April 11, 2007 – Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM won the 173-kilometre Stage 3 from Karrantza to Vitoria-Gasteiz of the Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco in Spain. With that single victory, he proceeded to take over the general classification lead. Canada’s Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile placed a respectable 21st in the stage and is ranked 123rd overall.

Results

1. Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM 4.04.06
2. Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
3. Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
4. Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
5. Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic
6. Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia
7. José Lui Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 0.03
8. Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.05
9. Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 0.58
10. Iker Flores (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
11. Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.49
12. Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto
13. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 2.40
14. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
15. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM
16. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
17. Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
18. Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas
19. Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC
20. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com
21. Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile
22. Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
23. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana
24. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
25. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC
26. Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
27. Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
28. Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
29. Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
30. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance
31. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
32. Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
33. Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
34. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
35. Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com
36. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
37. Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana
38. Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
39. Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas
40. Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
41. Gustav Erik Larsson (Sui) Unibet.com
42. Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
43. Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
44. Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
45. Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
46. Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile
47. Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram
48. Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner
49. Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas
50. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
51. José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana
52. Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
53. David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
54. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
55. Gaizka Lasa Larraya (Spa) Karpin-Galicia
56. Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
57. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
58. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
59. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
60. Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile
61. Javier Ramírez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
62. Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel
63. Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
64. Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole
65. Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
66. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
67. Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux
68. Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom
69. José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
70. Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
71. Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
72. José Bonilla (Crc) Fuerteventura-Canarias
73. Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
74. Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram
75. Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
76. Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia
77. José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance
78. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
79. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
80. Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis
81. Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
82. Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
83. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
84. Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile
85. Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank
86. Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
87. Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax-GAM
88. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
89. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
90. Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel
91. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
92. José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
93. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
94. David López García (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
95. Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis
96. Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
97. Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
98. Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana
99. Rodrigo García (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
100. Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic
101. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic
102. Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
103. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
104. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
105. Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM
106. Julián Sánchez (Spa) Relax-GAM
107. Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas
108. Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
109. Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana
110. Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
111. Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Milram
112. Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
113. Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 5.24
114. Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 7.08
115. Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom
116. Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia
117. Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
118. Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
119. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank
120. Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas
121. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic
122. Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
123. Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8.42
124. Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic
125. Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
126. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
127. Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.16
128. Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
129. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
130. David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.15
131. Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
132. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
133. Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 14.44
134. Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
135. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 23.07
136. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
137. Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com
138. Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
139. Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana
140. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
141. Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Milram
142. Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux
143. Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel
144. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
145. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel
146. Vicente Ballester (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
147. Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram
148. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia
149. Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis
150. Iker Leonet (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
151. Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-GAM
152. Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
153. Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
154. Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
155. Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
156. Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
157. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-GAM
158. Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis
159. Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole
160. Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
161. Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana
162. Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
163. Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
164. Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile
165. Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile

GC after Stage 3

1. Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-GAM 12.39.58
2. Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.00
3. Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.14
4. José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.20
5. Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas
6. Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 2.29
7. Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
8. Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 2.31
9. Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
11. Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.33
12. José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana 2.35
13. Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.37
14. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 2.41
15. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM 2.43
16. Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.54
17. Antonio Colom (Spa) Astana 3.04
18. Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.11
19. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 3.15
20. Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.20
21. Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
22. Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.23
23. Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.30
24. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 3.46
25. Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile
26. José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-GAM
27. Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital 4.13
28. Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 4.33
29. Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.55
30. Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 5.03
31. Hubert Dupont (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 5.43
32. Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 6.09
33. Alberto Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel 6.21
34. Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 6.25
35. Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 6.27
36. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux 6.29
37. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 6.31
38. Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6.38
39. Julián Sánchez (Spa) Relax-GAM 6.42
40. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 6.51
41. José Bonilla (Crc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 6.54
42. José Lui Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel 6.58
43. Francisco Pérez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 7.06
44. Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 7.11
45. Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax-GAM 7.18
46. Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Milram 7.24
47. David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 7.38
48. Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 8.32
49. Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.37
50. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 10.14
51. Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10.17
52. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
53. Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
54. Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.16
55. Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11.33
56. Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 11.39
57. Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13.01
58. Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com 13.15
59. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis 13.26
60. Anthony Charteau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.46
61. Ivan Parra (Col) Cofidis 14.04
62. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 14.18
63. Jurgen Van de Walle (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 14.33
64. Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax-GAM 15.01
65. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC 15.21
66. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quickstep-Innergetic 15.27
67. Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.39
68. Rodrigo García (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 15.45
69. Egoi Martínez (Spa) Discovery Channel 16.00
70. Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.15
71. Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile 16.30
72. Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.03
73. David López García (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 17.09
74. Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17.12
75. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.14
76. Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas 17.45
77. Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram 17.58
78. Iker Flores (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 18.31
79. Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 18.40
80. Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 18.47
81. Gustav Erik Larsson (Sui) Unibet.com 20.00
82. Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 20.19
83. Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20.26
84. Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 20.27
85. Sergio Paulinho (Por) Discovery Channel 21.11
86. Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 21.25
87. Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC
88. Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 21.34
89. Javier Ramírez (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
90. Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 21.39
91. Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 21.40
92. Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 21.41
93. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r Prévoyance 21.44
94. Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.11
95. Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 22.41
96. Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 23.25
97. Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
98. José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2r Prévoyance 23.29
99. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 23.38
100. Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 23.39
101. Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 23.50
102. Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Milram
103. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 23.57
104. Gaizka Lasa Larraya (Spa) Karpin-Galicia
105. Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
106. Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 24.00
107. Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 25.19
108. Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25.42
109. Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
110. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Relax-GAM 26.49
111. Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 26.53
112. Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana 27.54
113. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank 28.28
114. Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 29.09
115. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 29.15
116. Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole
117. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
118. Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 29.52
119. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 30.13
120. Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 30.42
121. Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 33.45
122. Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
123. Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile 34.42
124. Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana
125. Aitor Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34.45
126. Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.51
127. Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
128. Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 35.37
129. Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis 37.42
130. Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram 38.40
131. Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 39.02
132. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39.34
133. Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.01
134. David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.06
135. Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel 40.14
136. Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 40.23
137. Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 40.53
138. Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner
139. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 44.05
140. Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram 44.17
141. Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile 44.24
142. Carl Naibo (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance 44.27
143. Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44.30
144. Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.31
145. Vicente Ballester (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 49.26
146. Marcos Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 49.42
147. Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.44
148. Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
149. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel
150. Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel
151. Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.49
152. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux 49.52
153. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
154. Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan (Spa) Karpin-Galicia 50.58
155. Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53.26
156. Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 55.09
157. Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax-GAM
158. Iker Leonet (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
159. Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis
160. Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 55.16
161. Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole
162. Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile
163. Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Milram 55.18
164. Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 55.25
165. Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 56.26