Gilbert takes lead in Spain

Malaga - Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert won the third stage of the Tour of Spain on Monday, a 157.3km ride from Marbella to here and took the overall leader's red jersey.

The 28-year-old - a two-time winner of the prestigious Paris-Tours race - broke clear in the final kilometres and came home 14 seconds clear of Spaniard Joaquin Rodriguez.

"The target was to win the stage so getting the overall leader's jersey is a bonus," said Gilbert, who won the Amstel Gold Classic earlier this season.

Previous overall leader British rider Mark Cavendish suffered in the hot conditions on a stage which included a first category climb and along with Luxembourg star Andy Schleck was left trailing by the peloton.

Overall standings after the 3th stage:

1. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/OLO) 8hr 55min 56sec
2. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) at 0:00.
3. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/THR) 0:22.
4. Tejay Van Garderen (USA/THR) 0:26.
5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/LIQ) 0:28.
6. Peter Velits (SVK/THR) 0:28.
7. Igor Anton (ESP/EUS) 0:35.
8. Xavier Tondo (ESP/CTT) 0:35.
9. Frank Schleck (LUX/SAX) 0:36.
10. Xavier Florencio (ESP/CTT) 0:41.
11. Filippo Pozzato (ITA/KAT) 0:42.
12. Ivan Santaromita (ITA/LIQ) 0:43.
13. Roman Kreuziger (CZE/LIQ) 0:43.
14. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CTT) 0:46.
15. Inigo Cuesta (ESP/CTT) 0:46.
16. David Arroyo (ESP/GCE) 0:47.
17. Marzio Bruseghin (ITA/GCE) 0:47.
18. Ruben Plaza (ESP/GCE) 0:47.
19. Gustav Larsson (SWE/SAX) 0:47.
20. Andre Kashechkin (KAZ/LAM) 0:47.
21. Greg Van Avermaet (BEL/OLO) 0:48.
22. Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (ESP/KGZ) 0:48.
23. Jan Bakelants (BEL/OLO) 0:50.
24. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 0:50.
25. Nicolas Roche (IRL/ALM) 0:51.
26. Markus Fothen (GER/MRM) 0:51.
27. Carlos Barredo (ESP/QST) 0:51.
28. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/GCE) 0:53.
29. Vladimir Karpets (RUS/KAT) 0:53.
30. David Garcia (ESP/KGZ) 0:54.
31. Arthur Vichot (FRA/FDJ) 0:55.
32. Manuele Mori (ITA/LAM) 0:57.
33. Denis Menchov (RUS/RAB) 0:57.
34. Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR/SKY) 1:01.
35. Jean Christophe Peraud (FRA/OLO) 1:02.
36. Roy Sentjens (NED/MRM) 1:05.
37. Rigoberto Uran (COL/GCE) 1:05.
38. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/KAT) 1:07.
39. Daniele Bennati (ITA/LIQ) 1:11.
40. David Lopez (ESP/GCE) 1:12.
41. Alexandr Dyachenko (KAZ/AST) 1:14.
42. Sebastien Minard (FRA/COF) 1:15.
43. Javier Moreno (ESP/ACA) 1:22.
44. Pierre Rolland (FRA/BTL) 1:26.
45. Josep Jufre (ESP/AST) 1:28.
46. Mickael Cherel (FRA/FDJ) 1:30.
47. Grega Bole (SLO/LAM) 1:34.
48. Maciej Paterski (POL/LIQ) 1:36.
49. Assan Bazayev (KAZ/AST) 1:38.
50. Remy Di Gregorio (FRA/FDJ) 1:40.
51. Mikel Nieve (ESP/EUS) 1:43.
52. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 1:45.
53. Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (ESP/ACA) 1:46.
54. Thomas Lovkvist (SWE/SKY) 1:48.
55. David Moncouti (FRA/COF) 1:48.
56. Alexandre Kolobnev (RUS/KAT) 1:52.
57. Marco Marzano (ITA/LAM) 1:53.
58. Luis Pasamontes (ESP/GCE) 1:54.
59. Christophe Le Mevel (FRA/FDJ) 2:00.
60. Juan Manuel Garate (ESP/RAB) 2:03.
61. Serafen Martinez (ESP/KGZ) 2:16.
62. Niki Terpstra (NED/MRM) 2:22.
63. Marcos Garcia (ESP/KGZ) 2:22.
64. Oscar Pujol (ESP/CTT) 2:22.
65. Thomas Peterson (USA/GRM) 2:30.
66. Juan Jose Oroz (ESP/EUS) 2:31.
67. Ludovic Turpin (FRA/ALM) 2:35.
68. Jose Alberto Benitez (ESP/FOT) 2:49.
69. Johann Tschopp (SUI/BTL) 2:57.
70. Guillaume Bonnafond (FRA/ALM) 2:59.
71. Gustavo Cesar (ESP/KGZ) 3:03.
72. Blel Kadri (FRA/ALM) 3:31.
73. Giampaolo Caruso (ITA/KAT) 3:32.
74. Egoi Martinez (ESP/EUS) 3:33.
75. Mauro Finetto (ITA/LIQ) 3:39.
76. Sergey Renev (KAZ/AST) 4:43.
77. Enrico Gasparotto (ITA/AST) 5:13.
78. Mathieu Sprick (FRA/BTL) 8:08.
79. Grischa Niermann (GER/RAB) 11:07.
80. Jurgen Van Goolen (BEL/OLO) 11:20.
81. Dario Cataldo (ITA/QST) 11:26.
82. Imanol Erviti (ESP/GCE) 11:28.
83. Gonzalo Rabual (ESP/KGZ) 11:29.
84. Delio Fernandez (ESP/KGZ) 11:29.
85. Pablo Urtasun (ESP/EUS) 11:30.
86. Gorka Verdugo (ESP/EUS) 11:30.
87. Samuel Dumoulin (FRA/COF) 11:31.
88. Tony Gallopin (FRA/COF) 11:31.
89. Romain Zingle (BEL/COF) 11:31.
90. Javier Ramirez (ESP/ACA) 11:34.
91. Hubert Dupont (FRA/ALM) 11:36.
92. Juan Javier Javier Estr (ESP/ACA) 11:52.
93. Amets Txurruka (ESP/EUS) 12:33.
94. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/OLO) 12:41.
95. Joan Horrach (ESP/KAT) 13:05.
96. Andrey Zeits (KAZ/AST) 13:51.
97. Daniele Pietropolli (ITA/LAM) 14:27.
98. Andy Schleck (LUX/SAX) 14:27.
99. Oliver Zaugg (SUI/LIQ) 14:29.
100. Christian Vande Velde (USA/GRM) 14:30.
101. Johannes Frohlinger (GER/MRM) 14:31.
102. Matteo Tosatto (ITA/QST) 14:36.
103. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 14:41.
104. Vincent Jerome (FRA/BTL) 14:52.
105. Anders Lund (DEN/SAX) 14:55.
106. Davide Malacarne (ITA/QST) 14:59.
107. Giampaolo Cheula (ITA/FOT) 15:10.
108. Markus Eichler (GER/MRM) 15:48.
109. Gustavo Rodriguez (ESP/KGZ) 16:01.
110. Nicolas Vogondy (FRA/BTL) 16:10.
111. Perrig Quemeneur (FRA/BTL) 16:10.
112. Jose Luis Arrieta (ESP/ALM) 17:48.
113. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA/LAM) 19:22.
114. Danilo Hondo (GER/LAM) 19:22.
115. Olivier Kaisen (BEL/OLO) 19:25.
116. Paul Voss (GER/MRM) 19:26.
117. Leif Hoste (BEL/OLO) 19:33.
118. Stefan Denifl (AUT/CTT) 19:35.
119. Benat Intxausti (ESP/EUS) 19:35.
120. Christophe Riblon (FRA/ALM) 19:41.
121. Nikolas Maes (BEL/QST) 19:41.
122. William Bonnet (FRA/BTL) 19:47.
123. Nico Sijmens (BEL/COF) 19:48.
124. Antonio Piedra (ESP/ACA) 19:57.
125. Manuel Ortega (ESP/ACA) 19:57.
126. Kasper Klostergaard (DEN/SAX) 20:06.
127. Martin Pedersen (DEN/FOT) 20:13.
128. Alexandre Pichot (FRA/BTL) 20:26.
129. Sergio Carrasco (ESP/ACA) 20:33.
130. Dominik Roels (GER/MRM) 20:35.
131. Vicente Garcia Acosta (ESP/GCE) 20:36.
132. Philip Deignan (NIR/CTT) 21:01.
133. Bjoern Schroeder (GER/MRM) 21:24.
134. Manuel Cardoso (POR/FOT) 21:45.
135. Daniele Righi (ITA/LAM) 23:43.
136. Martin Velits (SVK/THR) 23:59.
137. Mickael Delage (FRA/OLO) 24:04.
138. Mark Cavendish (GBR/THR) 24:54.
139. Matthew Goss (AUS/THR) 25:06.
140. Hayden Roulston (NZL/THR) 25:06.
141. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 25:15.
142. Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA/LIQ) 25:16.
143. Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR/FDJ) 25:19.
144. Stuart O'Grady (AUS/SAX) 25:20.
145. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 25:23.
146. Robert Forster (GER/MRM) 25:24.
147. Dominik Klemme (GER/SAX) 25:29.
148. Branislav Samoilav (BLR/QST) 25:29.
149. Angelo Furlan (ITA/LAM) 25:30.
150. Remi Pauriol (FRA/COF) 25:34.
151. Lars Bak (DEN/THR) 25:35.
152. Yoann Offredo (FRA/FDJ) 25:39.
153. Gianni Meersman (BEL/FDJ) 25:39.
154. Pierre Cazaux (FRA/FDJ) 25:39.
155. Juan Jose Haedo (ARG/SAX) 25:42.
156. Theo Bos (NED/CTT) 25:44.
157. Frederik Willems (BEL/LIQ) 25:45.
158. Koldo Fernandez (ESP/EUS) 25:46.
159. Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ/AST) 25:47.
160. Allan Davis (AUS/AST) 25:47.
161. Thor Hushovd (NOR/CTT) 25:48.
162. Vladimir Isaichev (RUS/KGZ) 25:49.
163. Ian Stannard (ENG/SKY) 25:50.
164. Simon Gerrans (AUS/SKY) 25:51.
165. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 25:58.
166. Enrique Mata (ESP/FOT) 26:03.
167. David Gutierrez Gutierrez (ESP/FOT) 26:03.
168. Oscar Freire (ESP/RAB) 26:08.
169. David Zabriskie (USA/GRM) 26:10.
170. Freddy Bichot (FRA/BTL) 26:11.
171. Kevin De Weert (BEL/QST) 26:12.
172. Johnnie Walker (AUS/FOT) 26:17.
173. Peter Kennaugh (GBR/SKY) 26:20.
174. Jose Vicente Toribio (ESP/ACA) 26:22.
175. Jorge Montenegro (ARG/ACA) 26:25.
176. Andreas Stauff (GER/QST) 26:28.
177. Sebastian Langeveld (NED/RAB) 26:37.
178. Denis Galimzyanov (RUS/KAT) 26:40.
179. Kjell Carlstrom (FIN/SKY) 26:48.
180. Michel Kreder (NED/GRM) 26:49.
181. Sebastien Hinault (FRA/ALM) 26:55.
182. Fabian Cancellara (SUI/SAX) 26:58.
183. Mauricio Ardila (COL/RAB) 27:09.
184. Mikhail Ignatiev (RUS/KAT) 27:30.
185. Bernhard Eisel (AUT/THR) 27:31.
186. Matthew Wilson (AUS/GRM) 28:01.
187. Rinaldo Nocentini (ITA/ALM) 28:31.
188. Dmitriy Kozontchuk (RUS/RAB) 29:00.
189. David Vitoria (SUI/FOT) 29:11.
190. Valentin Iglinskiy (KAZ/AST) 41:51.
191. Arnaud Labbe (FRA/COF) 43:03.
192. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 45:13.