April 8, 2009: Vuelta al Pais Vasco: Villatuerta - Eibar (173 km):
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana       04:16:29
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                        0.09
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha                      
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   0.28
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                           0.33
7 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne           0.36
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                         0.55
9 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto                    
10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                           
11 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     
12 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                            
13 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                      
14 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
15 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale               1.12
16 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                
17 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad            
18 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                                
19 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                        
20 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
21 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                        
22 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                       
23 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                              
24 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                
25 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                          
26 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                     1.56
27 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                   
28 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
29 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                   
30 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                   2.05
31 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO          2.17
32 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad        2.32
33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                      
34 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             
35 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                        2.58
36 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO           
37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
38 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                  3.01
39 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux                
40 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   3.10
41 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto                     
42 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad    3.39
43 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank                         
44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                            
45 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                    
46 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                   
47 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step                        3.49
48 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad         4.33
49 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad         6.22
50 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                          8.45
51 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana                       
52 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                 
53 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha                 
54 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne               9.45
55 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 9.47
56 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale                 
57 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana                         10.11
58 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
59 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                      10.22
60 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                      
61 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                              
62 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                     
63 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam                     
64 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     
65 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                        
66 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana                     
67 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO            
68 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                  
69 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam                  
70 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha                         
71 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream                 
72 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                          
73 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas                              
74 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                           
75 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram                         
76 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO        
77 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                 
78 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                           
79 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto            11.51
80 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom           13.26
81 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam            13.32
82 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                   
83 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram                        
84 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram                14.18
85 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom          16.16
86 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                        17.30
87 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                            
88 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                             
89 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                 
90 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad               
91 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                      
92 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                       
93 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad             
94 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                
95 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad          
96 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  
97 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux             
98 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO                 
99 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                      
100 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                   
101 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream         
102 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream               
103 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                
104 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                         
105 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                 
106 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    
107 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                     
108 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis                           
109 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank                       
110 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                            
111 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne      18.51
112 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO           18.56
113 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                
114 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                    
115 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                          
116 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                
117 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                        
118 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
119 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                          
120 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                    
121 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO          
122 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                  
123 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto                   19.00
124 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                              
125 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                         
126 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream               
127 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             
128 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            
129 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank                  
130 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                         
131 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                            
132 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                 
133 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                         
134 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            
135 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                             
136 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                            
137 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  
138 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     
139 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                       
140 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                               
141 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             
142 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            
143 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                    
144 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                
145 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto                    
146 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                        19.22
147 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.             19.48
148 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                20.06

Overall rankings after stage 3:
1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana       11:59:08
2 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               0.09
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto                           
4 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Team Katusha                      
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   0.28
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                           0.33
7 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne           0.36
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                         0.55
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                            
10 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     
11 Joaquín Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                     1.12
13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad            
14 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
15 Chris Horner (USA) Astana                                
16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                       
17 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                          
18 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                
19 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto                1.35
20 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank                   1.37
21 Andrea Noe (Ita) Liquigas                             1.52
22 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale               1.54
23 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis                              
24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Saxo Bank                1.56
25 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               2.08
26 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis                         2.22
27 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto                     2.39
28 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step                        2.58
29 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   3.10
30 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                3.23
31 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank                        
32 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                   3.32
33 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  3.38
34 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank                   3.59
35 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom             
36 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad           
37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha                4.21
38 Gregorio Rémy Di (Fra) Française Des Jeux             4.28
39 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                     
40 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step                        4.31
41 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                 5.06
42 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad       
43 Mauricio A Ardila (Col) Rabobank                         
44 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                            
45 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad         5.15
46 Greef Francis De (Bel) Silence-Lotto                  5.26
47 Manuel Vázquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO        6.11
48 José Herrada López (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO          7.32
49 Juan José Cobo Acebo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto              9.27
50 Alberto Losada (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 9.59
51 Daniel Navarro García (Spa) Astana                   10.12
52 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad        10.19
53 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Astana                         10.53
54 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                          11.02
55 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana                 11.04
56 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                11.38
57 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.              11.49
58 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram                         
59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                     
60 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank                        
61 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha                         
62 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas                      12.38
63 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                         12.42
64 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto            13.18
65 Julián Sánchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO    13.50
66 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream             14.19
67 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                           
68 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram                    14.59
69 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank                  15.37
70 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                          
71 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO            
72 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam                     
73 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervélo TestTeam                  
74 Christian Pfannberger (Aut) Team Katusha             15.39
75 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream             16.49
76 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam            17.29
77 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                18.12
78 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                
79 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram                18.15
80 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                   18.57
81 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream          
82 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom           19.21
83 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne              19.26
84 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas                        19.46
85 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis                       20.03
86 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Liquigas                              
87 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad         20.56
88 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam              21.16
89 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team Columbia - Highroad      21.27
90 Óscar Freire Gómez (Spa) Rabobank                        
91 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom          21.31
92 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom            21.35
93 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis                          21.52
94 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                  22.45
95 Alexandre Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                 
96 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                      
97 Iker Camaño Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                  
98 Mevel Christophe Le (Fra) Française Des Jeux             
99 Francisco Pérez Sánchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne       22.48
100 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale                23.08
101 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                 24.07
102 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                24.11
103 Javier Echarri Marín (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO          
104 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                
105 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
106 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi        24.15
107 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux                  
108 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux                     
109 Rubén Pérez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            
110 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis                            
111 Alán Pérez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi         24.25
112 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                        24.39
113 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale            25.07
114 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto                   25.47
115 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                        26.02
116 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                26.12
117 Javier Megías Leal (Spa) Fuji-Servetto              26.49
118 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                        27.11
119 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad              
120 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux                 
121 Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis                           
122 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                     27.32
123 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO            28.15
124 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                    28.37
125 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                        28.41
126 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                       
127 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank                  
128 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            
129 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                         
130 Joan Horrach (Spa) Team Katusha                         
131 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto                28.50
132 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Slipstream           29.21
133 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.            29.41
134 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                  
135 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                          
136 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                          29.45
137 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                30.16
138 Oscar Pujol Muñoz (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam            30.18
139 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.             30.33
140 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                      30.38
141 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis                           30.42
142 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                       32.11
143 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto                         
144 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom         33.16
145 Joaquín Novoa (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam                33.23
146 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom            34.17
147 Mikel Gaztañaga (Spa) Contentpolis - AMPO           34.38
148 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                34.45