Paris-Nice Stage 3: Saint-Amand-Montrond > Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, 179kms

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The Ag2r team holds a press conference with Sam Dumoulin as their spokesman...
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After an action-less 45-minutes, Philippe Gilbert has launched an escape with Florian Vachon...
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Antoine Duchesne sees a good move and starts to chase....
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Bradley Wiggins feels like a chase too, but he soon thinks otherwise and eases up...
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Etixx is chasing Wiggins, who'd make a nice companion for the two leaders..!
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Bob Jungels has been chasing too - but he soon eases up...
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Faced with the news that they're on their own, Gilbert and Vachon bend to their task and pull away...
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Wiggins is back in the peloton and explaining his tactics to Geraint Thomas...
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Fabio Aru has almost gone unnoticed in Paris-Nice - but he's a potential winner of it...
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Rohan Dennis is second overall but largely anonymous since the Prologue...
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Nacer Bouhanni looks glum - today's slight uphill finish is not really in his favour...
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Michael Albasini protects Michael Matthews who is a real favourite for this stage...
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Thomas Voeckler has shot across to the escape - Gilbert waits for the junction before racing again...
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Voeckler goes straight to the front, pulling the escape further away from the peloton...
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Michal Kwiatkowski races through a downhill bend, his race-lead shouldn't be under threat - but he can never be sure...
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Gilbert's escape has re-gained amost five minutes with 30-kilometres to go...
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The peloton races across a bleak landscape, but the sun is out and making them warm today..!
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Giant-Alpecin chases ahead of Etixx - John Degenkolb is their leader for the sprint...
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Jan Bakelandts leads a new escape with Roman Bardet as the Gilbert escape drops back...
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It is the punchy power sprinters who lead the way to the line today...
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Michael Matthews wins stage three from Cimolai and Nizzolo..!
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Michael Matthews becomes the new race-leader after his win..!
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