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Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) before the start of Stage 3
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Contador will like Thursday's Stage 4 to Green Mountain.
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The breakaway, including yet again most aggressive rider Bobbie Traksel (Champion System), right, rides by a camel.
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The peloton rides by a fruit stand.
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Stage 3 is headed to Wadi Dayqah Dam.
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Bobbie Traksel in the breakaway
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Breakaway riders
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Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard)
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  A second consecutive stage win for race leader Peter Sagan (Cannondale)
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Sagan
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Omani children at the finish
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Sagan speaks to the media.
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Sagan on the podium
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