2016 Tour de France

103rd edition: July 2 - July 24, 2016

Stage 3, Monday, July 4: 
Granville - Angers

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Stage 3, Monday, July 4: Granville - Angers, 223.5 km

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Stage 3 photo-finish between Mark Cavendish (Green) and André Greipel.

Rated ascent:

• Km 25.5: Côte de Villedieu-les-Poêles, 1.5 km @ 4.4% - cat 4

Weather: At the finish town of Angers at 1:45 PM it is 19C (67F) and cloudy. Wind, SW at 6 km/hr (4mph). No rain is forecast.

The Race: All 198 riders who started July 2 rolled away at 11:57 AM.

Here's is the organizer's stage summary:

The long stage from Granville to Angers was also a slow one with a 215 kilometres long breakaway by Armindo Fonseca who was joined by Thomas Voeckler for the last two hours of racing before Mark Cavendish outsprinted André Greipel by a very small margin. Peter Sagan retained the yellow jersey.

198 riders started stage 3 of the 103rd Tour de France at Granville. Armindo Fonseca (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) rode away from the gun. He got a maximum advantage of 11.05 at km 25, after which the Tinkoff team set a tempo at the head of the peloton but the Breton rider was still able to exit Normandy and enter his province alone in the lead.

The peloton kept cruising on a slow motion. 100km before the finish in Angers, Fonseca was four minutes ahead of the peloton. Ten kilometers further, Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie) became the second attacker of the day as Fonseca was six minutes ahead. The two were reunited at Gastines with 83km to go.

On the line of the intermediate sprint at Bouillé-Ménard (km 171), Fonseca and Voeckler were just 40 seconds ahead of the peloton. They carried on until 8km to go.

Several sprinters' teams prepared the final rush. Mark Cavendish was positioned by his team-mates right behind André Greipel as he knew the German national champion was his main rival on such a slightly uphill terrain. As he claimed his second win out of three stages this year, the Brit equaled Bernard Hinault with 28 stage victories in the history of the Tour de France.

Complete Results:

Stage 3 photos

223.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.260 km/hr

1	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	5hr 59min 54sec
2	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
3	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
4	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	s.t.
5	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
6	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
7	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
8	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	s.t.
9	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
10	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
11	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	s.t.
12	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
13	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
14	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
15	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
16	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
17	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
18	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	s.t.
19	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	s.t.
20	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
21	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
22	FROOME Christopher	TEAM SKY	s.t.
23	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
24	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
25	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
26	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
27	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
28	RENSHAW Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
29	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
30	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
31	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
32	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
33	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	s.t.
34	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
35	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
36	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	s.t.
37	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
38	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
39	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
40	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	s.t.
41	THOMAS Geraint	TEAM SKY	s.t.
42	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
43	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
44	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
45	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
46	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
47	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
48	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
49	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
50	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
51	HENAO Sergio Luis	TEAM SKY	s.t.
52	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
53	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	KATUSHA	s.t.
54	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
55	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
56	LANDA Mikel	TEAM SKY	s.t.
57	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
58	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
59	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
60	PORTE Richie	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
61	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
62	CARUSO Damiano	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
63	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
64	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
65	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
66	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
67	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
68	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	s.t.
69	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
70	BARDET Romain	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
71	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
72	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
73	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
74	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
75	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
76	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	s.t.
77	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
78	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
79	SCHÄR Michael	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
80	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
81	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
82	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
83	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
84	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
85	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	s.t.
86	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
87	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
88	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
89	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
90	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	s.t.
91	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
91	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
93	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
94	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	s.t.
95	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
96	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
97	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
98	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	s.t.
99	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
100	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
101	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
102	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
103	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
104	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	s.t.
105	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
106	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	s.t.
107	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
108	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
109	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
110	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	s.t.
111	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
112	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
113	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
114	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
115	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
116	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
117	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	s.t.
118	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
119	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
120	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
121	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
122	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
123	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
124	MOINARD Amaël	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
125	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
126	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
126	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
128	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
129	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
130	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
131	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
132	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
133	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
134	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
135	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	s.t.
136	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
137	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 00' 28''
138	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 31''
139	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
140	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
141	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	s.t.
142	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
143	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
144	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 00' 36''
145	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
146	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
147	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 00' 40''
148	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
149	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	+ 00' 44''
150	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
151	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	s.t.
152	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
153	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
154	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
155	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 00' 50''
156	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
157	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 52''
158	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 00' 54''
159	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 00' 59''
160	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
161	MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel	MOVISTAR	s.t.
162	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
163	SCHLECK Frank	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 17''
164	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
165	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
166	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	s.t.
167	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
168	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
169	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 23''
170	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
171	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	+ 01' 26''
172	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 35''
173	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01' 49''
174	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
175	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
176	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	s.t.
177	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	s.t.
178	POELS Wouter	TEAM SKY	s.t.
179	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
180	KIRYIENKA Vasili	TEAM SKY	s.t.
181	NIEVE Mikel	TEAM SKY	s.t.
182	DENNIS Rohan	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
183	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01' 53''
184	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
185	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02' 03''
186	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
187	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 02' 05''
188	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02' 07''
189	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	s.t.
190	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
191	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
192	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
193	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02' 39''
194	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
195	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 31''
196	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	+ 04' 07''
197	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 06' 10''
198	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA	+ 08' 44''

GC after Stage 3:

• GC leader: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff)
• Points classification leader: Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data)
• Mountains classification leader: Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo)
• Young rider classification leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick Step)
• Team classification leader: Orica-BikeExchange

594.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.784 km/hr

1	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	14hr 34min 36sec
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 8sec
3	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 00' 10''
4	FROOME Christopher	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 14''
5	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
6	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
7	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	s.t.
8	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
9	ARU Fabio	ASTANA	s.t.
10	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
11	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
12	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
13	DUMOULIN Tom	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
14	KELDERMAN Wilco	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
15	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
16	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
17	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	KATUSHA	s.t.
18	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
19	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
20	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
21	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
22	BARDET Romain	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
23	HENAO Sergio Luis	TEAM SKY	s.t.
24	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
25	LANDA Mikel	TEAM SKY	s.t.
26	RODRIGUEZ Joaquin	KATUSHA	s.t.
27	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
28	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA	+ 00' 25''
29	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
30	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
31	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
32	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
33	SANCHEZ GIL Luis-Leon	ASTANA	+ 00' 29''
34	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
35	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 31''
36	PAUWELS Serge	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
37	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
38	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
39	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
40	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
41	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	s.t.
42	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
43	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR	+ 00' 35''
44	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
45	THOMAS Geraint	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 38''
46	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 00' 40''
47	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS	s.t.
48	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 00' 49''
49	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
50	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
51	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
52	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 55''
53	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
54	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
55	ZAKARIN Ilnur	KATUSHA	s.t.
56	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 02''
57	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
58	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
59	STETINA Peter	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
60	TEN DAM Laurens	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
61	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 11''
62	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 17''
63	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 21''
64	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 27''
65	GESCHKE Simon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
66	PREIDLER Georg	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
67	RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 33''
68	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 36''
69	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
70	CAVENDISH Mark	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01' 39''
71	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 48''
72	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
73	THEUNS Edward	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 53''
74	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 53''
75	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
76	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
77	PORTE Richie	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01' 59''
78	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
79	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
80	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
81	SCHLECK Frank	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 03''
82	CARUSO Damiano	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02' 24''
83	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 26''
84	VANMARCKE Sep	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	2min 27sec
85	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02' 37''
86	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	+ 02' 38''
87	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA	+ 02' 43''
88	NIEVE Mikel	TEAM SKY	+ 02' 44''
89	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS	+ 03' 06''
90	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR	s.t.
91	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
92	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
93	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
94	RAST Gregory	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
95	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
96	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
97	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR	s.t.
98	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03' 10''
99	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA	+ 03' 38''
100	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS	+ 04' 01''
101	MARTENS Paul	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 04' 05''
102	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
103	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 04' 17''
104	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 04' 23''
105	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS	+ 04' 30''
106	MOINARD Amaël	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
107	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
108	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 04' 32''
109	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR	+ 04' 41''
110	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 04' 55''
111	KIRYIENKA Vasili	TEAM SKY	s.t.
112	KRISTOFF Alexander	KATUSHA	+ 05' 00''
113	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
114	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
115	CURVERS Roy	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
116	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR	s.t.
117	POELS Wouter	TEAM SKY	+ 05' 21''
118	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 05' 27''
119	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 05' 31''
120	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 05' 40''
121	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS	+ 06' 01''
122	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 06' 03''
123	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 06' 08''
124	SCHÄR Michael	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 06' 10''
125	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS	+ 06' 17''
126	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 06' 23''
127	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA	+ 06' 28''
128	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 06' 50''
129	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 06' 59''
130	DEGENKOLB John	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 07' 05''
131	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
132	RENSHAW Mark	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
133	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
134	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
135	SINKELDAM Ramon	GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
136	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
137	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
138	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
139	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
140	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	s.t.
141	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
142	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
143	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
144	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
145	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 07' 15''
146	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 07' 34''
147	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 07' 36''
148	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
149	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 07' 41''
150	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS	+ 07' 49''
151	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 07' 55''
152	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT	+ 07' 56''
153	WAGNER Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 07' 59''
154	VICIOSO Angel	KATUSHA	+ 08' 06''
155	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 08' 22''
156	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 08' 23''
157	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 08' 29''
158	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
159	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE-MERIDA	s.t.
160	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
161	GUARNIERI Jacopo	KATUSHA	s.t.
162	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
163	ROSA Diego	ASTANA	s.t.
164	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
165	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
166	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
167	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
168	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	+ 08' 54''
169	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 08' 58''
170	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
171	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	+ 09' 00''
172	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 09' 05''
173	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 09' 08''
174	TIMMER Albert	GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 09' 10''
175	WYNANTS Maarten	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 09' 12''
176	HALLER Marco	KATUSHA	s.t.
177	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	+ 09' 21''
178	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE-MERIDA	+ 09' 22''
179	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 09' 28''
180	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 09' 52''
181	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 10' 02''
182	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 10' 32''
183	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 10' 36''
184	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
185	CUMMINGS Stephen	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
186	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	+ 11' 17''
187	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
188	PLAZA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 11' 19''
189	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	s.t.
190	ROOSEN Timo	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 11' 38''
191	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 11' 51''
192	EISEL Bernhard	DIMENSION DATA	+ 12' 36''
193	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 12' 40''
194	DENNIS Rohan	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 13' 06''
195	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 13' 53''
196	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 15' 41''
197	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 18' 40''
198	MORKOV Michael	KATUSHA	+ 22' 37''

Stage 3 map and profile

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 video, final kilometer:

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Russian zillionaire and team owner Oleg Tinkoff

Peter Sagan with one of the greatest sprinters of all time, André Darrigade. Darrigade won 22 Tour stages, 1959 World Championships, the 1956 Tour of Lombardy and a whole lot more.

Nicki Sorensen heads to the start

The pack is lined up and ready to race.

Here's the sprint, Greipel and Cavendish are at the front

It's really, really close

André Greipel thinks he's won the stage

But the camera tells a different story. Mark Cavendish is the winner.

Thomas Voeckler, who had been on a long breakaway, finishes the stage.

Peter Sagan has preserved his GC lead.

Cavendish gets the green points jersey

And Sagan is still in yellow.

Organiser's preview:

Stage 3 is a long one to bridge Normandy and the Anjou, another region of great traditions in the Loire valley. The course is more about the people and their history than the difficulty of the terrain. The race will exit La Manche at Les Loges Marchis where Greg LeMond put an end to his career when he abandoned stage 6 of the 1994 Tour de France, a few kilometers away from Saint-Martin-de-Landelles, the home of former race speaker Daniel Mangeas, and Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët, the native town of Mikaël Chérel who is Romain Bardet's lieutenant at AG2R-La Mondiale.

The peloton will pass Fougères, the town of former race director Albert Bouvet, then Cuillé, the village of André Foucher, a popular rider of the sixties who finished sixth overall in the 1964 Tour de France. Continuing its journey through the ages, there'll be Ballots, where Jacky Durand, the winner of the 1992 Tour of Flanders, grew up, and soon after, it'll be Renazé, the territory of Marc and Yvon Madiot, the brothers who run the FDJ team after their brilliant career [two wins in Paris-Roubaix and two French titles on the road].

Angers is the finishing town. Since the first Tour de France passed by in 1903, the city of the dukes of Anjou has seen a lot of the race. Twice it has hosted the Grand Départ, for the first ever prologue in 1967 and once again in 1972. The last visit of the race marked Tom Boonen's first ever stage victory at the Tour de France in 2004. The finishing line is at the same place, in front of the town. The slightly uphill straight should please sprinters like André Greipel and the new yellow jersey Peter Sagan.

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