Tour of Oman. Stage 3.

Early reports and not from Ant say

Kittel, Greipel, Cavendish that would be nice for me

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The break has been caught inside of 3k at #tourofoman according to @antmccrossan. We'll see how we do! #OPQS

I hope Steegmans does well; they said he was going to have a go at some point!

Yassssssssssssss, i win

Kittel

kittel wins

Break is caught. 3k to go.

1km to go, this is where the updates normally die off

5k Sky driving the pack into the finish, Cav's to lose i think

23 secs now. Reckon Cav is going to win if he doesn't crash. Hope Sagan comes high up!

23 seconds 10 km

About 10k to go now.

http://twitpic.com/8kmz6m

Down to 35 seconds now, break over, Sky pushing hard, so could be Cav's day

This is the latest from twitter from Team Sky.

The riders are heading towards Muscat now. There is a slight rise and then the final five kilometres are pan flat. #TourOfOman

From yesterday

That really was a steep finish at the #TourOfOman yesterday! Should be one for the sprinters again today on stage three.

Seems like Team Sky didn't know the profile very well either?!

Yeah i had him in the TDU i think and brought him in for Qatar and then had to switch him out after stage 1, i didn't notice he withdrew, i cant remember

Gap is now 1.13 for the 4 leaders with 15kms to go

Come on boys, push on and Lemaire to win

@Gkam84

Clarke didn't ride in Qatar. He was ill. Well back on 1st stage of Oman and second as well. Thought stage 4 might suit him better but he obviously chose today as it's downhill at the beginning and therefore a little easier. Doubt if he's recovered enough to stay away from the peleton though.

Score 65 points for me in TDU when he did stay away that's why I have a soft spot for him. Main reason I'm high up in the overall.

Guardini had better do well as he was the one I put in for Clarke! Bet Cav wins after I took him out as well! Break will be caught I'm sure or at least I hope it will. If Clarke wins I'll be really pissed off!

Took Clarke out after 1 as I thought he wasn't recovered yet. Seems to be now!

40 km to go

kms to the finish?

Four guys away, with 1.25 of a gap, it was as much as 3.30

Clarke (CSS), Isaychev (KAT), Lemaire (BGT) & Hulsmans (FAR)

So who all took Lemaire out

I made one change to still keep my 4 transfers i need for tomorrow's stage 4

Nacer Bouhanni in for Aidis Kruopis

Dropped Cav for Sagan as he should do well in 4 as well. There's a little kick up at the end, it's not all downhill. Reckon Cav might be a bit off-colour. Hoping Oss does well and leads out Sagan.

So annotying that Sohrabi pulled out, I've had an empty space in my team because I picked wrong from the start and had to compensate by BARE transfers.

LAME

Biting the bullet and no t/f for me. Giving me four to play with for stage 4

A pitiful 49 points today, so had to make a couple of changes..

Peter Sagan in, Marcel Kittel out
Nacer Bouhanni in, Adam Blythe out.

Probably be a Kittel/Blythe 1-2...

Ho Hum

Well it is downhill, that should help

Made no changes to my team and got the rollover 4 transfers for stage 4.

But i have to admit it's Cav's last hurrah before the hills so i'm going for him to at least contest the stage and finally get me a few points.