Tour de France: Stage 3 Olonne-sur-Mer > Redon, 198kms

The peloton starts its day near the coast at Olonne-sur-Mer...

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Mikael Delage is leading the day's escape, right after the start...

Garmin's Thor Hushovd is making their making Geoff Brown sweat as he fixes a seat-post issue...

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There's also an issue with Hushovd's radio-set - Jonathan Vaughters is in control...

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Bradley Wiggins cruises back to the peloton after a nature call...

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David Zabriskie is already at work chasing the escape - Garmin does not want the lead to get too big...

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Philippe Gilbert is in Green today, but he'll only have the climber's jersey in his possession by the end of the day...

Fabian Cancellara looks happy today, maybe his team's excellent TTT yesterday signals a run of good form..?

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The peloton crosses the bridge and passes the Chateau at Aprimont...

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Garmin-Cervelo are still chasing with Navardauskas at the front, but the gap has grown to almost six minutes...

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Cadel Evans is wearing Gilbert's jersey for the day, but it's Yellow that he wants eventually...

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Nicholas Roche recovers from a wheel-change...

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Today it is the photographers that are crashing - but no-one is hurt, and none of them lose much time to their rivals... :)

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Hushovd is still smiling, is their a plan being made for the sprint-finish..?

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Ben Swift and Geraint Thomas seem to be plannig their own sprint campaign...

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Niki Terpstra is leading the escape towards the bridge of St Nazaire with almost three minutes in hand...

Alberto Contador is right at the front of the peloton as the Tour climbs the windswept bridge...

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The true scale of St Nazaire's bridge is impossible to define...

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It might look ugly, but this will one day become a massive cruise-liner - and it as made at St Nazaire..!

Leopard-Trek are on the front as the crosswinds start after the bridge, but there's no racing as such...

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Tyler Farrar wins into Redon on July 4th - the American can also celebrate his independence as a stage-winner of the Tour..!

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