Tour of China 2014 Stage 3

                     Kamil Gradek wins stage 3 at Tour of China

Kamil Gradek won stage 3 of this year’s Tour of China, after 123 kilometers of racing from Nanjiang Guangwu Mountain to Nanjiiang.

The Polish rider finished ahead of Marco Zanotti and Jack Beckinsale by more than half a minute to claim the stage. 

In addition, his performance today also wrested the leader’s jersey from his teammate Pawel Bernas, who he now leads by 36 seconds.

Top 10 Finishers 

1 Kamil Gradek (Pol) BDC Marcpol

2 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT

3 Jack Beckinsale (Aus) Avanti Racing)    

4 Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Avanti Racing    

5 William Clarke (Aus) Drapac Professional)    

6 Andreas Hofer (Ast) Team Vorarlberg    

7 Jordi Simon Casulleras (Spa) Team Ecuador    

8 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Synergy Baku Cycling    

9 Daniel Dominguez Barragan (Spa) Christina Watches-Kuma    

10 Alex Surutkovich (Ukr) Synergy Baku Cycling    

General classification after stage 3    

 

1
Kamil Gradek (Pol) BDC Marcpol
7:00:46

2
Pawel Bernas (Pol) BDC Marcpol
0:00:36

3
Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Synergy Baku Cycling
0:00:42

4
Oleksandr Polivoda (Ukr) Kolss Cycling Team    

5
Marco Zanotti (Ita) Parkhotel Valkenburg CT
0:00:44

6
Neil Van Der Ploeg (Aus) Avanti Racing    

7
Andreas Hofer (Ast) Team Vorarlberg
0:00:45

8
Jack Beckinsale (Aus) Avanti Racing)
0:00:46

9
Jingbiao Zhao (Chn) Hengxiang Cycling Team
0:00:47

10
Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Continental Astana
0:00:48