May 17, 2006 – Here are the results from the third stage of the Volta a Catalunya:

Stage 3:

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4.16.14
2 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram
5 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
7 Angel Edo (Spa) Andalucia-Paul Versan
8 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step-Innergetic
9 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Wurth
10 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team
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30 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems

Overall:

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 8.28.34
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 0.01
4 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d’Epargne-Illes Balears 0.04
5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
6 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.06
7 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.09
8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.11
9 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.12
10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
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15 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.16