Hushovd tops the GC of Tour of Missouri!
In a spectacular sprint finale with strong support from Cervélo TestTeam, Thor Hushovd was victorious today winning the third stage of the Tour of Missouri.
As the breakaway of the day with William Frischkorn (Garmin-Slipstream) and Matthew Wilson (Team Type 1) was brought back within the final 10 km, Cervélo stayed patient and in the last kilometre on a tough hill, Cervélo’s Heinrich Haussler launched an attack followed by teammate Brett Lancaster’s attack. When Columbia-HTC brought him back, Cervélo took it over and Thor was able to sprint to a first place finish.
The 183.9 km stage from Farmington to Rolla was the third time lucky for Hushovd who finished third in Monday’s first stage and second yesterday. Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) and Quick Step’s Dario Cataldo finished 2nd and 3rd consecutively with Cavendish managing a fifth place result.
The win puts Hushovd in the race leader’s jersey* although he is now equal on time with Cavendish.
| 1 | Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo Test Team | 11:27:19 | |
| 2 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-HTC | ||
| 3 | Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:04 | |
| 4 | Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Team Type 1 | 0:00:12 | |
| 5 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana | 0:00:14 |