Britain's Emma Pooley moved one place closer to the race lead at the Tour de l'Aude with a top ten ride on the 110km stage around Lezignan Corbières.
Pooley was sixth on the stage, coming home in a chase group that also included Marianne Vos and Emma Johansson, both strong contenders of Pooley's for the overall race lead.
Germany's Ina Teutenberg beat Andrea Bosman and Carmen Small from a break to take the stage win with Dutchwoman Adrie Visser of HTC Columbia retaining the yellow leader's jersey.
Pooley's British Cervélo team-mates, Sharon Laws and Lizzie Armitstead - who won the first stage of the race - are seventh and 20th respectively overall with Armitstead jumping 20 places on the overall yesterday.
Today's stage is a 97km stage around Osseja.
Stage four: Lezignan Corbieres, 110km
1. Ina Teutenberg (Ger) HTC Columbia
2. Andrea Bosman (Ned) Leontien.nl
6. Emma Pooley (GBR) Cervélo
Overall classification after stage three
1. Adrie Visser (Ned) HTC-Columbia in 7-01-46
5. Emma Pooley (GBR) Cervélo at 1-03
6. Claudia Hausler (Ger) Cervélo at 1-09
7. Sharon Laws (GB) Cervélo at 1-11
Others
20. Elizabeth Armitstead (GB) Cervélo at 3-18
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