana
54. Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
55. Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
56. Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team
57. Ryan Anderson (Can) Kelly Benefit Strategies
58. Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team
59. Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
60. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana
61. Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
62. Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana
63. Ryan Roth (Can) Planet Energy
64. Andrew Randell (Can) Planet Energy
65. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
66. Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
67. Dan Bowman (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
68. Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
69. Reid Mumford (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
70. Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
71. Jeremy Powers (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
72. Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
73. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
74. Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
75. Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1
76. Andrew Guptill (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
77. Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
78. Andy Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
79. Andrew Bajadali (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies
80. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team
81. Christopher Baldwin (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
82. Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana
83. Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
84. Joaquin Novoa Menedez (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
85. Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 0:37
86. Bruno Langlois (Can) Planet Energy 0:39
87. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 0:41
88. Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team
89. Martin Gilbert (Can) Planet Energy 1:01
90. Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
91. John Murphy (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 1:02
92. Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1:08
93. Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1:17
94. Keven Lacombe (Can) Planet Energy 1:25
95. Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
96. Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis 1:34
97. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia-HTC 1:51
98. Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 1:53
99. Kyle Wamsley (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 1:57
100. Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia-HTC 1:59
101. Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1 2:08
102. Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 2:39
103. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia-HTC
104. Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas
105. Anibal Borrajo (Arg) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light
106. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
107. Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team
108. William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 2:48
109. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 4:09
110. Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
111. Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team 5:03
112. Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step
113. Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita/Sutter Home Presented By Cooking Light 5:46
114. Francois Parisien (Can) Planet Energy 6:07
115. Charly Vives (Can) Planet Energy 7:12
116. Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 7:37