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Tuesday, June 10: Stage 3, Ambert - Le Teil, 194 km

Stage 3 photos | Stage 3 profile |

Rated ascents:

• Km 28.5: Côte de Lavet, 8.7 km @ 4.4% average gradient, category 2
• Km 148: Col de la Mûre 3.8 km @ 6.3%, category 2

The Race: Stage 3 was the 2014 edition's longest stage with two second-category climbs followed by a flat run-in to the 450 meter-long Allée Paul Avon finish.

It was a hot day but that did not deter a three-man break from staying away until the final ten kilometers. Then other attacks fired off, but it came down to a big sprint. Nikias Arndt barely won the stage. French super-sprinter Arnaud Demare managed only eighth place.

Christopher Froome remains the overall leader with a 12-second lead over Alberto Contador.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 35.267 km/hr

1	Nikias Arndt	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	5hr 30min 03sec
2	Kris Boeckmans	LOTTO-BELISOL
3	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
4	Yannick Martinez	TEAM EUROPCAR
5	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA
6	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
7	Alexei Tcatevich	TEAM KATUSHA
8	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
9	Gianni Meersman	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
10	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
11	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
12	Ralf Matzka	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
13	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
14	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
15	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
16	Sébastien Hinault	IAM CYCLING
17	Scott Thwaites	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
18	Zdenek Stybar	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
19	Daryl Impey	ORICA GREENEDGE
20	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
21	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
22	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
23	Nicky Van Der Lijke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
24	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
25	Yoann Offredo	FDJ.FR
26	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
27	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
28	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE
29	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
30	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
31	Dominik Nerz	BMC RACING TEAM
32	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
33	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
34	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
35	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
36	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
37	Filippo Pozzato	LAMPRE - MERIDA
38	Damiano Caruso	CANNONDALE
39	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
40	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
41	David Millar	GARMIN - SHARP
42	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
43	Maxime Bouet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
44	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
45	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
46	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
47	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
48	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
49	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
50	Frantisek Padour	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
51	Haimar Zubeldia	TREK FACTORY RACING
52	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
53	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
54	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
55	José Ivan Gutierrez	MOVISTAR TEAM
56	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
57	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
58	Fumiyuki Beppu	TREK FACTORY RACING
59	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
60	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
61	Nicki Sorensen	TINKOFF-SAXO
62	George Bennett	CANNONDALE
63	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
64	Igor Anton	MOVISTAR TEAM
65	Johannes Fröhlinger	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
66	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
67	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE
68	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
69	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
70	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
71	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
72	Yaroslav Popovych	TREK FACTORY RACING
73	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING
74	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
75	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
76	Markel Irizar	TREK FACTORY RACING
77	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
78	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
79	Daniel Schorn	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
80	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
81	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
82	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	TINKOFF-SAXO
83	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.FR
84	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
85	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
86	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
87	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
88	Cayetano Sarmiento Tunarrosa	CANNONDALE
89	Daniel Navarro	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
90	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
91	Daan Olivier	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
92	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
93	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL
94	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
95	Ivan Santaromita	ORICA GREENEDGE
96	Romain Sicard	TEAM EUROPCAR
97	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
98	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
99	Luis Angel Mate Mardones	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
100	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	TEAM KATUSHA
101	Dmitry Kozontchuk	TEAM KATUSHA
102	Valerio Conti	LAMPRE - MERIDA
103	Matthias Brandle	IAM CYCLING
104	Yoann Bagot	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
105	Edwald Suarez Beltran	TINKOFF-SAXO
106	Aleksejs Saramotins	IAM CYCLING
107	Andrey Zeits	ASTANA PRO TEAM
108	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
109	Enrique Sanz Unzue	MOVISTAR TEAM
110	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
111	Damiano Cunego	LAMPRE - MERIDA
112	Bruno Pires	TINKOFF-SAXO
113	Hayden Roulston	TREK FACTORY RACING
114	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
115	Stephan Denifl	IAM CYCLING
116	Alexander Rybakov	TEAM KATUSHA
117	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
118	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
119	Cesare Benedetti	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
120	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
121	Stig Broeckx	LOTTO-BELISOL
122	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
123	Thomas Damuseau	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
124	Chad Haga	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
125	Ryder Hesjedal	GARMIN - SHARP
126	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
127	Lars-Peter Nordhaug	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
128	Rory Sutherland	TINKOFF-SAXO
129	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	@ 24 seconds
130	Julian Alaphilippe	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
131	Anton Vorobyev	TEAM KATUSHA
132	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
133	Carlos Verona	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
134	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
135	Winner Anacona Gomez	LAMPRE - MERIDA
136	Michael Valgren Andersen	TINKOFF-SAXO
137	Thierry Hupond	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
138	Martijn Keizer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
139	Kevin De Weert	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
140	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
141	Frederik Willems	LOTTO-BELISOL
142	Jack Bobridge	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:00:41
143	Pim Ligthart	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:00:42
144	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:00:48
145	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:00:53
146	Bob Jungels	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:00:53
147	Vincent Jerome	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:01:03
148	Damien Howson	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:04
149	Elia Favilli	LAMPRE - MERIDA
150	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	0:01:16
151	Xabier Zandio	TEAM SKY	0:01:42
152	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	0:01:42
153	Christophe Le Mevel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:00:00
154	Vasil Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	0:03:16
155	Rein Taaramae	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
156	Pierrick Fedrigo	FDJ.FR	0:03:18
157	Luca Wackermann	LAMPRE - MERIDA
158	Natnael Berhane	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:07:56
159	Jonathan Hivert	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
160	Leigh Howard	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:16:48
161	Sylvester Szmyd	MOVISTAR TEAM
162	Thor Hushovd	BMC RACING TEAM
163	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
164	Lachlan Morton	GARMIN - SHARP

GC after Stage 3: 360.4 km raced so far at an average speed of 35.539 km/hr

1	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	10hr 07min 47sec
2	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 12 seconds
3	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:00:21
4	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	0:00:33
5	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:00:35
6	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:00:50
7	Haimar Zubeldia	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:22
8	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
9	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:31
10	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:35
11	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	0:01:40
12	Daniel Navarro	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:01:43
13	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:01:44
14	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:01:56
15	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.FR	0:02:01
16	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:02:19
17	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	0:02:24
18	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:02:32
19	Igor Anton	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:02:34
20	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
21	George Bennett	CANNONDALE
22	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	TEAM KATUSHA	0:02:42
23	Maxime Bouet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:02:43
24	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:02:47
25	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:02:49
26	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	0:03:01
27	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:03:06
28	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:03:24
29	Valerio Conti	LAMPRE - MERIDA
30	Ivan Santaromita	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:03:28
31	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM	0:03:31
32	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING	0:03:35
33	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:03:37
34	Yoann Bagot	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:03:45
35	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	0:03:54
36	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	0:04:01
37	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
38	Ryder Hesjedal	GARMIN - SHARP	0:04:29
39	Julian Alaphilippe	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:05:14
40	Romain Sicard	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:05:15
41	Alexander Rybakov	TEAM KATUSHA	0:05:19
42	Chad Haga	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:05:28
43	Winner Anacona Gomez	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:05:31
44	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
45	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	0:05:46
46	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	0:05:52
47	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
48	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	0:06:02
49	Christophe Le Mevel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:06:08
50	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:06:12
51	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:06:28
52	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:06:37
53	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:06:48
54	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:07:33
55	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:07:43
56	Damiano Caruso	CANNONDALE	0:07:45
57	Luis Angel Mate Mardones	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:07:51
58	Daan Olivier	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:08:09
59	Carlos Verona	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:08:12
60	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	0:09:01
61	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:09:10
62	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	0:09:24
63	Dmitry Kozontchuk	TEAM KATUSHA	0:09:37
64	David Millar	GARMIN - SHARP	0:09:41
65	Edwald Suarez Beltran	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:09:54
66	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	0:10:51
67	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	0:10:56
68	Stephan Denifl	IAM CYCLING	0:11:01
69	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	0:11:07
70	Markel Irizar	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:11:25
71	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:11:37
72	Lars-Peter Nordhaug	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:11:47
73	Thomas Damuseau	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
74	Yannick Martinez	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:11:49
75	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
76	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:11:56
77	Bob Jungels	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:12:00
78	Damien Howson	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:12:02
79	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	0:12:05
80	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:12:06
81	Fumiyuki Beppu	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:12:07
82	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	0:12:09
83	Frantisek Padour	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:12:17
84	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:12:18
85	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:12:33
86	Aleksejs Saramotins	IAM CYCLING	0:12:42
87	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	0:12:50
88	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:12:51
89	Rory Sutherland	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:13:00
90	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:13:12
91	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	0:13:14
92	Gianni Meersman	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:13:18
93	Nicki Sorensen	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:13:19
94	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:13:23
95	José Ivan Gutierrez	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:13:24
96	Martijn Keizer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:13:25
97	Dominik Nerz	BMC RACING TEAM	0:13:29
98	Yoann Offredo	FDJ.FR	0:13:30
99	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:13:30
100	Stig Broeckx	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:13:42
101	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:13:48
102	Cayetano Sarmiento Tunarrosa	CANNONDALE	0:14:02
103	Kevin De Weert	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:14:16
104	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:14:31
105	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:14:34
106	Pim Ligthart	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:14:57
107	Zdenek Stybar	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:15:01
108	Matthias Brandle	IAM CYCLING	0:15:29
109	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:15:48
110	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	0:16:08
111	Rein Taaramae	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:16:11
112	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:16:15
113	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:16:28
114	Pierrick Fedrigo	FDJ.FR	0:18:12
115	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	0:19:04
116	Daryl Impey	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:19:08
117	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	0:19:23
118	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:19:26
119	Nikias Arndt	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:19:39
120	Andrey Zeits	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:19:40
121	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	0:19:42
122	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:19:43
123	Cesare Benedetti	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:19:45
124	Filippo Pozzato	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:19:56
125	Scott Thwaites	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:19:57
126	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	0:19:59
127	Jack Bobridge	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:20:03
128	Bruno Pires	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:20:06
129	Johannes Fröhlinger	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:20:08
130	Daniel Schorn	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:20:09
131	Yaroslav Popovych	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:20:10
132	Anton Vorobyev	TEAM KATUSHA	0:20:12
133	Sébastien Hinault	IAM CYCLING	0:20:13
134	Hayden Roulston	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:20:14
135	Nicky Van Der Lijke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:20:22
136	Damiano Cunego	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:20:26
137	Thierry Hupond	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:20:28
138	Elia Favilli	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:20:39
139	Alexei Tcatevich	TEAM KATUSHA	0:21:16
140	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	0:21:19
141	Kris Boeckmans	LOTTO-BELISOL
142	Natnael Berhane	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:21:25
143	Michael Valgren Andersen	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:21:29
144	Vincent Jerome	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:21:31
145	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:21:32
146	Ralf Matzka	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:21:34
147	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:21:56
148	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
149	Frederik Willems	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:22:00
150	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	0:22:09
151	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	0:22:10
152	Vasil Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	0:22:19
153	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	0:22:43
154	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	0:22:49
155	Jonathan Hivert	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:22:57
156	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:24:06
157	Enrique Sanz Unzue	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:24:59
158	Luca Wackermann	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:25:46
159	Sylvester Szmyd	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:29:06
160	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:30:07
161	Xabier Zandio	TEAM SKY	0:34:14
162	Lachlan Morton	GARMIN - SHARP	0:37:03
163	Thor Hushovd	BMC RACING TEAM	0:38:29
164	Leigh Howard	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:49:16

Stage 3 photos:

Orica-GreenEdge riders police the front of the peloton.

BMC rider Greg van Avermaet

Chris Froome sitting in...

Igor Anton

The view from behind

Nikias Arndt (right, Giant-Shimano) has a slight edge coming to the line.

Sylvain Chavanel finishes a long, hot stage.

Stage winner Nikias Arndt

Overall leader Chris Froome with two-time Tour de France winner Bernard Thévenet.

Stage 3 profile:

Stage 3 profile

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