Tour of Qatar Stage 3: Duhkan > Al Gharafa Stadium, 146.5kms

There's a big group of school children cheering at the Tour of Qatar cyclists...

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Rabobank are using the tranquility of a MacDonalds restaurant for a serious pre-stage tactical talk...

Mark Cavendish spends a few minutes signing autographs for the kids...

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Mikhail Ignativev is towing a four-man escape away right from the start...

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No-one's too interested in the escape - Ian Stannard enjoys a chat with Gilbert and Blythe...

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Adam Blythe gets news and a time-check on the escape from manager, John Lelangue...

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As well as gas and oil, Qatar has more than its fair-share of cement factories for its growing construction industry...

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Juan Antonio Flecha gets his bike fixed by a Team Sky mechanic...

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Meet Jacob Rathe, an American new-boy on Team Garmin who's leading the chase...

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Mark Renshaw gets his bike fixed on a day when his sprint is expected to be sharp..!

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Fumiyuki Beppu wears his Japanese champion's jersey with pride...

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Cavendish has Irish champion Matt Brammeier for company in this multi-coloured peloton...

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The escape has Iran's Mehdi Sohrabi leading it to a five-minute lead...

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Thomas Bertolini needs his bike seeing to if he's going to make it back to Doha today..!

Baden Cooke lends a hand by fetching water-bottles for his Green Edge teamates...

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Tom Boonen has plenty of time to drop back to his team car for a chat and a laugh...

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Yaroslav Popovych needs a wheel-change as the good roads end and the gritty ones begin...

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Brammeier is hard at work on front of the peloton - the gap has to come down soon..!

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The change in pace has blown Giacomo Nizzolo out of the peloton...

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Garmin's Jack Bauer needs a wheel-change, but it has cost him a place in the fast-moving peloton...

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Luca Ascani seems stressed about something...

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The peloton is in three clear pieces - and Taylor Phinney has chosen a bad time to get a flat tyre..!

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Alexandre Lemair was in the long escape but still keeps his place at the head of a 30-man group that's moved in front...

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Boonen isn't laughing any more - he's also at the front driving the pace along with Thomas Dekker...

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It's a sprint between Cavendish, Boonen - and Green Edge's Aidis Kruopis..!

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Mark Cavendish wins stage three - it is his first victory as the reigning World Champion..!

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