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Monday, July 7: Stage 3, Cambridge - London, 155 km

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Marcel Kittel wins stage 3. Photo ©Sirotti

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The Race: As soon as the peloton passed the end of the neutral zone and the official racing started, Jean-Marie Bideau accelerated with Czech time trial champion Jan Barta on his wheel. That was the day's break. The pair were allowed three minutes lead, but they were never going to be allowed a big gap. This flat stage was the property of the sprinters and they had no plans to relinquish that title to the duo.

Near the end of the stage the pair still held on to a slim lead, but Bideau buckled and had to let his powerful breakaway partner do all the work. With a few kilometers to go to the finish Barta had dropped Bideau and though the pack was just 10 seconds back, he refused to surrender.

Barta was caught with seven kilometers to go, so things were set up for a big, fast sprint. Omega Pharma took over, but they seemed to have gone a bit early and ran out of gas. Giant-Shimano timed things perfectly and at just the right time unleashed stage one winner Marcel Kittel.

Peter Sagan was perfectly positioned, tucked right in on Kittel's wheel. But no one could come around the blazingly fast German. Kittel charged for the line to take a clean win. But, Sagan's choice of wheel let him come in second and extend his points classification lead.

Vincenzo Nibali rode the race near the front, stayed out of trouble and preserved his two-second GC lead.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 42.6 km/hr

1	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3hr 38min 30sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
3	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
4	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
5	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
6	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
7	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
8	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
9	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
10	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
11	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
12	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
13	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
14	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
15	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
16	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
17	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA
18	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
19	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
20	Gregory Henderson	LOTTO-BELISOL
21	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
22	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
23	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
24	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
25	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
26	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
27	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
28	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
29	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
30	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
31	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
32	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
33	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
34	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
35	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
36	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
37	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
38	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
39	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
40	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
41	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
42	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
43	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
44	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE
45	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP
46	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
47	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
48	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
49	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
50	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
51	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
52	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
53	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
54	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
55	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
56	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
57	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
58	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
59	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
60	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
61	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
62	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
63	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
64	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
65	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
66	Janier Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
67	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
68	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
69	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
70	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
71	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
72	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
73	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
74	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
75	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
76	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
77	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
78	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
79	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
80	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
81	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
82	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
83	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
84	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
85	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 00' 19''
86	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
87	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
88	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
89	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
90	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
91	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM
92	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 21''
93	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 00' 23''
94	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
95	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 32''
96	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 00' 34''
97	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 00' 38''
98	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 00' 43''
99	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 00' 52''
100	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 00''
101	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01' 02''
102	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 05''
103	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
104	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
105	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR
106	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
107	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
108	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
109	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
110	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
111	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
112	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
113	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP
114	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
115	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
116	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
117	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
118	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
119	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
120	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
121	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
122	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
123	Andy Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
124	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
125	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
126	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
127	Xabier Zandio Echaide	TEAM SKY
128	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
129	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
130	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
131	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
132	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
133	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
134	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
135	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
136	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
137	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
138	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL
139	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING
140	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
141	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
142	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL
143	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA
144	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
145	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
146	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY
147	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
148	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
149	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
150	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
151	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
152	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE
153	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
154	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
155	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
156	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
157	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 18''
158	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
159	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01' 22''
160	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
161	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01' 26''
162	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01' 52''
163	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
164	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA
165	Ariel Richeze	LAMPRE - MERIDA
166	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
167	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
168	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
169	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
170	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01' 58''
171	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
172	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
173	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
174	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
175	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
176	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
177	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
178	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
179	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
180	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
181	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
182	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
183	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 04''
184	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA
185	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
186	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
187	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE
188	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 18''
189	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03' 55''
190	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 00' 00''
191	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 00' 00''
192	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 05' 08''
193	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 05' 54''
194	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
195	Edward King	CANNONDALE	+ 07' 25''
196	Jesus Alberto Hernandez	TINKOFF-SAXO

GC after stage 3:

546.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.421 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	13hr 31min 13sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	@ 2 seconds
3	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
4	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
5	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
6	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
7	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
8	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
9	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
10	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
11	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
12	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
13	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
14	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
15	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA
16	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
17	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
18	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
19	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
20	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
21	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
22	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 16''
23	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
24	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
25	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
26	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING
27	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
28	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
29	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
30	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
31	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 35''
32	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
33	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
34	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
35	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
36	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
37	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
38	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 56''
39	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 58''
40	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01' 18''
41	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01' 19''
42	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
43	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
44	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 21''
45	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
46	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
47	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
48	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01' 40''
49	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
50	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
51	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
52	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01' 45''
53	Janier  Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
54	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
55	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 02' 01''
56	Andy Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02' 24''
57	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
58	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 34''
59	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02' 50''
60	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP
61	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
62	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03' 01''
63	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03' 40''
64	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03' 47''
65	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
66	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03' 59''
67	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 04' 25''
68	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 05' 46''
69	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 06' 26''
70	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 06' 32''
71	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
72	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 06' 51''
73	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 07' 39''
74	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 07' 43''
75	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 08' 26''
76	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 08' 40''
77	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 10' 31''
78	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
79	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
80	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
81	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
82	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
83	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
84	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
85	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
86	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 10' 50''
87	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 11' 14''
88	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 11' 36''
89	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
90	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
91	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
92	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
93	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
94	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
95	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
96	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
97	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
98	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 12' 23''
99	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
100	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 12' 29''
101	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
102	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
103	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 12' 35''
104	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
105	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 12' 40''
106	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 12' 44''
107	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 13' 23''
108	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 14' 01''
109	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 14' 26''
110	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 14' 31''
111	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 14' 48''
112	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
113	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
114	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
115	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
116	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
117	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
118	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
119	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP
120	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 15' 07''
121	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 15' 39''
122	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
123	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 15' 53''
124	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
125	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
126	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
127	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL
128	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
129	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
130	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
131	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
132	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
133	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 15' 58''
134	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 16' 06''
135	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 16' 10''
136	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
137	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 16' 11''
138	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 16' 13''
139	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 16' 26''
140	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 16' 40''
141	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 16' 44''
142	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
143	Xabier Zandio Echaide	TEAM SKY
144	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
145	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
146	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
147	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 16' 46''
148	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
149	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
150	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 16' 52''
151	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 17' 05''
152	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 17' 09''
153	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 17' 21''
154	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 17' 31''
155	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 17' 37''
156	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 18' 06''
157	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 18' 14''
158	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 19' 50''
159	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
160	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
161	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
162	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
163	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
164	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
165	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
166	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
167	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
168	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
169	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
170	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 19' 56''
171	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 20' 42''
172	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 20' 54''
173	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 20' 55''
174	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
175	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
176	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE
177	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 21' 14''
178	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 21' 40''
179	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 21' 42''
180	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 21' 48''
181	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
182	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 22' 15''
183	Gregory Henderson	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 22' 19''
184	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 22' 25''
185	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 22' 45''
186	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 23' 00''
187	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 23' 03''
188	Jesus Hernandez	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 23' 04''
189	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 23' 29''
190	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 23' 48''
191	Edward King	CANNONDALE	+ 24' 42''
192	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
193	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 25' 25''
194	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 28' 42''
195	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 35' 04''
196	Ariel Richeze	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 38' 23''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	117 points
2	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	90
3	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	88
4	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	47
5	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	40
6	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	38
7	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	30
8	Joaquin Rojas Gil José	MOVISTAR TEAM	30
9	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	30
10	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	29
11	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	22
12	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
13	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
14	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
15	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	20
16	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	20
17	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
18	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	18
19	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	18
20	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	18
21	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	17
22	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
23	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
24	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	17
25	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
26	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	16
27	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	15
28	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
29	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	14
30	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	14
31	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	13
32	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
33	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	12
34	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	12
35	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	11
36	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	11
37	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
38	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	10
39	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
40	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
41	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	9
42	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	9
43	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
44	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	8
45	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	8
46	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	7
47	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	7
48	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	6
49	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	5
50	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	4
51	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	4
52	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	4
53	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA	3
54	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	3
55	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	3
56	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	3
57	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	2
58	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	2
59	Gregory Henderson	LOTTO-BELISOL	2
60	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	1
61	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6 points
2	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5
3	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
4	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	4
5	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
6	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	2
7	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
8	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
9	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	2
10	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	1
11	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
12	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
13	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1
14	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	1
15	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1
16	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	13hr 31min 15'sec
2	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	@ 14 seconds
5	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
6	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 00' 33''
7	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 19''
8	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01' 43''
9	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
10	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 48''
11	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 06' 24''
12	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 10' 29''
13	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 10' 29''
14	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 11' 12''
15	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 12' 21''
16	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 14' 46''
17	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
18	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 16' 42''
19	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 19' 48''
20	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
21	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 20' 52''
22	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 20' 53''
23	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 21' 40''
24	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 22' 13''
25	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 22' 58''
26	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 23' 01''
27	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 28' 40''

Team Classification:

1	Team Sky	40hr 33min 45sec
2	Astana Pro Team	@ 12 seconds
3	Bmc Racing Team	+ 00' 14''
4	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 00' 47''
5	Trek Factory Racing
6	Iam Cycling	+ 01' 01''
7	Team Katusha	+ 01' 20''
8	Belkin Pro Cycling	+ 01' 31''
9	Lampre - Merida
10	Cannondale	+ 01' 42''
11	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 02' 46''
12	Garmin - Sharp	+ 03' 26''
13	Orica Greenedge	+ 04' 42''
14	Ag2R La Mondiale	+ 05' 44''
15	FDJ.Fr	+ 06' 31''
16	Team Europcar	+ 08' 28''
17	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 09' 44''
18	Lotto-Belisol	+ 10' 29''
19	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 11' 02''
20	Movistar Team	+ 12' 12''
21	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	+ 13' 29''
22	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 25' 29''

Stage 3 photos:

Former Italian road champion Giovanni Visconti arrives at the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Astana team general manager and former top pro Alexandre Vinokourov and his family. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali arrives. Photo ©Sirotti

World road champion Rui Costa. Photo ©Sirotti

Alejandro Valverde. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali and Chris Froome. Photo ©Sirotti

The peloton rides by Big Ben. Photo ©Sirotti

Race leader Vincenzo Nibali. Photo ©Sirotti

Crahses delayed some riders as they raced thorugh London. Here's world time trial champion Tony Martin. Photo ©Sirotti

Leopold Koenig leads Franck Schleck. Photo ©Sirotti

Marcel Kittel was easily the fastest man. Second place Peter Sagan is in the green jersey. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Marcel Kittel. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali gets help from Bernard Hinault putting on another yellow jersey. Photo ©Sirotti

Peter Sagan's second place in stage three has given him a hefty lead in the points competition. Photo ©Sirotti

Peter Sagan also leads the Young Rider classification. Photo ©Sirotti

Since stage 3 had no rated ascents, Cyril Lemoine just had to finish the stage to retain his KOM leadership.

Jan Barta's combativity prize for stage 3 was certainly well-earned.

Live Updates:

Weather in Cambridge: 24C (75F), wind from the southwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). A mix of some clouds and sun. 20% chance of rain.

Km 1: 4:30AM, PDT. As soon as the neutralized zone was passed and the flag was dropped for the Départ Réel, Jan Barta (NetApp-Endura) and Jean-Marie Bideau (Bretagne) sprinted away from the field and in a couple of kilometers (the time its took me to write this), they have a one-minute gap.

Race leader Vincenzo Nibali's Astana team is leading the field.

Km 12: It looks like the peloton has decided to let this break go. Barta (an excellent time trialist) and Bideau have 3min 28sec. The riders are moving down the road rather briskly, they have been traveling at 44 km/hr.

Km 22: The crowds of fans are astoundingly huge. After 30 minutes of racing the break's lead is 3min 48sec. André Greipel's Lotto-Belisol squad is helping at the front. The Gorilla must be feeling his chances of prevailing in the flat finish are pretty good.

Km 39: 116 km to go and the duo has 4min 33sec. Astana is doing more than half the work at the front (the statisticians say 57%). The average speed has been 40.3 km/hr.

Km 62: 1hr 31min into the stage. Bideau and Barta are 3min 12sec. Jan Bakelants (Omega Pharma) has crashed, taking down Florian Vachon (Bretagne). Vachon was back up immediately and now Bakelants has rejoined the pack as well. The break is not being allowed much of a gap. The sprinters don't want to miss this opportunity.

Km 89: Omega Pharma just can't get a break. Not only have they lost Mark Cavendish, Jan Bakelants hit a water bottle in the feed zone and crashed again. Alessandro Petacchi is having trouble from a bee sting. The break's lead has been cut back to two minutes. FDJ and Giant-Shimano are helping Lotto-Belisol with the chase. The sprinters might want to have Barta and Bideau back in the field in time for the intermediate sprint in Epping Forest, at km 108.

There are a few drops of water on the road and there is some rain in eastern London.

Km 102: Nope, the gap is still 2 minutes and 16 seconds. The break will not be caught in time for the intermediate sprint. Though FDJ's sprinter Arnaud Démare hurt his wrist in a crash yesterday, FDJ is working for him today. FDJ director Yvon Madiot said this about Démare, "He's got a painful wrist but not enough to give up on his ambitions. We're here to lead him out in the final sprint."

Km 108: There's 2,500 Euros waiting for Barta and Bideau (1,500 for the first rider, 1,000 for second) when they take the intermediate sprint. Cannondale has moved up to the front to help Sagan preserve his points classification lead.

Bideau edged Barta to take the intermediate sprint. In the peloton Cannondale was lined up at front and then FDJ came charging up the right and unleashed Bryan Coquard. Coquard and Peter Sagan started shoulder to shoulder and then Coquard just blasted by, crossing the line with a big enough gap to look back at Sagan. The guy is fast and strong. The 13 points Sagan earned with fourth place allows him to preserve his points classification lead.

The sprint results:

1. Jean-Marc Bideau, 20 points
2. Jan Barta, 17
3. Bryan Coquard, 15
4. Peter Sagan, 13
5. Elia Viviani, 11
6. Arnaud Démare 10

The pack's acceleration has cut the duo's lead to 65 seconds.

Km 125, 30 to go: We are in the city of London. The gap has gone back out to 2min 10sec. Andy Schleck, Simon Gerrans and Ted King have crashed. All the fallen riders are back up and chasing the pack. Race leader Nibali is close to the front with at least four Astana riders with him.

When looking at the gap as we get close to the finish, from the BikeRaceInfo glossary:

Chapatte's Law: Formulated by former racer and Tour commentator Robert Chapatte, it states that in the closing stages of a race a determined peloton will chase down a break and close in at the rate of 1 minute per 10 kilometers traveled. If a break is 3 minutes up the road the peloton will need to work hard for 30 kilometers to catch it. TV race commentator Paul Sherwen regularly uses Chapatte's Law to come up with his often surprisingly accurate predictions of when a break will be caught. It's now calculated by computer on French television.

Therefore, if the duo have 2 minutes with 20 km to go, they have a chance.

Km 134, 21 to go: As the peloton passes the Olympic Park the gap has gone down to 94 seconds. The speed is going up and the pack is lined out. Average speed for the day so far is 41.6 km/hr. Barta and Bideau still look good (Bideau is just starting to rock in the saddle) and seemed to have upped their effort. They were probably dosing their efforts over the earlier kilometers so as not to rile the pack.

It's starting to rain lightly.

Km 141: It's raining seriously now. The oily city roads could be as slippery as ice. The gap is 65 seconds. Lotto-Belisol has only one rider at the front. The rest of the effort is being done by Astana. Barta went very carefully around a corner, respecting the treacherous roads. Bideau is having trouble holding Barta's wheel. Barta (Czech time trial champion) waited for Bideau, but he has to do all the work.

Km 145, 10 km to go: The gap is only 30 seconds. Barta will not surrender.

Km 147, 8 to go: Barta has dropped Bideau, who is cooked. Barta has 20 seconds. Bideau has been caught by the pack.

7 km to go: Nicolas Roche leads Contador at the front of the pack. Barta has just a small gap, maybe 10 seconds.

Barta is caught.

5 km to go: The speed is going up and Omega Pharma has formed a train, for Mark Renshaw?

3.5 km to go: Giant-Shimano just went to the front. Sagan is moving up. There was a crash midway in the pack.

The finish: Giant-Shimano led out the sprint, unleashing Marcel Kittel with Sagan on his wheel. All Sagan could do was hold the surging Kittel's wheel. No one could come next to Kittel as he charged across the line.

Stage 3 map and profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

 

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