Thursday 20 February 2014 17:35, UK
Chris Froome saw a late attack fall short as Andre Greipel regained the overall lead of the Tour of Oman by sprinting to his second victory of the race on stage three.
Stage three result
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol, 3:29:08
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale, same time
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ, st
4 Ben Swift (GB) Team Sky, st
5 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani-CSF, st
6 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana, st
8 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) NetApp-Endura, st
9 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
10 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani-CSF, st
Selected other
43 Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky, st
General classification
1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol, 10:44:20
2 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge, +8secs
3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha, +10
4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale, +14
5 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ, +16
6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, same time
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol, +19
8 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare, st
9 Ben Swift (GB) Team Sky, +20
10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo, st
Selected other
20 Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky, st