07.06 - Tour de France: Stage 3

Ciao and Bonjour - Alessandro Petacchi greets new race-leader Sylvain Chavanel at the start...

Thor Hushovd and Robbie McEwen want to discuss yesterday's 'strike' with race-officials...

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Hushovd speaks better French than McEwen, he's been elected to talk...

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David Millar and Lance Armstrong compare notes on their crashes yesterday...

Meanwhile, an escape has gone away containing Ryder Hesjedal and Steve Cummings - they will gain a maximum of five minutes...

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Quick-Step is maintaining a steady chase...

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The escape reaches the first cobblestones with barely three minutes advantage...

Saxo Bank has the race under their control as the second and third sections of cobbles await...

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Hesjedal is looking super-strong on the second section...

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Jacob Fuglsang leads Saxo Bank onto the second section - they're shredding the peloton behind...

Frank Schleck has touched wheels and gone down..!

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The Luxembourg champion is out of the Tour de France...

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Armstrong is struggling with the brutal pace of Saxo Bank - he can barely hold the wheel of Jurgen Van den Broeck...

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Armstrong finds himself in a small chasing group 30-seconds behind the leaders...

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Hushovd has helped create an elite group of about seven riders - including Cancellara, Andy Schleck, Cadel Evans and Geraint Thomas...

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Nicholas Roche is trying desperately to keep within range of Cancellara and Hushovd...

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Armstrong has been stranded with a flat tyre, while his arch rival Contador is trying to bridge the gap to a group of chasers...

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The group that Contador is about to join is led by Bradley Wiggins, who has Vinokourov with him - Roche will also join this group...

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Armstrong is fighting back ,but not enough to get him back to the Contador/Wiggins group...

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Cancellara leads Schleck, Hushovd and Thomas on the penultimate section of cobbles...

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Armstrong is alone on the last section - he'll lose about one minute to Contador, more to Schleck and Evans...

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Thor Hushovd wins stage three to Arenberg - sweet revenge for yesterday's disappointing end...

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Contador finishes with Wiggins and Vinokourov - and is quick to thank his Astana teamate for such superb work...

Fabian Cancellara has become race-leader again, everyone is a winner today!