The Rothaus Regio-Tour International takes place across 3 countries - Germany, France and Switzerland.

Stage 3 is the 2nd German stage covering a total of 159.4km from Wehr to Schopfheim. There are 3 categorised climbs to the course, each them a category 2 plus a few intermediate sprints to contest.

In an audacious solo break away, Andy Cappelle (Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner) won the stage by over 5 minutes. Cappelle was behind the race leader Moises Duenas Nevado (Agritubel) by over 13 minutes so there was no urgency for him to be tracked down. Nevado was able to retain his lead, although it was cut to 42" by Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Fuerteventura - Canarias) who finished 6th in the stage.

Thanks to his long, long break, Capelle picked up 2 of the 3 sprinters top points and all of the top mountains points on a very profitable day for he and his team. The sprint points zips him to the lead in that classification while the mountains points puts him into 3rd place.

Stage 3 Results (Top 10)

1 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                   3.56.24
2 Paul Voss (Ger) Team 3C - Gruppe Lamonta                                      4.45
3 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      
4 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                      
5 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               
6 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura - Canarias                 
7 Richard Faltus (Cze) Team Sparkasse                                        
8 Thomas Wagner (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
9 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                           
10 Björn Thurau (Ger) Atlas - Romer's Hausbäckerei                           

Overall GC Standings

1 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                                     12.35.28
2 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura - Canarias                       0.42
3 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura - Canarias                              0.55
4 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                0.57
5 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                                   1.01
6 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                                          
7 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni- Selle Italia           
8 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Team Regiostrom - Senges                           
9 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                       
10 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          

Sprint Classification

1 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner               21 pts
2 Mikel Artetxe Gezuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura - Canarias         18
3 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                       15

Mountain Classification

1 Dailos Diaz Armas (Spa) Fuerteventura - Canarias               44 pts
2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        26
3 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner          18

Young Rider Classification

1 Moises Duenas Nevado (Spa) Agritubel                                   12.35.28
2 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             0.57
3 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo             1.01
4 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          
5 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Tenax Salmilano                                   

Teams

1 Tinkoff Credit System                                              37.51.03
2 Fuerteventura-Canarias                                                    
3 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                                  2.57