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Friday, May 2: Stage 3, Le Bouveret - Aigle, 180.2 km; the queen stage with 4 category 1 ascents.

Stage 3 map and profile | Race day photos |

The Race: Sky spent the day setting things up for a Chris Froome set-piece. And the attack came as expected, even if the final result was a surprise.

Vincenzo Nibali attacked the final Villars climb early, but didn't have the horsepower to make it stick and was caught by the front chasers. Froome then went with about 25 kilometers to go with Nibali trying, but unable to stick to his wheel.

Froome soared up the mountain and looked to be on his way to a stage win and ownership of the overall lead. But, out of the chasing group Katusha rider Simon Spilak emerged. Spilak bridged up to Froome and the pair headed for home.

Spilak barely beat Froome in the sprint, winning the stage. By virtue of the time bonus, Spilak also became the new GC leader by a single second.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 34.947 km/hr

1	Simon Spilak	Katusha Team	5hr 09min 23sec
2	Christopher Froome	Team Sky
3	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida	@ 57 seconds
4	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team
5	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team
6	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling
7	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team
8	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team	0:01:41
9	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr
10	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp
11	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling
12	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team
13	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:02:00
14	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	0:02:35
15	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	0:02:36
16	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:03:25
17	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
18	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp
19	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team
20	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
21	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:04:58
22	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:05:43
23	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar
24	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida	0:07:34
25	Egor Silin	Katusha Team
26	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team
27	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling
28	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:08:35
29	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team
30	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo
31	Nicolas Castroviejo	Movistar Team	0:11:14
32	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	0:11:23
33	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar
34	Mikael Chérel	AG2R La Mondiale
35	Sergey Chernetski	Katusha Team
36	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:12:01
37	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team
38	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team
39	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano
40	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ.fr
41	Jean Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale
42	Alexis Vuillermoz	AG2R La Mondiale
43	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE	0:14:29
44	David Lopez Garcia	Team Sky	0:14:54
45	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
46	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
47	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar
48	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	Team Sky
49	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:15:56
50	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar
51	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEDGE	0:16:21
52	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida	0:16:23
53	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar	0:16:28
54	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	0:17:26
55	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp	0:20:45
56	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	0:22:52
57	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
58	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
59	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr
60	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
61	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
62	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
63	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling
64	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano
65	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team
66	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team
67	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
68	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp
69	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
70	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp
71	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp
72	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida
73	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Katusha Team
74	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
75	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team
76	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr
77	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr
78	Xabier Zandio Echaide	Team Sky	0:23:21
79	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar Team	0:30:45
80	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
81	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
82	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
83	Romain Guillemois	Team Europcar
84	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
85	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
86	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
87	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	0:32:49
88	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
89	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida
90	Alexei Tsatevich	Katusha Team	0:38:40
91	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE
92	Brett Daniel Lancaster	Orica GreenEDGE
93	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano
94	Christian Meier	Orica GreenEDGE	0:42:16
95	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing
96	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing
97	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling
98	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol Team
99	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team
100	Nathan Earle	Team Sky
101	Luke Rowe	Team Sky
102	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol Team
103	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
104	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
105	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing
106	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ.fr
107	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team
108	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team
109	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
110	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
111	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale
112	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE
113	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE
114	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team
115	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team
116	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing
117	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky
118	Richie Porte	Team Sky
119	Davide Appollonio	AG2R La Mondiale
120	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team
121	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
122	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
123	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing
124	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano
125	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano
126	Thierry Hupond	Team Giant-Shimano
127	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano
128	Jean-Marc Marino	Cannondale
129	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team
130	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep
131	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano
132	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol Team
133	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale
134	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr
135	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida
136	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
137	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling
138	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar
139	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale
140	Lachlan David Morton	Garmin-Sharp
141	Christophe Kern	Team Europcar

GC after Stage 3:

1	Simon Spilak	Katusha Team	11hr 39min 25sec
2	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	@ 1 second
3	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida	0:01:02
4	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	0:01:06
5	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	0:01:10
6	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team	0:01:13
7	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	0:01:14
8	Jesus Herrada Lopez	Movistar Team	0:01:40
9	Ion Izagirre Insausti	Movistar Team	0:01:48
10	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp	0:01:50
11	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	0:01:57
12	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:02:18
13	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	0:02:46
14	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	0:03:01
15	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	0:03:05
16	Rigoberto Uran Uran	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:03:36
17	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:03:40
18	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:03:54
19	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	0:04:09
20	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	0:04:16
21	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:06:00
22	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar	0:06:07
23	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:06:13
24	Yury Trofimov	Katusha Team	0:07:50
25	Egor Silin	Katusha Team	0:07:56
26	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	0:08:10
27	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	0:08:58
28	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida	0:09:34
29	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:10:06
30	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:10:09
31	Nicolas Castroviejo	Movistar Team	0:11:26
32	Sergey Chernetski	Katusha Team	0:11:34
33	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	0:11:47
34	Mikael Chérel	AG2R La Mondiale	0:12:09
35	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano	0:12:10
36	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:12:13
37	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ.fr	0:12:15
38	Jean Christophe Peraud	AG2R La Mondiale	0:12:20
39	Alexis Vuillermoz	AG2R La Mondiale	0:12:34
40	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	0:13:13
41	Ivan Basso	Cannondale	0:15:20
42	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	0:15:32
43	Nino Schurter	Orica GreenEDGE	0:15:41
44	David Lopez Garcia	Team Sky	0:16:34
45	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEDGE	0:16:37
46	Bjorn Thurau	Team Europcar	0:16:54
47	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar	0:17:14
48	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:17:16
49	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	0:17:27
50	Winner Andrew Anacona	Lampre-Merida	0:17:44
51	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	0:20:41
52	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp	0:22:50
53	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team	0:23:08
54	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	0:23:11
55	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team	0:23:17
56	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	0:23:21
57	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
58	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	0:23:23
59	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	0:23:29
60	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky	0:23:36
61	Tom Danielson	Garmin-Sharp	0:24:12
62	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	0:24:20
63	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp	0:24:25
64	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:24:39
65	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	0:25:57
66	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team	0:27:44
67	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp	0:27:49
68	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar	0:28:16
69	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Katusha Team	0:29:50
70	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:30:38
71	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:30:51
72	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano	0:30:59
73	Pavel Brutt	Katusha Team	0:31:00
74	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:31:03
75	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	0:31:04
76	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida	0:31:35
77	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:31:57
78	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar Team	0:32:14
79	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:32:18
80	Olivier Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:32:24
81	Jay Mccarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:33:31
82	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	0:33:52
83	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:34:12
84	Xabier Zandio	Team Sky
85	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:34:34
86	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:35:17
87	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida	0:36:47
88	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	0:39:12
89	Romain Guillemois	Team Europcar	0:39:13
90	Michael Albasini	Orica GreenEDGE	0:39:51
91	Alexei Tsatevich	Katusha Team	0:39:56
92	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:42:18
93	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale	0:42:42
94	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	0:43:06
95	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	0:43:20
96	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	0:43:22
97	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar	0:43:23
98	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano	0:43:26
99	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano	0:43:31
100	Tosh Van Der Sande	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:43:32
101	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	0:43:35
102	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team	0:43:42
103	Christian Meier	Orica GreenEDGE	0:43:47
104	Jean-Marc Marino	Cannondale	0:44:06
105	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	0:45:30
106	Thierry Hupond	Team Giant-Shimano	0:47:00
107	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:47:19
108	Davide Appollonio	AG2R La Mondiale	0:49:22
109	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	0:49:51
110	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-QuickStep	0:50:14
111	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	0:50:57
112	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	0:51:33
113	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	0:51:38
114	Richie Porte	Team Sky	0:52:06
115	Axel Domont	AG2R La Mondiale	0:52:14
116	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	0:52:44
117	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol Team	0:52:47
118	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	0:52:53
119	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale	0:53:37
120	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	0:54:01
121	Christophe Kern	Team Europcar	0:56:06
122	Brett Daniel Lancaster	Orica GreenEDGE	0:56:30
123	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	0:58:10
124	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano	0:58:41
125	Svein Tuft	Orica GreenEDGE	0:58:52
126	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	0:59:07
127	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano	0:59:09
128	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida	0:59:14
129	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	1:01:14
130	Luke Rowe	Team Sky	1:01:28
131	Nathan Earle	Team Sky	1:01:31
132	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	1:01:35
133	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	1:01:52
134	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol Team	1:04:45
135	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano	1:04:59
136	Michael Hepburn	Orica GreenEDGE	1:07:06
137	Mikhail Ignatyev	Katusha Team	1:07:34
138	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ.fr
139	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	1:07:51
140	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol Team	1:07:55
141	Lachlan David Morton	Garmin-Sharp	1:08:03

Race Day photos:

The day's early break lead by Andriy Grivko as they ascend the second climb, Champex Lac

A wet day in the Swiss mountains.

It was raining for much of the stage as Davide Malacarne and Cyril Gautier can attest.

Olivier Zaugg looks to be having no fun.

Tom Danielson leads up the Champex Lac climb.

Jan Bakelandts on the day's third climb, Les Giettes

Rohan Dennis

Chris Froome and Jakob Fuglsang

Jean-Christophe Peraud

Simon Spilak barely wins stage 3.

Rui Costa wins the sprint for third place.

Chris Froome missed the lead by a single second.

Jakob Fuglsang

Vincenzo Nibali finishes.

Rui Costa after five hours of racing.

Thibault Pinot

Andrew Talansky

Stage winner and new race leader Simon Spilak

Course map and profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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