British Sprinter mark Cavendish in the final shot to a few millimeters ahead of German Andre Greipel.
The second longest stage of the Great loop was not full of events in the day’s break made lonely Armindo Fonseca, for which 82 kilometer from the finish, joined winner of stages in Tour de France Thomas Vauclair. This pair caught up with the peloton eight kilometers before the finish.
In the classic sprint Cavendish and Greipel finished at the same time. The organizers of the Tour de France stared for a long time, the photo finish and still found minimal advantage of the British. This success was Cavendish’s 28th on the Big loop.
Tomorrow on the French stage race 237-kilometer stage with start in Saumur and finish in Limoges. It is expected that the victory will compete for sprinters generalist.
Results third stage:
1. Mark Cavendish (UK, Dimension Data) – 5:59,54
2. Andre Greipel (Germany, Lotto Soudal)
3. Brian Coker (France, Direct Energie)
4. Peter Sagan (Slovakia Tinkoff)
5. Edward Theuns (Belgium, Trek – Segafredo)
Top 5 General classification after the third stage:
1. Peter Sagan (Slovakia, Tinkoff) – 14:34,36
2. Julian Alaphilippe (France, Etixx-QuickStep) – 0,08
3. Alejandro Valverde (Spain, Movistar) – 0,10
4. Christopher Froome (UK, Sky) – 0,14
5. The Warren Bargil (France, Giant-Alpecin)
