Australian Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) won the 206km third stage of the Tour of Benelux between Beek and Landgraaf in the Netherlands on Saturday.

Davis finished ahead of Dutchman Erik Dekker (Rabobank) and Italy's Daniele Benati (Lampre-Caffita). Belgium's Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step) reclaimed the leader's red jersey from Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel), while Davis slipped into second overall.

Stage 3 results
1. Allan Davis (Aus), Liberty Seguros, 4:54:30
2. Erik Dekker (Ned), Rabobank, at 0:05
3. Daniele Bennati (I), Lampre-Caffita, same time
4. Sergei Ivanov (Rus), T-Mobile, s.t.
5. Pieter Mertens (B), Chocolade Jacques, s.t.

Overall
1. Rik Verbrugghe (B), Quick.Step-Innergetic 13:38:29
2. Allan Davis (Aus), Liberty Seguros, at 0:02
3. Michael Blaudzun (Den), Team CSC, at 0:08
4. Carlos Barredo (Sp), Liberty Seguros, at 0:10
5. Bram Schmitz (Ned), T-Mobile, at 0:12

Grillo ends Basso’s winning streak in Denmark
Someone other than Ivan Basso (Team CSC) finally won a stage at the Tour of Denmark on Saturday – Paride Grillo (Panaria) took the victory over AG2R teammates Alexandre Usov and Tomas Vaitkus.

But Basso was back to his winning ways in the second half of the double-stage day as Team CSC swept the podium in a 13.8km time trial. The Italian proved 24 seconds faster than teammate Jens Voight, with Kurt-Asle Arvesen third at 40 seconds back.

Basso continues to lead the Danish tour with Arvesen second at 2:28 and Rabobank’s Rory Sutherland third at 2:51.

Stage 4 results
1. Paride Grillo (I), Ceramica Panaria, 1:56:15
2. Alexandre Usov (B), AG2R, same time
3. Tomas Vaitkus (Lit), AG2R, s.t.
4. Martin Pedersen (Den), GLS, s.t.
5. James Vanlandschoot (B), Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, s.t.

Stage 5 results
1. Ivan Basso (I), Team CSC, 13.8km in 16:15
2. Jens Voigt (G), Team CSC, at 0:24
3. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor), Team CSC, at 0:40
4. Tomas Vaitkus (Lit), AG2R, at 0:43
5. Lukasz Bodnar (Pol), Intel-Action, at 0:51

Overall
1. Ivan Basso (I), Team CSC, 16:22:53
2. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor), Team CSC, at 2:28
3. Rory Sutherland (Aus), Rabobank, at 2:51
4. Daniele Nardello (I), T-Mobile, at 3:07
5. Tomas Vaitkus (Lit), AG2R, at 3:08

Mancebo, Navas to AG2R
Spain's Francisco Mancebo and Illes Baleares teammate David Navas, have signed two-year contracts with AG2R, the French team said on Saturday.

The 29-year-old Mancebo, who finished fourth in this year's Tour de France, has been a professional since 1998 and is 28th in the latest UCI ProTour list.