In this 194 km stage two cyclists escaped from the peloton. However, they were caught before the line and the third stage ended in s sprint finish. For the second time in a row Belgian Tom Steels was the strongest. Jan Kirsipuu of Estonia remains in the yellow jersey.
The stage in the game was won by Rene van Buitenen from The Netherlands with another excellent score (103 points). Fellow countrymen Henry van Asseldonk and Arno Brus took second and third place. After a third place yesterday, Dutchman Rien Post finished fourth today and this was enough to take over the first place in the overall rankings from Dick Blom. Blom is second now and Martin Brilleman (The Netherlands) is third.
Note: on July 7, seventeen participant teams have been changed after having detected a bug in the game software.
1. 103 Rene van Buitenen (The Netherlands)
2. 101 Henry van Asseldonk (The Netherlands)
3. 99 Arno Brus (The Netherlands)
4. 98 Rien Post (The Netherlands)
5. 96 Akke Vellinga (Belgium)
96 Paul van der Wijk (The Netherlands)
7. 95 Frans Mobron (The Netherlands)
95 Wicher Otten (The Netherlands)
9. 94 Ken Charbonneau (USA)
10. 93 Howard Hobson (UK)
93 Martin Brilleman (The Netherlands)
12. 92 Angelo Colombo (Italy)
13. 91 Marco Moccetti (Switzerland)
91 Michel Oberson (Switzerland)
15. 90 Dick Blom (The Netherlands)
90 Edmond Huntjens (The Netherlands)
90 Jean-Louis Simon (France)
18. 89 Greg Reed (USA)
89 Michael Botzet (Germany)
20. 87 Anton Cozijnsen (Australia)
87 Hans-Peter Schweiss (Germany)
87 Huib van Grol (The Netherlands)
87 Jos Droste (Belgium)
87 Martin Smith (UK)
87 Robert Beernink (The Netherlands)
26. 86 Gosse Darbe (The Netherlands)
86 Huub van Oirschot (The Netherlands)
86 Rob Spaans (The Netherlands)
29. 85 Andrea Giordano (Italy)
85 Bob Dongelmans (The Netherlands)
85 Christian Hoffellner (Austria)
85 Gijs van de Broek (The Netherlands)
85 Herman Klaassen (The Netherlands)
85 Sander Kaspers (The Netherlands)
85 Sören Mosberg (Denmark)
36. 84 Gerard Creemers (The Netherlands)
84 Martin Bolhuis (The Netherlands)
84 Merijn van der Werff (The Netherlands)
84 Ted Northrop (USA)
40. 83 Berthold B. Journaille (The Netherlands)
83 Bojan Kozelj (Slovenia)
83 Christoph Kersten (Germany)
83 Eddy B. (The Netherlands)
83 Justitian (The Netherlands)
83 Marcel Spanjer (The Netherlands)
83 Nico Wienders (France)
83 Patricko Kortink (The Netherlands)
83 Roberto Paolini (Switzerland)
83 Sjoerd Stoffels (The Netherlands)
83 Tato Uribe Ortiz (Colombia)
51. 82 Didier Beckers (Belgium)
82 Erix Schokker (New Zealand/The Netherlands)
82 Erwin Munsterman (The Netherlands)
82 Freek Burger (The Netherlands)
82 Jari Eloranta (Finland)
82 Peter Sanders (The Netherlands)
82 Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
82 Wim Stoops (Belgium)
59. 81 Bill Wildenberg (USA)
81 Christian Johnson (USA)
81 M.J. de Vrieze (The Netherlands)
81 Roberto Sala (Switzerland)
81 Shane Moore (Ireland)
81 Wilco Vertegaal (The Netherlands)
65. 80 Carlos Girao (Portugal)
80 Dave Marple (USA)
80 Gosse Bouma (The Netherlands)
80 Jacco Konijn (The Netherlands)
80 Jan Willem Jansen (The Netherlands)
80 Jose Maria Olazabel Da Silva Smith Jr. (Mozambique)
80 Stephan Wageman (The Netherlands)
80 T.H.C. Later (The Netherlands)
73. 79 Andreas Feldges (Germany)
79 Diede van der Veer (The Netherlands)
79 Dimitri van Agterveld (The Netherlands)
79 Richard Burkholder (USA)
79 Rodney Tiesselinck (The Netherlands)
79 Ross Ogilvie (Australia)
79 William Westendorp (The Netherlands)
80. 78 Bert Platt (The Netherlands/Friesland)
78 Greg Moore (USA)
78 Jeroen Van Koert (Australia)
78 Matz Venga (The Netherlands)
78 Michael Groenendijk (The Netherlands)
78 Niels van Daalen (The Netherlands)
78 Richard Best (UK)
78 Stefan Simenon (The Netherlands)
78 Wijnand van Lith (The Netherlands)
89. 77 Andreas Grass (Sweden)
77 Bauke Bouwstra (The Netherlands)
77 Christoph Kuendig (Canada)
77 Daniel M. Kokke (The Netherlands)
77 Eric van Balkum (The Netherlands)
77 George Dusties (The Netherlands)
77 Maurice Coenen (The Netherlands)
77 Peter Moore (Belgium)
77 Saskia Lamkin (The Netherlands)
77 Tjalling de Boer (The Netherlands)
99. 76 Christine Davy (UK/England)
76 Glen Mayfield (USA)