Brajkovic of RadioShack wins the ITT and takes over the lead!

Janez Brajkovic (Team RadioShack) powered to victory in the Critérium du Dauphiné's 49km individual time trial and took over the general classification lead from former teammate Alberto Contador (Astana). Both riders are on LOOK Kéo Pedals; 2 Max & Blade respectively.

"I knew my condition was really at top level for the moment, so I dreamed a bit of a victory, but after I saw the course this morning, the dream was far away," said Brajkovic, the 2004 U23 time trial world champion. "There was a lot of wind and the roads were so bad. I really thought I would be too light for this job. On the other hand, I like long distance time trials. I need a long warm-up period."

"A pity I lost some 30 seconds because of my bike change. Fortunately Alain Gallopin kept motivating me. My team director was a superb coach. He was incredible and yelled me to the victory."


Stage 3: Monteux - Sorgues (ITT) 49km
1    Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack    1:01:51
2    David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions    0:00:26
3    Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team    0:00:43
4    Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia    0:00:53
5    Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank    0:00:55
6    Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana    0:01:46


Overall classification after stage 3
1    Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team Radioshack    10:22:04
2    David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions    0:00:36
3    Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC - Columbia    0:00:50
4    Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana    0:01:41