Vuelta al Pais Vasco Photos; Stage 3: Vitoria-Gasteiz → Eibar-Arrate, 164 km
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Yesterday stage 2 host, Vitoria-Gasteiz, was also the start for stage 3 (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
GreenEdge leading the rollout on a boarded road (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
Basque country scenery from the fifth climb (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
The view from the fifth categorized climb, Alto de Ixua (Cat. 1), at km 132 (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
Spaniard José Herrada Lopez (Movistar) won the fifth KOM (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
followed by Mads Christensen (Saxo Bank) who won the first four KOMs on the day (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
Crowds cheering on the soon to be KOM leader at the end of the day, Mads Christensen (Saxo Bank) (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
Belgians Jelle Vanendert and Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto Belisol) close behind in the next group (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
Big crowds on Alto de Ixua (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
On the final climb of seven climbs, three riders formed the winning group (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
1 km to go before the descending finish: Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) leading eventual winner Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Euskaltel - Euskadi and Christopher Horner (RadioShack-Nissan) (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
Tom Danielson (Garmin) finished 21st today, +35s (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
Christophe RIBLON (AG2R LA MONDIALE) was 23rd +50s (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
Sammy Sanchez wins for the three straight year in Eibar-Arrate. Finish photos on cyclingnews		share this photo
Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) celebrating his natural Txapelatrick... three wins in a row in Eibar-Arrate (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
That's a big smile (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
Today's win by 12s over the peloton makes Sammy Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) the new race leader (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
Mads Christensen (Saxo Bank) scooped up all the early KOMs and sprint points and is now the leader in both of these classifications (photo © Colin Flockton)		share this photo
Vuelta al Pais Vasco Photos; Stage 3: Vitoria-Gasteiz → Eibar-Arrate, 164 km
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