Marcel Kittel of Germany won the third stage of the Tour of Oman race on Thursday, winning a sprint finish ahead of fellow countryman Andre Greipel and Nacer Bouhanni of France. Britain’s world champion Mark Cavendish took eighth place. Greipel, who won the race’s first stage on Tuesday, took the red jersey that goes to the race’s overall leader, taking over from Peter Sagan of Slovakia. Friday’s fourth stage covers 142.5 kilometres from Bidbid Naf’a to Al Wadi al Kabir.
Stage
1. Marcel Kittel (GER/Project 1t4i), 140.5 kms in 3: 23:00
2. Andre Greipel (GER) same time
3. Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) same time
4. Tyler Farrar (USA) same time
5. Peter Sagan (SVQ) same time
6. Tom Boonen (BEL) same time
7. Andrea Guardini (ITA) same time
8. Mark Cavendish (GBR) same time
9. Graeme Brown (AUS) same time
10. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU) same time
Overall
1. Andre Greipel (GER/Lotto) en 9 h 59:41
2. Peter Sagan (SVQ) at 2.
3. Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) at 8.
4. Baden Cooke (AUS) at 9.
5. Tom Jelte Slagter (NED) at 11.
6. Tony Gallopin (FRA) at 12.
7. Christopher Sutton (AUS) same time
8. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) at 15.
9. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU) same time
10. Fabian Cancellara (SUI) at 19.
