Photo by Ken Conley

Stage 3 top-five finishers:
1 - Thor Hushovd (NOR), Cervelo Test Team
2 - Oscar Freire (ESP), Rabobank
3 - Mark Renshaw (AUS), Team Columbia-High Road
4 - Tyler Farrar (USA), Garmin-Slipstream
5 - Mark Cavendish (GBR), Team Columbia-High Road

General Classification top-five standings as of Stage 3:
1) Levi Leipheimer (USA), Astana
2) Michael Rogers (AUS), Team Comumbia-High Road
3) David Zabriskie (USA), Garmin-Slipstream
4) Lance Armstrong (USA), Astana
5) Christopher Horner (USA), Astana

Stage 3 jersey winners include:
Amgen Race Leader Jersey- Levi Leipheimer (USA), Astana
Amgen’s Breakaway from Cancer Most Courageous Rider Jersey- Bradley White (USA), OUCH Presented by Maxxis
Herbalife Sprint Jersey- Francisco Mancebo (ESP), Rock Racing
Rabobank Best Young Rider Jersey- Robert Gesink (NED), Rabobank
California Travel & Tourism Commission King of the Mountain (KOM) Jersey- Bauke Mollema (NED), Rabobank

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam - 4.28.12 (37.3601 km/h)
2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
3 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad
6 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam
7 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
8 Freddy Rodriguez (USA) Rock Racing
9 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team
10 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
11 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
14 Karl Menzies (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
15 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas
16 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank
17 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
18 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana
19 Frank Pipp (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
20 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad
21 Matthew Crane (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
22 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana
23 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
24 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Fly V Australia
25 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad
26 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Team Type 1
27 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas
28 Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Fly V Australia
29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
30 Davide Frattini (Ita) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
31 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
32 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana
33 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas
34 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad
35 Valeriy Kobzarenko (Ukr) Team Type 1
36 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
37 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
38 John Murphy (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
39 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream
40 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step
41 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
42 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam
43 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step
44 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
45 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
46 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
47 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
48 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Rock Racing
49 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Rock Racing
50 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team
51 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Rock Racing
52 Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
53 Jurgen van de Walle (Bel) Quick Step
54 Thomas Peterson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
55 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
56 Andy Guptill (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
57 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
58 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank
59 Timothy Johnson (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
60 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
61 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step
62 Weert Kevin De (Bel) Quick Step
63 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
64 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
65 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
66 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
67 Fabio Calabria (Aus) Team Type 1
68 Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team
69 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana
70 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas
71 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
72 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
73 Ben Day (Aus) Fly V Australia
74 Peter Latham (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
75 Floyd Landis (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
76 Jonathan Patrick McCarty (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
77 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team
78 Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team
79 Tom Zirbel (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
80 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
81 Christopher Jones (USA) Team Type 1
82 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Rock Racing
83 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank
84 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
85 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
86 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam
87 Will Routley (Can) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
88 Jason Mccartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank
89 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
90 Tyler Wren (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
91 Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream
92 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad
93 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
94 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
95 Robert Gunn (USA) Fly V Australia
96 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad
97 Phillip Gaimon (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
98 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
99 Ben Jacques-Maynes (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
100 Nick Reistad (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team
101 Glen Chadwick (NZl) Rock Racing
102 Chris Baldwin (USA) Rock Racing
103 Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
104 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervélo TestTeam
105 David Kemp (Aus) Fly V Australia
106 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana
107 Bradley White (USA) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
108 Rory Sutherland (Aus) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
109 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Rock Racing
110 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Bissell Pro Cycling
111 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad - 1.21
112 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam - 1.49
113 Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1 - 1.54
114 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team
115 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas - 2.08
116 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
117 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervélo TestTeam - 2.20
118 Aaron Olson (USA) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light - 2.23
119 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team

Did not finish -
Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
Edward King (USA) Cervélo TestTeam
Omer Kem (USA) Bissell Pro Cycling
Ian MacGregor (USA) Team Type 1
Darren Lill (RSA) Team Type 1
Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
Anibal Andres Borrajo (Arg) Colavita / Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light
Phil Zajicek (USA) Fly V Australia

Time Cut -
Cameron Evans (Can) OUCH Presented By Maxxis
Phil Southerland (USA) Team Type 1
Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Jelly Belly Cycling Team

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