Kloeden takes Tour of Romandie third stage and race lead

SION, Switzerland (Reuters) - German Andreas Kloeden of Astana won the third stage of the Tour of Romandie and took the overall leader's yellow jersey on Friday.

Kloeden clocked 25 minutes and 32 seconds in the 18.8-km time trial around Sion to beat Dutchman Thomas Dekker of Rabobank by six seconds, according to provisional results.

Dutchman Stef Clement of Bouygues Telecom took third place, 20 seconds adrift of Kloeden.