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Gilbert celebra su victoria en Namur
Philippe Gilbert se ha impuesto en la tercera etapa del Tour de Valonia con una clarísima autoridad al llegar en solitario a la ciudadela de Namur tras cubrir los 207 kilómetros que han unido la histórica ciudad belga con otra localidad de gran tradición ciclista como es Bastoña o, lo que es lo mismo, la jornada más larga de esta edición de la competición.
Cyril Lemoine, el francés del Cofidis, fue el último de los hombres que habían rodado fugados durante gran parte del día en ser alcanzado por el pelotón. Junto a él, rodaron destacados Antoione Duchesne (Europcar), Gedimias Bagdonas (AG2R), Gatis Smukulis (Katusha) y Ludwig De Winter (Wallonie-Bruxelles).
Lemoine fue neutralizado, como decimos, ya en el recinto de la ciudadela de Namur donde la victoria se disputó sobre un final de los que le gustan al ex campeón del mundo, un largo y durísimo sprint en subida en el que finalmente consiguió sacar de rueda a todos sus rivales y aventajar en 4 segundos a sus competidores más directos.
Gilbert, al que no se espera en la Vuelta a España, ha regresado a la competición tras un pequeño descanso con la mirada puesta en el Mundial de Richmond y mostrando una gran condición física. Hace sólo unos días, en la primera carrera tras ese parón que se extendía desde la Vuelta a Suiza, se alzó con el triunfo en el GP Cerami.
El holandés del Etixx-Quick Step Niki Terpstra continúa al frente de la general a falta de dos etapas para terminar la carrera.
1ª (Terpstra) / 2ª (Danny Van Poppel)
CLASIFICACIÓN 3ª ETAPA
| 1 | Philippe GILBERT | BEL | BMC | 33 | 5:32:35 |
| 2 | Pieter SERRY | BEL | EQS | 27 | +4 |
| 3 | Thomas SPRENGERS | BEL | TSV | 25 | +4 |
| 4 | Sergey LAGUTIN | RUS | KAT | 34 | +4 |
| 5 | Arthur VICHOT | FRA | FDJ | 27 | +4 |
| 6 | Jelle VANENDERT | BEL | LTS | 30 | +4 |
| 7 | Boy VAN POPPEL | NED | TFR | 27 | +4 |
| 7 | Danny VAN POPPEL | NED | TFR | 22 | +4 |
| 8 | Niki TERPSTRA | NED | EQS | 31 | +4 |
| 9 | Björn LEUKEMANS | BEL | WGG | 38 | +4 |
| 10 | Matti BRESCHEL | DEN | TCS | 31 | +4 |
| 11 | Jurgen ROELANDTS | BEL | LTS | 30 | +4 |
| 12 | Oliver NAESEN | BEL | TSV | 25 | +10 |
| 13 | Victor CAMPENAERTS | BEL | TSV | 24 | +10 |
| 14 | Loic VLIEGEN | BEL | BMC | 22 | +10 |
| 15 | Anthony ROUX | FRA | FDJ | 28 | +15 |
| 16 | Matthieu BOULO | FRA | BSE | 26 | +15 |
| 17 | Antoine WARNIER | BEL | WBC | 22 | +15 |
| 18 | Fabio FELLINE | ITA | TFR | 25 | +15 |
| 19 | Viacheslav KUZNETSOV | RUS | KAT | 26 | +15 |
| 20 | Thomas DEGAND | BEL | IAM | 29 | +15 |
| 21 | Loïc CHETOUT | FRA | COF | 23 | +21 |
| 22 | Axel DOMONT | FRA | ALM | 25 | +21 |
| 23 | Fabrice JEANDESBOZ | FRA | EUC | 31 | +21 |
| 24 | Dries DEVENYNS | BEL | IAM | 32 | +30 |
| 25 | Antoine DUCHESNE | CAN | EUC | 24 | +30 |
| 26 | Sébastien DELFOSSE | BEL | WBC | 33 | +30 |
| 27 | Olivier CHEVALIER | BEL | WBC | 25 | +30 |
| 28 | Boris VALLEE | BEL | LTS | 22 | +30 |
| 29 | Kevin ISTA | BEL | WBC | 31 | +30 |
| 30 | Edwig CAMMAERTS | BEL | VER | 28 | +30 |
| 31 | Jay MCCARTHY | AUS | TCS | 23 | +30 |
| 32 | Marcus BURGHARDT | GER | BMC | 32 | +30 |
| 33 | Sébastien TURGOT | FRA | ALM | 31 | +30 |
| 34 | Antoine DEMOITIE | BEL | WBC | 25 | +30 |
| 35 | Pierre-Henri LECUISINIER | FRA | FDJ | 22 | +30 |
| 36 | Jelle WALLAYS | BEL | TSV | 26 | +30 |
| 37 | Cyril LEMOINE | FRA | COF | 32 | +39 |
| 38 | Patrick SCHELLING | SUI | IAM | 25 | +52 |
| 39 | Nikolas MAES | BEL | EQS | 29 | +52 |
| 40 | Frederik VEUCHELEN | BEL | WGG | 37 | +52 |
| 41 | Michael MORKOV | DEN | TCS | 30 | +52 |
| 42 | Christophe LABORIE | FRA | BSE | 29 | +52 |
| 43 | Benoit JARRIER | FRA | BSE | 26 | +52 |
| 44 | Gijs VAN HOECKE | BEL | TSV | 24 | +1:20 |
| 45 | Arnaud COURTEILLE | FRA | FDJ | 26 | +1:44 |
| 46 | Daniel MCLAY | GBR | BSE | 23 | +1:46 |
| 47 | Anthony GESLIN | FRA | FDJ | 35 | +1:51 |
| 48 | Gediminas BAGDONAS | LTU | ALM | 30 | +2:39 |
| 49 | Ilnur ZAKARIN | RUS | KAT | 26 | +2:48 |
| 50 | Edward THEUNS | BEL | TSV | 24 | +3:36 |
| 51 | Jerome COUSIN | FRA | EUC | 26 | +3:40 |
| 52 | Christopher JUUL JENSEN | DEN | TCS | 26 | +3:49 |
| 53 | Jonas VANGENECHTEN | BEL | IAM | 29 | +4:37 |
| 54 | Sergei CHERNETSKI | RUS | KAT | 25 | +4:37 |
| 55 | Roy JANS | BEL | WGG | 25 | +4:53 |
| 56 | Pavel BRUTT | RUS | TCS | 33 | +4:53 |
| 57 | Tosh VAN DER SANDE | BEL | LTS | 25 | +4:53 |
| 58 | Sébastien MINARD | FRA | ALM | 33 | +4:53 |
| 59 | Julien BERARD | FRA | ALM | 28 | +4:53 |
| 60 | Tony HUREL | FRA | EUC | 28 | +4:53 |
| 61 | Ludwig DE WINTER | BEL | WBC | 23 | +5:59 |
| 62 | Gregory HABEAUX | BEL | WBC | 33 | +6:52 |
| 63 | Yaroslav POPOVYCH | UKR | TFR | 35 | +7:26 |
| 64 | Yauheni HUTAROVICH | BLR | BSE | 32 | +7:26 |
| 65 | Stijn VANDENBERGH | BEL | EQS | 31 | +7:26 |
| 66 | Rick ZABEL | GER | BMC | 22 | +7:26 |
| 67 | Jean-Pierre DRUCKER | LUX | BMC | 29 | +7:26 |
| 68 | Simon PELLAUD | SUI | IAM | 23 | +7:26 |
| 69 | Simone ANTONINI | ITA | WGG | 24 | +7:26 |
| 70 | Yannick MARTINEZ | FRA | EUC | 27 | +7:26 |
| 71 | Kenny DE HAES | BEL | LTS | 31 | +7:26 |
| 72 | Tom BOONEN | BEL | EQS | 35 | +7:26 |
| 73 | Michael VAN STAEYEN | BEL | COF | 27 | +7:26 |
| 74 | Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK | BEL | TSV | 28 | +7:26 |
| 75 | Peter VELITS | SVK | BMC | 30 | +7:26 |
| 76 | Gert JOEAAR | EST | COF | 28 | +7:26 |
| 77 | Pirmin LANG | SUI | IAM | 31 | +7:26 |
| 78 | Gatis SMUKULIS | LAT | KAT | 28 | +7:26 |
| 79 | Alessandro DE MARCHI | ITA | BMC | 29 | +7:26 |
| 80 | Fabio SABATINI | ITA | EQS | 30 | +13:13 |
| 81 | Martin VELITS | SVK | EQS | 30 | +13:13 |
| 82 | Boris DRON | BEL | WGG | 27 | +13:13 |
| 83 | Enrico GASPAROTTO | ITA | WGG | 33 | +13:13 |
| DNF | Samuel DUMOULIN | FRA | ALM | 35 | |
| DNF | Kris BOECKMANS | BEL | LTS | 28 | |
| DNF | Aleksei TCATEVICH | RUS | KAT | 26 | |
| DNF | Hayden ROULSTON | NZL | TFR | 34 | |
| DNF | Jonas AHLSTRAND | SWE | COF | 25 | |
| DNF | Romain GUILLEMOIS | FRA | EUC | 24 | |
| DNF | Danilo NAPOLITANO | ITA | WGG | 34 | |
| DNF | Robin STENUIT | BEL | VER | 25 | |
| DNF | Serge DE WORTELAER | BEL | VER | 24 |
GENERAL TRAS 3ª ETAPA
| 1 | Niki TERPSTRA | Netherlands | EQS | 31 | 14:40:00 |
| 2 | Victor CAMPENAERTS | Belgium | TSV | 24 | +16 |
| 3 | Sergey LAGUTIN | Russia | KAT | 34 | +36 |
| 4 | Loic VLIEGEN | Belgium | BMC | 22 | +42 |
| 5 | Antoine WARNIER | Belgium | WBC | 22 | +52 |
| 6 | Boris VALLEE | Belgium | LTS | 22 | +59 |
| 7 | Antoine DEMOITIE | Belgium | WBC | 25 | +1:01 |
| 8 | Sébastien TURGOT | France | ALM | 31 | +1:01 |
| 9 | Philippe GILBERT | Belgium | BMC | 33 | +1:08 |
| 10 | Danny VAN POPPEL | Netherlands | TFR | 22 | +1:10 |
| 11 | Pieter SERRY | Belgium | EQS | 27 | +1:14 |
| 12 | Matti BRESCHEL | Denmark | TCS | 31 | +1:16 |
| 13 | Thomas SPRENGERS | Belgium | TSV | 25 | +1:18 |
| 14 | Jurgen ROELANDTS | Belgium | LTS | 30 | +1:20 |
| 15 | Arthur VICHOT | France | FDJ | 27 | +1:22 |
| 16 | Jelle VANENDERT | Belgium | LTS | 30 | +1:22 |
| 17 | Björn LEUKEMANS | Belgium | WGG | 38 | +1:22 |
| 18 | Viacheslav KUZNETSOV | Russia | KAT | 26 | +1:31 |
| 19 | Fabio FELLINE | Italy | TFR | 25 | +1:33 |
| 20 | Matthieu BOULO | France | BSE | 26 | +1:33 |
| 21 | Thomas DEGAND | Belgium | IAM | 29 | +1:33 |
| 22 | Marcus BURGHARDT | Germany | BMC | 32 | +1:44 |
| 23 | Jelle WALLAYS | Belgium | TSV | 26 | +1:48 |
| 24 | Jay MCCARTHY | Australia | TCS | 23 | +1:48 |
| 25 | Michael MORKOV | Denmark | TCS | 30 | +2:07 |
| 26 | Sébastien DELFOSSE | Belgium | WBC | 33 | +2:09 |
| 27 | Nikolas MAES | Belgium | EQS | 29 | +2:10 |
| 28 | Christophe LABORIE | France | BSE | 29 | +2:10 |
| 29 | Edwig CAMMAERTS | Belgium | VER | 28 | +2:18 |
| 30 | Gijs VAN HOECKE | Belgium | TSV | 24 | +2:36 |
| 31 | Oliver NAESEN | Belgium | TSV | 25 | +3:06 |
| 32 | Olivier CHEVALIER | Belgium | WBC | 25 | +3:28 |
| 33 | Benoit JARRIER | France | BSE | 26 | +3:50 |
| 34 | Daniel MCLAY | Great Britain | BSE | 23 | +3:55 |
| 35 | Gediminas BAGDONAS | Lithuania | ALM | 30 | +4:23 |
| 36 | Anthony ROUX | France | FDJ | 28 | +4:39 |
| 37 | Edward THEUNS | Belgium | TSV | 24 | +4:54 |
| 38 | Jerome COUSIN | France | EUC | 26 | +4:58 |
| 39 | Cyril LEMOINE | France | COF | 32 | +4:59 |
| 40 | Christopher JUUL JENSEN | Denmark | TCS | 26 | +5:05 |
| 41 | Kevin ISTA | Belgium | WBC | 31 | +5:07 |
| 42 | Jonas VANGENECHTEN | Belgium | IAM | 29 | +5:53 |
| 43 | Tony HUREL | France | EUC | 28 | +6:11 |
| 44 | Roy JANS | Belgium | WGG | 25 | +6:39 |
| 45 | Axel DOMONT | France | ALM | 25 | +6:46 |
| 46 | Anthony GESLIN | France | FDJ | 35 | +7:55 |
| 47 | Yauheni HUTAROVICH | Belarus | BSE | 32 | +8:21 |
| 48 | Patrick SCHELLING | Switzerland | IAM | 25 | +8:22 |
| 49 | Fabrice JEANDESBOZ | France | EUC | 31 | +8:24 |
| 50 | Rick ZABEL | Germany | BMC | 22 | +8:42 |
| 51 | Pirmin LANG | Switzerland | IAM | 31 | +8:44 |
| 52 | Ludwig DE WINTER | Belgium | WBC | 23 | +8:52 |
| 53 | Ilnur ZAKARIN | Russia | KAT | 26 | +8:52 |
| 54 | Arnaud COURTEILLE | France | FDJ | 26 | +9:14 |
| 55 | Peter VELITS | Slovakia | BMC | 30 | +9:14 |
| 56 | Michael VAN STAEYEN | Belgium | COF | 27 | +9:14 |
| 57 | Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK | Belgium | TSV | 28 | +9:14 |
| 58 | Pavel BRUTT | Russia | TCS | 33 | +9:15 |
| 59 | Antoine DUCHESNE | Canada | EUC | 24 | +10:19 |
| 60 | Frederik VEUCHELEN | Belgium | WGG | 37 | +10:25 |
| 61 | Dries DEVENYNS | Belgium | IAM | 32 | +10:30 |
| 62 | Sergei CHERNETSKI | Russia | KAT | 25 | +10:41 |
| 63 | Jean-Pierre DRUCKER | Luxembourg | BMC | 29 | +11:57 |
| 64 | Gatis SMUKULIS | Latvia | KAT | 28 | +12:03 |
| 65 | Tom BOONEN | Belgium | EQS | 35 | +12:03 |
| 66 | Tosh VAN DER SANDE | Belgium | LTS | 25 | +14:25 |
| 67 | Boy VAN POPPEL | Netherlands | TFR | 27 | +14:41 |
| 68 | Kenny DE HAES | Belgium | LTS | 31 | +15:06 |
| 69 | Loïc CHETOUT | France | COF | 23 | +15:16 |
| 70 | Pierre-Henri LECUISINIER | France | FDJ | 22 | +18:14 |
| 71 | Yannick MARTINEZ | France | EUC | 27 | +18:52 |
| 72 | Gert JOEAAR | Estonia | COF | 28 | +18:52 |
| 73 | Simon PELLAUD | Switzerland | IAM | 23 | +18:54 |
| 74 | Stijn VANDENBERGH | Belgium | EQS | 31 | +19:13 |
| 75 | Alessandro DE MARCHI | Italy | BMC | 29 | +19:13 |
| 76 | Fabio SABATINI | Italy | EQS | 30 | +21:54 |
| 77 | Julien BERARD | France | ALM | 28 | +22:05 |
| 78 | Yaroslav POPOVYCH | Ukraine | TFR | 35 | +22:21 |
| 79 | Sébastien MINARD | France | ALM | 33 | +23:47 |
| 80 | Simone ANTONINI | Italy | WGG | 24 | +26:23 |
| 81 | Martin VELITS | Slovakia | EQS | 30 | +26:49 |
| 82 | Gregory HABEAUX | Belgium | WBC | 33 | +27:23 |
| 83 | Enrico GASPAROTTO | Italy | WGG | 33 | +27:40 |
| 84 | Boris DRON | Belgium | WGG | 27 | +35:36 |
