C’est l’Américain Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) qui a remporté la 3ème étape du Tour of Beijing entre Yanqing et le Temple de Qianjiadian Chao Yang. Au terme des 176 km, l’Américain devance facilement au sprint Luka Mezgec (Giant-Shimano) et Nikolas Maes (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) .
L’échappée du jour est à mettre au compte de 6 hommes avec Dayer Quintana (Movistar), Julien Bérard (Ag2r-La Mondiale, Pierre-Henri LECUISINIER (FDJ), Julian Alaphilippe (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), Michal Golas (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), et Karsten Kroon (Saxo Tinkoff). Ils vont posséder plus de 4 min d’avance sur le peloton.
Mais comme toutes les échappées depuis le début de l’épreuve, elle sera reprise à 15km de l’arrivée par un peloton emmené par les Orica, Giant et BMC.
Au final , Farrar remporte le sprint, et Philippe Gilbert reste toujours leader du général
Classement de la 3ème étape
| 1 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 4:15:46 | |
| 2 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant Shimano | ||
| 3 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 4 | Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 5 | Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 6 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky | ||
| 7 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 8 | Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 9 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| 10 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | ||
| 11 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant Shimano | ||
| 12 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 13 | Steele von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 14 | Paul Martens (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 15 | Fábio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 16 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 17 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant Shimano | ||
| 18 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge | ||
| 19 | Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 20 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale | ||
| 21 | Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar | ||
| 22 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 23 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 24 | Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| 25 | Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 26 | Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 27 | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 28 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 29 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 30 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky | ||
| 31 | Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing | ||
| 32 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant Shimano | ||
| 33 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 34 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 35 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 36 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 37 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing | ||
| 38 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| 39 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 40 | Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale | ||
| 41 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 42 | Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 43 | Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 44 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 45 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar | ||
| 46 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 47 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 48 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 49 | Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica-GreenEdge | ||
| 50 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 51 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 52 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| 53 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 54 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale | ||
| 55 | Rigoberto Urán (Col) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 56 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing | ||
| 57 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar | ||
| 58 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 59 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky | ||
| 60 | Björn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar | ||
| 61 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant Shimano | ||
| 62 | Dan Craven (Nam) Team Europcar | ||
| 63 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 64 | Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 65 | Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge | ||
| 66 | Phillip Gaimon (USA) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 67 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 68 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 69 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr | ||
| 70 | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 71 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | ||
| 72 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 73 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 74 | Julian Kern (Ger) Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| 75 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 76 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 77 | Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 78 | Gang Xu (Chn) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 79 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 80 | Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:00:12 | |
| 81 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant Shimano | 0:00:13 | |
| 82 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale | 0:00:15 | |
| 83 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky | 0:00:17 | |
| 84 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | 0:00:23 | |
| 85 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing | 0:00:30 | |
| 86 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:00:34 | |
| 87 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | 0:00:52 | |
| 88 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 89 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:01:07 | |
| 90 | Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:02:01 | |
| 91 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:02:47 | |
| 92 | Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky | 0:03:00 | |
| 93 | Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale | 0:03:52 | |
| 94 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha | ||
| 95 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar | ||
| 96 | Boris Vallee (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 97 | Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar | ||
| 98 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 99 | Lachlan Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 100 | Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:03:56 | |
| 101 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 102 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:03:59 | |
| 103 | Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar | ||
| 104 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar | ||
| 105 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 106 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 107 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:04:01 | |
| 108 | Dennis van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 109 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | ||
| 110 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 111 | Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| 112 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 113 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 114 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant Shimano | 0:05:31 | |
| 115 | Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 116 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing | ||
| 117 | Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 118 | Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale | ||
| 119 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida | ||
| 120 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 121 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 122 | Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Giant Shimano | ||
| 123 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 124 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 125 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:11:42 | |
| 126 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | 0:26:53 | |
| 127 | Maxime Daniel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| 128 | Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 129 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:26:55 | |
| 130 | Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing | ||
| 131 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing |
Classement général
| 1 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing | 11:07:35 | |
| 2 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant Shimano | 0:00:05 | |
| 3 | Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:07 | |
| 4 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:00:09 | |
| 5 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar | 0:00:10 | |
| 6 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant Shimano | 0:00:11 | |
| 7 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 8 | Sergei Chernetski (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 9 | Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| 10 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant Shimano | ||
| 11 | Paul Martens (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 12 | Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 13 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky | ||
| 14 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky | ||
| 15 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| 16 | Rigoberto Urán (Col) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 17 | Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant Shimano | ||
| 18 | Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 19 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| 20 | Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) BMC Racing | ||
| 21 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 22 | Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge | ||
| 23 | Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica-GreenEdge | ||
| 24 | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 25 | Julian Kern (Ger) Ag2r-La Mondiale | 0:00:16 | |
| 26 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:00:21 | |
| 27 | Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 28 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 29 | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 30 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Cannondale | ||
| 31 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 32 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky | ||
| 33 | Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar | 0:00:25 | |
| 34 | Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 35 | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 36 | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:00:27 | |
| 37 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 38 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing | ||
| 39 | Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky | ||
| 40 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 41 | Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar | ||
| 42 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | ||
| 43 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 44 | Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 45 | Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 46 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 47 | Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 48 | Phillip Gaimon (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 0:00:37 | |
| 49 | Gang Xu (Chn) Lampre-Merida | 0:00:44 | |
| 50 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr | 0:00:47 | |
| 51 | Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale | 0:00:50 | |
| 52 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | 0:00:53 | |
| 53 | Moreno Hofland (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | 0:01:00 | |
| 54 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 55 | Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol | 0:01:04 | |
| 56 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:01:06 | |
| 57 | Matthias Krizek (Aut) Cannondale | 0:01:07 | |
| 58 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:01:23 | |
| 59 | Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 60 | Caleb Ewan (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:01:32 | |
| 61 | Steele von Hoff (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | 0:01:46 | |
| 62 | Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale | ||
| 63 | Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant Shimano | 0:01:55 | |
| 64 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp | 0:01:58 | |
| 65 | Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | 0:02:20 | |
| 66 | Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar | ||
| 67 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:02:23 | |
| 68 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale | 0:02:35 | |
| 69 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky | 0:02:37 | |
| 70 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant Shimano | 0:02:45 | |
| 71 | Tom Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | 0:02:47 | |
| 72 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:02:56 | |
| 73 | Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:03:01 | |
| 74 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:03:16 | |
| 75 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:04:26 | |
| 76 | Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar | 0:04:34 | |
| 77 | Lachlan Morton (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | 0:04:36 | |
| 78 | Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar | 0:04:38 | |
| 79 | Tosh Van der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:04:57 | |
| 80 | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:04:59 | |
| 81 | Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | ||
| 82 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:05:07 | |
| 83 | Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:06:12 | |
| 84 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:06:51 | |
| 85 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:07:09 | |
| 86 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida | 0:07:51 | |
| 87 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky | 0:09:02 | |
| 88 | Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:10:51 | |
| 89 | Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky | 0:11:10 | |
| 90 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant Shimano | 0:11:29 | |
| 91 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep | 0:11:53 | |
| 92 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida | 0:18:31 | |
| 93 | Romain Guillemois (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:18:51 | |
| 94 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr | ||
| 95 | Björn Thurau (Ger) Team Europcar | 0:19:10 | |
| 96 | Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:19:29 | |
| 97 | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | 0:20:17 | |
| 98 | Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida | 0:20:24 | |
| 99 | Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | 0:20:56 | |
| 100 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 101 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing | 0:21:26 | |
| 102 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | 0:21:41 | |
| 103 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:22:36 | |
| 104 | Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:22:47 | |
| 105 | Fábio Silvestre (Por) Trek Factory Racing | 0:23:18 | |
| 106 | Dan Craven (Nam) Team Europcar | 0:23:24 | |
| 107 | Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:23:36 | |
| 108 | Boris Vallee (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:23:42 | |
| 109 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:23:43 | |
| 110 | Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar | 0:23:49 | |
| 111 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling | 0:24:20 | |
| 112 | Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale | 0:24:48 | |
| 113 | Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:24:52 | |
| 114 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Movistar | 0:24:55 | |
| 115 | Dennis van Winden (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | 0:24:57 | |
| 116 | Nick van der Lijke (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | 0:25:50 | |
| 117 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:25:55 | |
| 118 | Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale | 0:26:54 | |
| 119 | Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha | 0:27:16 | |
| 120 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica-GreenEdge | 0:27:25 | |
| 121 | Maxime Daniel (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | 0:28:46 | |
| 122 | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:28:54 | |
| 123 | Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing | 0:28:55 | |
| 124 | Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling | ||
| 125 | Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Giant Shimano | ||
| 126 | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Sharp | ||
| 127 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:32:15 | |
| 128 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing | 0:47:51 | |
| 129 | Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:48:17 | |
| 130 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale | 0:50:15 | |
| 131 | Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing | 0:50:19 |