Giro d'Italia stage 3: Rapallo > Sestri Levante, 136kms
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Philippe Gilbert and his BMC team are warming up in Rapallo - the signs of a hard stage coming today...
The beefy boys of Orica-Green Edge are also warming up, they knows there's some hard work to be done...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 3
Leopold Konig and Richie Porte are turning their legs behind Sky's bus - even the best men are warming up..!
Gilbert is leading a 20-man escape up the first climb, thanks to that warm-up..!
Edoardo Zardini of Bardiani senses the break is too big and takes off on the next climb...
Adam Hansen is chasing ??? at 20-seconds with the peloton still about two minutes down...
Fabio Silvestre has crashed at the back of the peloton - but he's unhurt...
Zardini has been joined by Dillier, Samoilau, and Herrada, but their advantage is small...
Ivan Rovny leads the Tinkoff express in pursuit - the gap is down to about one minute...
Andre Greipel cannot maintain the pace on the penultimate climb, this is another sprinter ousted by the Tinkoff train...
A regroupment in front sees Paterski leading the race with one climb and 50-kilometres to go...
Pavel Kochtekov has attacked over the summit of the final climb and leads by 25-seconds on the long descent...
Giro d'Italia - Stage 3
Kochetkov is now ahead by 45-seconds as the road levels off with 20-kilometres to go...
Incredibly, Tinkoff is chasing still, and they've been doing just that for over 100-kilometres..!
Giro d'Italia - Stage 3
Hansen leads a new escape with Simon Clarke and Paterski, but Tinkoff is chasing this too..!
Michael Matthews wins stage three as race-leader of the Giro d'Italia..!
