Belgian Kevin Ista (Agritubel) powered to victory on his Kuota KOM to take Stage 3 of the 36th Tour Méditerranéen - 2.1.
Meanwhile after Stage 6 Geoffroy Lequatre has moved up to 11th on GC just ahead of Brits Christopher Froome, Stephen Cummings and David Millar.
Stage 3 Result
1 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 1.33.16 (47.476 km/h) 2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 5 William Bonnet (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 7 Daniele Gallegarin (Ita) Centri Della Calzatura 8 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 9 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia - Bossini Docce 10 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 11 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 14 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 15 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 16 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Agritubel 18 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 19 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 20 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
Final general classification 1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.09.19 2 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 0.24 3 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Slipstream 0.52 4 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1.23 5 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1.27 6 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2.08 7 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.12 8 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun 2.41 9 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 2.50 10 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.16 11 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 3.21 12 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 3.36 13 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 3.44 14 Steven Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 4.40 15 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 4.41