Giro d'Italia Stage 3: Armagh > Dublin, 187kms

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An Irish fan waves his country's flag over the Giro as the race kicks off near Armagh...

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Maarten Tjallingii leads another escape on another day, he's wearing the best-climber's jersey now...

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Svein Tuft is back to work as usual, chasing the escape that has over five-minutes lead...

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Miguel Angel Rubiano, the Colombian champion, is also in the day's escape...

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All's good in Michael Matthews world then..?

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Nacer Bouhanni has pink glasses, is this a good omen on a day set aside for sprinters..?

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The peloton speeds through a perfectly-painted village on its way south...

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Andrea Fedi has quite an audience to see him get up after falling...

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Wilco Kelderman is the main victim of another fall - and there's more to come...

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Michael Rogers gets mechanical help after a spill involving five or six others...

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Master and Servant - Robert Kiserlovski gets a push from Fabio Felline...

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The entire Omega-Pharma team is pacing Rigoberto Uran back after a flat tyre...

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Michael Hepburn and Brent Bookwalter are part of a massive fall on a big, wide, highway in the Irish Republic...

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Race-leader Matthews is one of four Green Edge riders to fall here - but he's okay...

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Tyler Farrar and Jonny Hoogerland are also involved - but everyone recovers to finish the stage...

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Another crash comes with 35-kilometres to go, on a roundabout...

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Cameron Meyer is stunned after this fall, it's a rough day for Green Edge..!

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Georgio Cecchinel is pulling the escape towards Dublin, but the peloton is almost onto them...

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Marcel Kittel kicks away from Ben Swift to win stage three of the 2014 Giro d'Italia..!

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Michael Matthews can smile again after retaining the Maglia Rosa for the first Italian stage..!

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