Tour de France 2015 – Stage 03 [FULL STAGE](flemish)

July 06, 2015

Tour de France 2015 – Stage 3 – Anvers – Huy : 159,5 km

As befits a race that is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the red polka dot King of the Mountains jersey, the emphasis of the 102nd Tour de France is very firmly on climbing. There are no less than seven mountains stages and five summit finishes on a 3,360km route starting in the Dutch city of Utrecht on 4 July and finishing in Paris on 26 July, when another significant anniversary will be marked as it is 40 years since the Tour’s first finale on the Champs Élysées. However, despite being weighted towards the specialist climbers, the route is packed with all manner of tests designed to catch out the unwary and reward the courageous. This has become the defining style of Tour supremo Christian Prudhomme and his route director Thierry Gouvenou, with the pair determined to ensure that the contenders for the yellow jersey have to be right on their mettle from the 13.8km time trial in Utrecht on the very first day. There are complications aplenty over the eight stages that follow, the most significant being the hilltop finish at Huy on day three, the 13km of Paris-Roubaix pavé that come the day after, and the hilltop finish that comes on the race’s second Saturday at Mûr de Bretagne. Following that, and prior to the first rest day, a shortish team time trial should also be intriguing, both because of its rolling course and because some teams will already be down a rider or two. Three hard days in the Pyrenees, including a very tough finish at Plateau de Beille, kick off the high-mountain action. This continues after the second rest day, when there are three summit finishes in the Alps. The first is at Pra Loup, where Frenchman Romain Bardet recently triumphed in the Critérium du Dauphiné, the second at La Toussuire, and the third at Alpe d’Huez, which for the first time features on the penultimate day of the race.

After the windswept drama of yesterday, Stage 3 of the Tour de France served up an equally chaotic series of events with Joaquim Rodriguez ignoring his crash wounds and emerging victorious atop the Mur de Huy ahead of ahead of Chris Froome (Team Sky).

A high-speed crash with 58km remaining in the stage saw the race neutralised on three occasions over the next eight kilometres with the explanation given that the safety of riders in the front group could not be guaranteed with all race doctors and ambulances occupied at the scene of the crash.

Rodriguez, the 2012 La Flèche Wallonne champion had sent his Katusha team to the front at the flamme rouge, letting Froome lead on the early slopes for the climb before bursting up the left-hand side of the road showing a clear pair of cleats and skip away to victory and simultaneously claim the first king of the mountains jersey in this year’s race.

“This is a special moment. I won Fléche Wallonne here and so know the Mur well. I couldn’t get it wrong today because I knew I had the legs,” Rodriguez said after his second career win at the Tour. “It was a tough, tough stage. It was a normal day until the crash but it went okay for me. I don’t know why they stopped the race but we all started the Mur de Huy at a high pace. I wasn’t sure I could win but I accelerated and it felt like it was the longest time I ever spent going up the Mur de Huy.”

A six second time bonus saw Froome take the yellow jersey by one second ahead of Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) after Fabian Cancellara (Trek) lost over five minutes having been caught up in the crash.

Vincenzo Nibali finished seventh in a group with Nairo Quintana, 11 seconds behind Rodriguez and Froome, while Alberto Contador crossed the line in 12th place, a further seven seconds back.

The first yellow jersey for Froome since his 2013 Tour victory and 15th in total came as a surprise to the Sky captain who expressed his disbelief post-stage.

“I didn’t wake up this morning thinking I’d be in yellow. That was a real surprise. I knew there would be gaps up that climb, but I really didn’t expect it to be significant enough to get into yellow. A huge thank you to my teammates today,” Froome said. “They turned themselves inside out to keep me always at the front of the race. Today was treacherous, lots of crashes again. Left, right up down all day – not too different from the Flèche Wallonne classic this year. I just couldn’t be happier to be in yellow going into the cobble stage tomorrow.”

The closest GC rival to Froome is Tejay Van Garderen in third place, 13 seconds in arrears with Alberto Contador 36 seconds back in eighth, Nibali 1:38 minutes back in 13th and Quintana 17th at 1:56 minutes. Romain Bardet (Ag2r) finds himself 2:54 minutes down on Froome with Thibaut Pinot four seconds behind his compatriot.

The Dutch dream of claiming a first yellow jersey in 26 years was dashed as Tom Dumoulin was forced to abandon the race with a suspected dislocated shoulder due to the crash while Fabian Cancellara’s chances of defending yellow evaporated with the Trek rider also hitting the deck and heading for scans after crossing the line.

Simon Gerrans’ horror season continued with the Australian fracturing his wrist in the same crash and abandoning the race. Katusha’s Dmitriy Kozonchuk also abandoned the race due to his injuries while Laurens ten Dam dislocated his shoulder but popped it back in to finish the stage. William Bonnet (FDJ), the first rider to hit the deck, appeared to be the worst off with doctors moving to place him in a neck brace as he lay on the ground. A fractured collarbone was confirmed for Daryl Impey after the stage, ruling the Orica-GreenEdge rider out of the race.

How it unfolded

The weather of yesterday disappeared overnight with warm 25-degree weather greeting the riders on the start line but this wasn’t to be a calm day in the saddle.

After a flat to a Katusha rider at kilometre zero, the stage was slightly delayed for him to regroup. Bryan Nauleau (Europcar) attacked and instigated the ‘commercial break’. Nauleau was joined by yesterday’s aggressor Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18), Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling) and Serge Pauwels for MTN-Qhubeka’s first breakaway representation at the Tour. Pauwels enjoyed the ride through his home town of Lierre with the breakaway’s lead growing to 1:40 minutes after 10km of racing as Astana and FDJ sat on the front of the peloton and let the quartet play.

With 15km raced, Trek made their way to the front for the first time as duty called for the team of the maillot jaune as the break extended its lead out over two minutes. Pauwels found himself as the virtual maillot jaune at the 20km mark as the gap pushed out to 2:50 minutes. With the lead hitting there-and-a -half minutes, Barta moved into second on the virtual GC.

First yellow jersey of the race, Rohan Dennis (BMC), had an innocuous fall with the break slowly growing its lead to 3:45 minutes at the 40km mark. At the 47.km mark the race passed through Meensel-Kiezegem, the birthplace of Eddy Merckx, where a statue was unveiled for the five-time champion.

With the advantage of the quartet hovering around three minutes Tinkoff-Saxo, Trek, Movistar, Astana and Team Sky occupied the front line in a holding pattern. Inside of 100km to go and the lead dropped back under three minutes.

The peloton’s speed slowly increased, warming up for first hills of the race with gap down to 2:45 minutes then quickly dropping to under two minutes seemingly in the blink of an eye as the peloton rolled through the feed zone.

With 66km to go, the gap was a measly 28 seconds as Movistar and Astana took over pace making. FDJ moved up make their presence felt as did BMC in the yellow helmets as leaders of the team classification with the fist climb of the race, the Côte de Bohisseau, on the horizon.

At 58km to go a huge crash on right hand side of road caused by a touch of wheels saw William Bonnet (FDJ) fall and heavily and cause a pile up reminiscent of the ‘Metz Massacre’ crash at the 2012 Tour de France.

Several rider on the outside were lucky to fall into the grass but were halted by a telegraph pole which quickly became the epicentre of the crash site. An unlucky Dumoulin looked to surf 10 metres on his stomach surrounding by somersaulting riders and bicycles.

A second crash on the opposite side of the road 500 metres in advance took more riders although all the GC men were unscathed.

The race briefly neutralised with news filtering through that Cancellara was one of the fallers. The race was resumed and Sky with Luke Rowe quickly dropped the hammer.

As race radio announced Dumoulin was abandoning in an ambulance with a dislocated shoulder, the stage was again neutralised at the base of the Côte de Bohisseau with race doctors busy at the two crash sites. As the riders surrounded the lead cars Bonnet’s abandonment was announced along with falsely, Laurens ten Dam (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge). There was a brief resumption as Cancellara reached the back of the reduced peloton before race was called to a halt for a third time.

During the pause images of Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge), Johan Vansummeren (AG2R), Greg Henderson (Lotto) in torn and bloodied kit, a reminder of how brittle a cyclist is when confronted with a fall at high speed onto asphalt.

A ten-minute wait on the early slopes of the climb allowed the fallen to regroup and assess how many layers of skin had been left on the road while the race jury car tried to make its way through the peloton to the front of the race.

The Coté de Bohisseau was neutralised with racing resuming at the 50km to go mark as Christian Prudhomme gave his blessing for racing to resume 20 minutes after the crash. With the pace slow, an obviously pained Cancellara dropped back to his team car for assistance gesturing to his right upper hip.

Katusha, Lotto-Soudal and Sky were lined across the front of the peloton as riders started to warm up after the mid-race pause. A fractured wrist was the diagnosis for Gerrans while Dmitriy Kozonchuk’s name was added to the list of abandons with 45km to race.

Sky, Cannondale-Garmin and Tinkoff-Saxo were the first teams to lift the pace with riders making their way through a long convoy to regroup. After 10km of racing since the neutralisation was lifted, Astana and Tinkoff-Saxo felt the wind change and forced a split with Sky quick to make the junction.

Riders caught out in the split included Cancellara with the yellow jersey group finding itself 18 seconds behind the front GC group on the run in to the intermediate sprint point in Havelange.

Having been caught out in the cross winds, Alejandro Valverde, Bardet, Pinot and Gerg Van Avermaet (BMC) made the junction to the front group just before the sprint point with Andre Greipel taking the spoils ahead of John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin). The two front groups where all back together with 30km left to race.

On the base of the Côte d’Ereffe Angelo Tulik (Europcar) attacked to go solo as Cancellara was dropped on the early slopes of the cat 4 climb on which Michael Schär took maximum points. With 13km left, the yellow jersey group was 2:22 minutes in arrears as Richie Porte set a fierce tempo to set up Froome for the win.

By the 10km to go mark, Porte had grown the gap back to the Cancellara out to 3:50 minutes as the fight for position at the front of the race was on in earnest. Tinkoff-Saxo took over at the front and the gap went out to four minutes as Etixx-Quick Step then took a turn to add 30 seconds to the margin.

Rafal Majka drove the pace up the Côte de Cherave followed by Michal Kwiatkowski who had Froome glued to his wheel as the peloton splintered, Rui Costa and Pinot among the casualties. As Majka crested the Cote de Cherave, the yellow jersey was 5:20 minutes back.

Roman Kreuziger overshot a corner allowing Thomas to come to the front with only the Mur to come before Bob Jungels (Trek) took over and start the climb up the Mur du Huy in first place.

As Jungels starting going backwards, the GC men came forward with Froome leading and Contador stuck on his wheel and Quintana to his left. Rodriguez launched his attack with Tony Gallopin (Lotto Soudal) jumping on his wheel and Froome quick to respond. Gallopin faded as Froome skipped by but there was no catching Rodriguez. Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r) and Daniel Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) finished fast but left their moves too late as the group of Van Garderen, Nibali, Simon Yates (Orica-GreenEdge), Quintana, Bauke Mollema (Trek) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) crossed the line 11 seconds down.

With the cobbles of stage four to come, Tony Martin sits in second place overall, 0.7 of a second of Froome while Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) moved into the white jersey with Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) and BMC retains their leads in the sprint and team classifications.

Results :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 3:26:54
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
3 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:04
4 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:00:05
5 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:00:08
6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:11
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
8 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge
9 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
11 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
12 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:18
13 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:19
14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:22
15 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
16 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:24
17 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
18 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:28
19 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:34
20 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:00:36
21 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
22 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
23 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
24 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:00:40
25 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
26 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
27 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo
28 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:00:45
29 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
30 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka
31 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:52
32 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 0:01:00
33 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 0:01:05
34 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:08
35 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:01:10
36 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
37 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
38 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 0:01:13
39 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha
40 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:15
41 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:20
42 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:22
43 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:25
44 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky
45 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
46 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
47 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha
48 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo
49 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step
50 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
51 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:01:29
52 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:01:33
53 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team
54 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:39
55 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
56 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:52
57 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:59
58 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
59 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
60 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
61 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18
62 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar
63 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
64 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling
65 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:02:08
66 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN – Qhubeka
67 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ.fr
68 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
69 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:02:17
70 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling 0:02:29
71 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
72 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
73 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
74 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:02:53
75 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:03:03
76 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:24
77 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 0:03:58
78 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling
79 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
80 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
81 Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN – Qhubeka
82 Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN – Qhubeka
83 Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
84 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
85 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
86 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
87 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
88 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal
89 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
90 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka
91 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
92 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:04:14
93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
94 Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:04:16
95 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
96 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
97 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 0:04:24
98 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:04:33
99 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
100 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:04:36
101 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:05:17
102 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida 0:06:13
103 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky
104 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida
105 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge
106 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida
107 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida
108 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
109 Michal Golas (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step
110 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge 0:06:25
111 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida 0:06:35
112 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:06:49
113 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
114 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
115 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
116 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:07:17
117 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
118 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:08:01
119 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:08:11
120 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:08:14
121 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:08:26
122 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:09:40
123 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:15
124 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 0:10:38
125 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:10:45
126 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
127 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
128 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr
129 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
130 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
131 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
132 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky
133 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr
134 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:10:48
135 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:10:54
136 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
137 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
138 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
139 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
140 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
141 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
142 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar
143 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
144 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
145 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
146 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
147 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr
148 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
149 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling
150 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
151 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing
152 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
153 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step
154 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team
155 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
156 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:11:02
157 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
158 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
159 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
160 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
161 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
162 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
163 Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN – Qhubeka
164 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:11:09
165 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
166 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
167 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
168 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx – Quick-Step
169 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18
170 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx – Quick-Step
171 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
172 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
173 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
174 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team
175 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
176 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
177 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
178 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
179 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
180 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge
181 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:11:24
182 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:11:26
183 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 0:11:28
184 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
185 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:11:36
186 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
187 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:11:43
188 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing
189 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 0:11:45
190 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 0:11:47
191 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
192 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:13:38
193 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 0:14:13
194 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:21:38
DNF Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
DNF Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha
DNF Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
DNF William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr

General Classification after Stage 3 :
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 7:11:37
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:01
3 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:13
4 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:00:26
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:28
6 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:31
7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:34
8 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:36
9 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:03
10 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01:04
11 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:07
12 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:01:32
13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:38
14 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:39
15 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:01:51
16 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
17 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:01:56
18 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0:02:00
19 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:02:02
20 Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:02:06
21 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:07
22 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:26
23 Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:02:39
24 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:45
25 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 0:02:52
26 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:54
27 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:02:58
28 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team
29 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:10
30 Rui Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida
31 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:03:22
32 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:24
33 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:03:29
34 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:03:34
35 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:03:39
36 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:03:40
37 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
38 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:03:49
39 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ.fr 0:03:52
40 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:03:55
41 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:04:09
42 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:04:28
43 Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:04:35
44 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:05:17
45 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge
46 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 0:05:48
47 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Soudal 0:06:01
48 Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN – Qhubeka 0:06:03
49 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:06:15
50 Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18 0:06:17
51 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka
52 Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:06:23
53 Julian Arredondo (Col) Trek Factory Racing 0:06:29
54 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:32
55 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:06:36
56 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek Factory Racing
57 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 0:06:38
58 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:06:40
59 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha 0:06:41
60 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 0:06:42
61 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:06:45
62 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:06:49
63 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka 0:06:56
64 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:07:04
65 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
66 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha 0:07:08
67 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN – Qhubeka 0:07:27
68 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:07:28
69 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:07:31
70 Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar 0:07:32
71 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 0:07:35
72 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
73 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:07:49
74 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha
75 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:07:51
76 Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:08:01
77 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:08:04
78 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:08:10
79 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 0:08:13
80 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:08:18
81 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) IAM Cycling 0:08:20
82 Michal Golas (Pol) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:08:21
83 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:08:30
84 Stephen Cummings (GBr) MTN – Qhubeka 0:08:50
85 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:08:54
86 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:09:07
87 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:09:10
88 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:09:27
89 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
90 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 0:09:35
91 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:48
92 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka 0:09:52
93 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:09:55
94 Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team
95 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
96 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
97 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:09:57
98 Ivan Basso (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:10:03
99 Julien Vermote (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:10:06
100 José Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:10:08
101 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:10:21
102 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:10:24
103 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:10:30
104 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:32
105 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:10:33
106 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar 0:10:41
107 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 0:10:42
108 Jose Rodolfo Serpa (Col) Lampre-Merida 0:10:45
109 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 0:11:01
110 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:11:03
111 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:11:11
112 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0:11:18
113 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:11:24
114 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 0:11:40
115 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
116 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge 0:11:45
117 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:11:47
118 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:11:51
119 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:11:58
120 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 0:12:01
121 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team 0:12:07
122 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida 0:12:13
123 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:12:15
124 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida 0:12:25
125 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:12:27
126 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida 0:12:28
127 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 0:12:29
128 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 0:12:40
129 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:12:49
130 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 0:12:50
131 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
132 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:12:53
133 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:12:57
134 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
135 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:13:03
136 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:13:04
137 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 0:13:07
138 Tyler Farrar (USA) MTN – Qhubeka 0:13:08
139 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:13:17
140 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:13:18
141 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
142 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:13:21
143 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 0:13:39
144 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
145 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:13:41
146 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 0:13:44
147 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:14:02
148 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 0:14:17
149 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 0:14:58
150 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:15:29
151 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:15:31
152 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:15:43
153 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:47
154 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:15:50
155 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:15:51
156 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 0:15:52
157 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0:16:00
158 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 0:16:04
159 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:16:10
160 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
161 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 0:16:14
162 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal 0:16:19
163 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18 0:16:30
164 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:16:31
165 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr 0:16:32
166 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:16:36
167 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:16:41
168 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge 0:16:45
169 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:16:46
170 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr
171 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 0:16:48
172 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Team Europcar 0:16:49
173 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 0:16:53
174 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:16:55
175 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:17:05
176 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar
177 Frédéric Brun (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:17:06
178 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement
179 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:17:09
180 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 0:17:15
181 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:17:17
182 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 0:17:18
183 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:17:32
184 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 0:17:39
185 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 0:17:42
186 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:17:43
187 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Bretagne-Séché Environnement 0:17:45
188 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:19:13
189 Laurent Didier (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 0:19:26
190 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 0:22:35
191 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:22:40
192 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 0:23:03
193 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
194 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 0:26:56