Tour de France: Stage 3

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Mark Cavendish wins his 28th stage in the Tour de France with only Eddy Merckx now having more stage wins

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Tour de France: Stage 3

Cavendish makes it 28 in Angers | click here for the first stage win 



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 after a crash affected sprint. Peter Sagan retained the yellow jersey.

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Photo: @LeTour Cav beats Greipel to the line… just

Fonseca 141km alone in the lead!
198 riders started stage 3 of the 103rd Tour de France at Granville. Armindo Fonseca (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) rode away from the gun and 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 and 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 leading until 8km to go when the sprinters’ teams were preparing for the final rush and the duo were snaffled up.

After his victory, Cavendish said “I am incredibly happy with this second win at the Tour de France. We planned it for a long time this morning, we had a long team meeting about how the finish would go and it went pretty much exactly how we planned. It’s good that the guys stayed calm and collected.”

“It would have been easy for them to have pulled and then got out of the way with the hectic final, but they stayed patient. Edvald stayed patient, Mark stayed patient and then at the right minute I was able to get on Andre Greipel’s wheel. I knew he’d hit it early, actually he was stronger than I thought he’d be. Andre has guts, he rides like that. I actually didn’t beat him in the sprint, I beat him with the lunge.”


André Greipel: “This is such a pity. I lost with only a few millimetres difference, Cavendish was just a bit faster. It was a chaotic end of the stage. In the last six to seven kilometres it was difficult to stay together as a team.”

“Anyway, Jürgen Roelandts managed to let me start the sprint in a good position. My gear was too big for the steep finish and that might have made me lose. Nonetheless, Cavendish showed again how strong he is, it would not be wise to underestimate him, this is his 28th stage win at the Tour after all. But with the team we proved we are capable of winning and tomorrow we’ll aim again for the stage win.”

Marcel Kittel: “We rode full gas from 25 kilometers to go and it was really intense. In the finale, we were there, but we did a mistake by hitting the front too early, so in the closing meters the other guys came very fast from behind and I got boxed in. It’s important to learn from mistakes, to remain calm and talk about what happened. The positive side of things is that I feel good and my legs are there. We will try again in the next days.”

Peter Sagan: “It was a long day, 220km – we did the first part very slow then the last 20km got very interesting. I’m very happy to not crash and hold the yellow jersey, which was my goal. For sure I have to try also for the points for the sprint. The finish was again crazy but that’s sprinting. Everybody wanted to be at the front – but I’m here with yellow still in one piece so that’s already nice.”

Edward Theuns (5th): “I am happy; again I am in the same line as the big sprinters, “said Theuns. “It shows that the first stage is not just a coincidence, of just one time that I happened to get there. The team did a great job for me again. In the last corner, I lost a bit of speed because they were coming from the outside and I had to brake a little. But 5th again is really good for me, I think.”

“It was the slowest race I ever did I think!” agreed Theuns. “There was one guy in the breakaway, so it was really, really, really easy today until the last 50-60 kilometers. It was like a half-recovery day today.”

The last 1.5kms was not like I thought it would be, it was a little downhill, so riders were coming from different sides, which made it hard to get into good position for the last corner. When I had to brake there, and lost a little speed, in this kind of finish that little bit of speed is important because it’s hard to get it back in the uphill. Then it’s hard to compete with the best sprinters in the world.

“But they are not really sprinting away from me. It’s all in the details. If I can get a little bit closer to start the sprint, then… Small things can make a difference. The most important is that again I showed I am fast, that I can be there in the finale, and I think that for me and for the team this is something we can build on.”

Fabian Cancellera: Cancellara added: “In the front, it is the most easiest because you are out of the danger, but the most hardest because you are pulling at 60-70km/h to keep everyone in line. You do the maximum you can, and when you are done with everything you had, you just pull back and try to stay on the left or right to not cause trouble for the others.”

Below: Hinault & Cavendish – 28 stages each


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Result Stage 3
1 CAVENDISH Mark TEAM DIMENSION DATA 05h 59′ 54”
2 GREIPEL André LOTTO SOUDAL
3 COQUARD Bryan DIRECT ENERGIE
4 SAGAN Peter TINKOFF
5 THEUNS Edward TREK – SEGAFREDO
6 ENGER Sondre Holst IAM CYCLING
7 KITTEL Marcel ETIXX-QUICK STEP
8 LAPORTE Christophe COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
9 MCLAY DANIEL FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
10 GROENEWEGEN Dylan TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
11 KRISTOFF Alexander TEAM KATUSHA
12 MATTHEWS Michael ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
13 DEGENKOLB John TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
14 CIMOLAI Davide LAMPRE – MERIDA
15 ALAPHILIPPE Julian ETIXX-QUICK STEP
16 GALLOPIN Tony LOTTO SOUDAL
17 CRADDOCK Lawson CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
18 SOUPE GEOFFREY COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
19 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM
20 HENDERSON Gregory LOTTO SOUDAL
21 DEBUSSCHERE Jens LOTTO SOUDAL
22 FROOME Christopher TEAM SKY
23 QUINTANA Nairo MOVISTAR TEAM
24 SANCHEZ GIL Luis-Leon ASTANA PRO TEAM
25 GUARNIERI Jacopo TEAM KATUSHA
26 MOLLEMA Bauke TREK – SEGAFREDO
27 ROELANDTS Jurgen LOTTO SOUDAL
28 RENSHAW Mark TEAM DIMENSION DATA
29 ARU Fabio ASTANA PRO TEAM
30 GATTO Oscar TINKOFF
31 BARGUIL WARREN TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
32 MARTIN Daniel ETIXX-QUICK STEP
33 KREUZIGER Roman TINKOFF
34 YATES Adam ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
35 ROLLAND Pierre CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
36 VALVERDE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM
37 KONRAD Patrick BORA-ARGON 18
38 VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael TINKOFF
39 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto LAMPRE – MERIDA
40 OLIVEIRA Nelson MOVISTAR TEAM
41 THOMAS Geraint TEAM SKY
42 VICHOT Arthur FDJ
43 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC RACING TEAM
44 DUMOULIN Tom TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
45 KELDERMAN Wilco TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
46 BUCHMANN Emanuel BORA-ARGON 18
47 HOLLENSTEIN Reto IAM CYCLING
48 IRIZAR Markel TREK – SEGAFREDO
49 SEPULVEDA Eduardo FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
50 SABATINI Fabio ETIXX-QUICK STEP
51 HENAO Sergio Luis TEAM SKY
52 FRANK Mathias IAM CYCLING
53 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen TEAM KATUSHA
54 BONNET William FDJ
55 MEINTJES Louis LAMPRE – MERIDA
56 LANDA Mikel TEAM SKY
57 PIBERNIK Luka LAMPRE – MERIDA
58 NAESEN Oliver IAM CYCLING
59 REICHENBACH Sébastien FDJ
60 PORTE Richie BMC RACING TEAM
61 PANTANO Jarlinson IAM CYCLING
62 CARUSO Damiano BMC RACING TEAM
63 ARCHBOLD Shane BORA-ARGON 18
64 PINOT Thibaut FDJ
65 TOSATTO Matteo TINKOFF
66 SICARD Romain DIRECT ENERGIE
67 ARASHIRO Yukiya LAMPRE – MERIDA
68 JEANNESSON Arnold COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
69 PAUWELS Serge TEAM DIMENSION DATA
70 BARDET Romain AG2R LA MONDIALE
71 FEILLU Brice FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
72 DUMOULIN Samuel AG2R LA MONDIALE
73 PERICHON Pierre-Luc FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
74 GAUTIER Cyril AG2R LA MONDIALE
75 ROUX Anthony FDJ
76 ROSA Diego ASTANA PRO TEAM
77 CONTADOR Alberto TINKOFF
78 BAKELANTS Jan AG2R LA MONDIALE
79 SCHÄR Michael BMC RACING TEAM
80 TKANGERT Tanel ASTANA PRO TEAM
81 CHEREL Mikael AG2R LA MONDIALE
82 GERRANS Simon ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
83 VUILLERMOZ Alexis AG2R LA MONDIALE
84 ZUBELDIA Haimar TREK – SEGAFREDO
85 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin TEAM KATUSHA
86 ROOSEN Timo TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
87 VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC RACING TEAM
88 POLANC Jan LAMPRE – MERIDA
89 LUTSENKO Alexey ASTANA PRO TEAM
90 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
91 DELAPLACE Anthony FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
91 STUYVEN Jasper TREK – SEGAFREDO
93 GESCHKE Simon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
94 BODNAR Maciej TINKOFF
95 MORABITO Steve FDJ
96 POZZOVIVO Domenico AG2R LA MONDIALE
97 LADAGNOUS Matthieu FDJ
98 GRIVKO Andriy ASTANA PRO TEAM
99 CLEMENT Stef IAM CYCLING
100 KOREN Kristijan CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
101 HAYMAN Mathew ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
102 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice DIRECT ENERGIE
103 ELMIGER Martin IAM CYCLING
104 LEMOINE Cyril COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
105 SORENSEN Chris Anker FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
106 IZAGUIRRE Ion MOVISTAR TEAM
107 BURGHARDT Marcus BMC RACING TEAM
108 CURVERS Roy TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
109 RAST Gregory TREK – SEGAFREDO
110 TIRALONGO Paolo ASTANA PRO TEAM
111 GASTAUER Ben AG2R LA MONDIALE
112 TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel TEAM DIMENSION DATA
113 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald TEAM DIMENSION DATA
114 TEN DAM Laurens TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
115 HOWARD Leigh IAM CYCLING
116 ERVITI Imanol MOVISTAR TEAM
117 HERRADA Jesús MOVISTAR TEAM
118 BARTA Jan BORA-ARGON 18
119 VACHON Florian FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
120 STETINA Peter TREK – SEGAFREDO
121 PREIDLER Georg TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
122 KISERLOVSKI Robert TINKOFF
123 ZAKARIN Ilnur TEAM KATUSHA
124 MOINARD Amaël BMC RACING TEAM
125 ROY Jérémy FDJ
126 BERHANE Natnael TEAM DIMENSION DATA
126 DUCHESNE Antoine DIRECT ENERGIE
128 LOSADA Alberto TEAM KATUSHA
129 COPPEL Jérôme IAM CYCLING
130 GOUGEARD Alexis AG2R LA MONDIALE
131 BRESCHEL Matti CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
132 SINKELDAM Ramon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
133 CHAVANEL Sylvain DIRECT ENERGIE
134 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC RACING TEAM
135 ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew MOVISTAR TEAM
136 IZAGUIRRE Gorka MOVISTAR TEAM
137 VANMARCKE Sep TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 00′ 28”
138 HUZARSKI Bartosz BORA-ARGON 18 + 00′ 31”
139 BENEDETTI Cesare BORA-ARGON 18 + 00′ 31”
140 RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 31”
141 ROWE Luke TEAM SKY + 00′ 31”
142 LINDEMAN Bert Jan TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 00′ 31”
143 DURASEK Kristijan LAMPRE – MERIDA + 00′ 31”
144 COUSIN Jérome COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 00′ 36”
145 SIEBERG Marcel LOTTO SOUDAL + 00′ 36”
146 HANSEN Adam LOTTO SOUDAL + 00′ 36”
147 BONO Matteo LAMPRE – MERIDA + 00′ 40”
148 TULIK ANGÉLO DIRECT ENERGIE + 00′ 40”
149 BOZIC Borut COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 00′ 44”
150 CANCELLARA Fabian TREK – SEGAFREDO + 00′ 44”
151 EDET Nicolas COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 00′ 44”
152 ALBASINI Michael ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE + 00′ 44”
153 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM + 00′ 44”
154 GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam LAMPRE – MERIDA + 00′ 44”
155 GENE Yohann DIRECT ENERGIE + 00′ 50”
156 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt TEAM DIMENSION DATA + 00′ 50”
157 STANNARD Ian TEAM SKY + 00′ 52”
158 WAGNER Robert TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 00′ 54”
159 MARTENS Paul TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 00′ 59”
160 SCHILLINGER Andreas BORA-ARGON 18 + 00′ 59”
161 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel MOVISTAR TEAM + 00′ 59”
162 LANGEVELD Sebastian CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM + 00′ 59”
163 SCHLECK Frank TREK – SEGAFREDO + 01′ 17”
164 SLAGTER Tom Jelte CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM + 01′ 17”
165 IMPEY Daryl ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE + 01′ 17”
166 NAVARRO Daniel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 01′ 17”
167 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE + 01′ 17”
168 BENNETT George TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 01′ 17”
169 PETIT Adrien DIRECT ENERGIE + 01′ 23”
170 MARTIN Tony ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 23”
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 TEAM + 01′ 49”
175 FONSECA Armindo FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT + 01′ 49”
176 PINEAU Cedric FDJ + 01′ 49”
177 FUGLSANG Jakob ASTANA PRO TEAM + 01′ 49”
178 POELS Wouter TEAM SKY + 01′ 49”
179 BREEN Vegard FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT + 01′ 49”
180 KIRYIENKA Vasili TEAM SKY + 01′ 49”
181 NIEVE Mikel TEAM SKY + 01′ 49”
182 DENNIS Rohan BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 49”
183 VOSS Paul BORA-ARGON 18 + 01′ 53”
184 KEISSE Iljo ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 01′ 53”
185 DURBRIDGE Luke ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE + 02′ 03”
186 BENNETT Sam BORA-ARGON 18 + 02′ 03”
187 TIMMER Albert TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 02′ 05”
188 WYNANTS Maarten TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 02′ 07”
189 VICIOSO Angel TEAM KATUSHA + 02′ 07”
190 HOWES Alex CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM + 02′ 07”
191 CUMMINGS Stephen TEAM DIMENSION DATA + 02′ 07”
192 HALLER Marco TEAM KATUSHA + 02′ 07”
193 BAK Lars Ytting LOTTO SOUDAL + 02′ 39”
194 JUUL-JENSEN Christopher ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE + 02′ 39”
195 VAKOC Petr ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 03′ 31”
196 EISEL Bernhard TEAM DIMENSION DATA + 04′ 07”
197 VERMOTE Julien ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 06′ 10”
198 MORKOV Michael TEAM KATUSHA + 08′ 44”

Overall
1 SAGAN Peter TINKOFF 14h 34′ 36”
2 ALAPHILIPPE Julian ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 08”
3 VALVERDE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM + 00′ 10”
4 FROOME Christopher TEAM SKY + 00′ 14”
5 BARGUIL WARREN TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 00′ 14”
6 QUINTANA Nairo MOVISTAR TEAM + 00′ 14”
7 KREUZIGER Roman TINKOFF + 00′ 14”
8 GALLOPIN Tony LOTTO SOUDAL + 00′ 14”
9 ARU Fabio ASTANA PRO TEAM + 00′ 14”
10 MARTIN Daniel ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 14”
11 ROLLAND Pierre CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM + 00′ 14”
12 MATTHEWS Michael ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE + 00′ 14”
13 DUMOULIN Tom TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 00′ 14”
14 KELDERMAN Wilco TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 00′ 14”
15 VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 14”
16 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC RACING TEAM + 00′ 14”
17 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen TEAM KATUSHA + 00′ 14”
18 YATES Adam ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE + 00′ 14”
19 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto LAMPRE – MERIDA + 00′ 14”
20 GERRANS Simon ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE + 00′ 14”

21 MOLLEMA Bauke TREK – SEGAFREDO + 00′ 14”
22 BARDET Romain AG2R LA MONDIALE + 00′ 14”
26 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin TEAM KATUSHA + 00′ 14”
28 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM + 00′ 25”
31 PINOT Thibaut 121 FDJ 14h 35′ 01” + 00′ 25”
57 CONTADOR Alberto TINKOFF + 01′ 02”
77 PORTE Richie BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 59”

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