Orisha TV / Ruta del Sol - Stage Three Highlights: Details

  • 00'01": Stage Kickoff
  • 00'30": First attack of the day - a 15-man break goes away.
  • 01'16": The lead group spilts, just nine riders stays at the front.
  • 01'26": Pedro Marichalar first across the line at the Bujalance mid-stage sprint, with Guennadi Mikhailov in second place.
  • 01'33": Petacchi's Milram teammates drive the bunch.
  • 01'50": The escapees - notably 3 Molinos' Santos González - seen from different perspectives.
  • 02'04": Meta Volante #2 at Villa del Rio: it's Marichalar again! (Mikhailov took third)
  • 02'07": The bunch came in at more than two and a half minutes.
  • 02'14": The leaders hit the first climb, Alto de Fuensanta (Cat.3).
  • 02'28": Jorge Azanza (Kaiku) comes first across the top. Then (02'34") comes the peloton.
  • 02'40": Meta Volante #3 at Montoro: Marichalar scores his hat-trick. He took the lead in the relative classification.
  • 02'50": The pack winds through Andalusia's picturesque roads and hamlets.
  • 03'02": The front group is up to 11 men as the leaders are caught by Vázquez, Peiró, Ballester and Luengo.
  • 03'06": The strung-out pack is riding harder now. The sprinters' teams do not want to waste another chance.
  • 03'21": Skirmishes in the front group as they hit the Alto de Villafranca. Olmo and Ballester ride away.
  • 04'13": The leading pair at the top of the last climb on today's menu.
  • 04'19": The bunch is on their heels.
  • 04'23": Frontrunners and chasers on their way to the line.
  • 04'34": Seven guys in the lead as Olmo and Ballester get caught by Paco Cabello, Joseba Albizu, Iker Flores, Jesús Hernández and Discovery's Leif Hoste.
  • 04'42": But back in pack the sprinters' chasing machines are doing a fine job.
  • 04'52": 2k to go for the escapees.
  • 04'59": The red pennant ... and the breakaway is nullified!
  • 05'07": And HERE COMES THE SPRINT! Boonen starts first, but AleJet easily comes around him and takes the stage.
  • 05'38": The Royal Sprint in slow motion, and from different perspectives.