Tour de France Stage 3: Antwerp > Huy, 155kms

Le Tour leaves Antwerp and its famous railway station in the city centre...

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Jan Barta leads the day's escape once again, but like yesterday their lead stays at three minutes only..

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Fabian Cancellara gets a quick bike-change before the chase gets settled...

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Cancellara is not even going to try and defend his lead with the Mur de Huy uphill finish later-on..!

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Stijn Devolder's flat tyre gives Trek's mechanic another burst of work...

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Thomas Voeckler is skulling a can of coke before the chase begins...

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Sammy Sanchez is chewing on a banana that matches perfectly his less-than-elegant helmet...

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The escape, led by Elmiger and Tulik reaches the halfway mark with a three-minute lead...

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Andre Greipel need not worry about his Green jersey today - but there's a sprint to be won before the final hills...

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Cancellara is in good spirits now, his red rose signals a love-affair for the Tour...

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Nairo Quintana has a lot to gain on today's uphill finish - but he has to also think of tomorrow's cobbled nightmare...

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Gendarmes signal a massive crash as the racing starts in earnest - Cancellara (right) has fallen too..!

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A lone rider, Filippo Pozzato, emerges from the carnage - this is a very big crash by any standards..!

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There's barely a team that has not been caught in the pile-up...

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Tom Dumoulin is out of the Tour with a broken collar-bone..!

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Michael Matthews lies stunned and bruised at the epicentre of the fall...

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William Bonnet is the worst injured after hitting a lampost in the fall...

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Cancellara doesn't seem hurt, but he won't be startinbg tomnorrow's stage after cracking yet more vertebrae...

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Simon Gerrans has a calm exterior - but he's hurting at breaking his collar-bone again..!

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Daniel Teklehaimanot's first Tour just took a turn for the worse, but he's not too badly injured...

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Daryl Impey wants to re-start, but he'll find out later he too has a damaged collar-bone...

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There's not much left of Johan Van Summeren's jersey and numbers - but his fall comes from another crash..!

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The peloton is neutralised by the organisers because of a lack of medical care after the mass crashes...

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Tour de France 2015 - Stage 3

The race has stopped at the foot of the Cote de Bohissau with no plans to continue anytime soon...

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Matthews is awaiting the re-start, but he's not looking in great shape and will lose 21-minutes today..!

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Tour de France 2015 - Stage 3

Christian Prudhomme holds the peloton back as it re-starts on the steep hill - but it'll take a while to get them racing again...

Tinkoff, Etixx and Sky start the attacks on the penultimate hill - the race is on again..!

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Geraint Thomas leads the rush to the foot of the Mur de Huy with Chris Froome on his wheel...

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Froome himself leads the way up the Mur de Huy with Contador looking strained on his wheel...

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Joaquin Rodriguez wins stage three from Froome and Gallopin..!

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Chris Froome becomes the new race-leader of the Tour de France..!

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