Tour of Oman Stage 3: Nakhal Fort - Wadi Dayqah Dam 190 km

Dirk Demol holds a team talk with his Radio Shack riders before the start...

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The peloton sets off from the spectacular fort at Nakhal...

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Ryota Nishizono leads today's hopeful escape away - incredibly, Bobby Traksel is in it again..!

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Alberto Contador gets his bike fixed as the peloton saunters along...

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Vincenzo Nibali comes back to see his ex-Liquias colleagues, Peter Sagan and Alberto Volpi...

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Jae Chan Jang leads the escape with Traksel taking his turn near the front...

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Cannondale is now chasing steadily with the gap at about six minutes...

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The peloton is still intact as it climbs the main ascent of the day almost halfway thrpugh the stage...

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Track specialist, Chan Jae Jang, is showing a lot of promise in his first year on the road...

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The power of Cannondale and Sky can be seen in this overhead shot of the chase...

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Philippe Gilbert and Matthew Goss must fancy their chances in today's short-hill finish...

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The scenery in Oman is making up for the lack of racing by the peloton...

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Christian Della Selle leads the escape now, they want to be caught but the peloton isn't playing this game...

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The peloton has been sitting on a one-minute gap for almost one hour..!

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Dutch champion Niki Terpstra fills up for his teamates...

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French champion Nacer Bouhanni fills up for his FDJ teamates...

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Chinese championGang Xu collects bottles for his Champion Sports teamates...

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Belgian champion Tom Boonenis working at the front now, no bottle carrying for him..!

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Bradley Wiggins and his Sky teamates now lead the race into the hills with 10-kilometres to go...

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Wiggins looks good as he stretches rivals' energies one last time...

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Brett Lancaster attacks with five-kilometres to go, but he''l be caught before the final ascent...

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Peter Sagan wins stage 3 after attacking in the last 500-metres - he beats Van Avermaet and Gallopin by about ten metres..!

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Chris Froome finishes 13th, and loses a few seconds to overall rivals, Contador, Nibali and Velits...

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