Alessandro Petacchi has avoided the drop. Britain's Mark Cavendish and the German Heinrich Haussler, no. Passing on the side, the Italian was left far behind him all the big guys in the sprint to win the third stage of the Tour of Switzerland. Cavendish and Haussler, the center of the road in the last meters, were the first to fall, imitated by other riders, including Belgian Tom Boonen. The German Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia), simply delayed by the collapse occurred at a hundred meters from the finish, retained the yellow jersey.
A bit of success for Petacchi, who had recently left the Giro before the halfway (Step 8), due to a bronchial problem. The Ligurian, who is 36 years, has nearly 150 wins to his name. But he had never won a stage in the Tour of Switzerland. In this stage of 192 kilometers, the French Brice Feillu has had a long solo breakaway, from the 10th kilometer. The winner of the stage of Arcalis in the Tour de France 2009 has counted up to 9 min 27 sec ahead (35 km) before being joined at 24 km from the finish.
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