Team Sky reaffirmed their stage race supremacy once again in the Criterium International.

At the moment it seemed Richie Porte was destined to book his second stage race win of the season after Paris-Nice, teammate Chris Froome broke from the elite group on the Col de l'Ospedale and after blasting past all the riders ahead, he stomped across the finish line fully 30 seconds ahead of his teammate in the yellow leader’s jersey to simultaneously take the stage, the overall and establish the pecking order within the Sky team.

The two embraced after the stage, though, and stood side-by-side on the podium, with best young rider Tejay van Garderen (BMC) who came in third.

Result stage 3:

1 Christopher Froome - Sky Procycling 04.43.38
2 Richie Porte - Sky Procycling 0.30”
3 Bauke Mollema - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0.45”
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud - AG2R La Mondiale 
5 Tejay van Garderen - BMC Racing Team 
6 Andrew Talansky - Garmin-Sharp 0.53”
7 Johann Tschopp - IAM Cycling 0.57”
8 John Gadret - AG2R La Mondiale 1.07”
9 Pierrick Fedrigo - FDJ 1.08”
10 Maxime Bouet - AG2R La Mondiale 

General classification:
1 Christopher Froome - Sky Procycling 06.55.23
2 Richie Porte - Sky Procycling 0.32”
3 Tejay van Garderen - BMC Racing Team 0.54”
4 Bauke Mollema - Blanco Pro Cycling Team 1.00”
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud - AG2R La Mondiale 
6 Andrew Talansky - Garmin-Sharp 1.08”
7 Maxime Bouet - AG2R La Mondiale 1.33”
8 Pierrick Fedrigo - FDJ 1.37”
9 Johann Tschopp - IAM Cycling 1.43”
10 John Gadret - AG2R La Mondiale 2.05”