Stage 3, and after yesterday's poor sprint by the favourites, a time to make amends perhaps?

Today's break contained 11 riders - far too many to name



The pack was more coordinated today, with teams helping out Festina in doing the chasing



The capture was at 3.2km today - and yet again, the late capture affected the positioning of the sprinters



Here is the positioning of the key sprinters with 2.6km - if the sprinter is good, and not shown, he is waaaayyyy back



Petacchi leads out Haedo into the final turn - Serebriakov is just behind



But look at this, Haedo is leading!



Petacchi finds a last gasp effort, and both riders throw their bikes across the line - now you try and pick a winner out of these 2!



Haedo was given it, and all the PT teams should hang their heads in shame - Haedo not only takes the stage, but the leader's jersey and the points jersey too!!!

Stage:

1	Juan José Haedo	SLIPSTREAM	3h10'03
2	Alessandro Petacchi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
3	Aleksandr Serebriakov	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
4	Francesco Chicchi	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
5	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
6	Marco Fabbri	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
7	Thor Hushovd	FESTINA	s.t.
8	Danilo Napolitano	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
9	Theo Bos	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
10	Angelo Furlan	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
11	Wouter Weylandt	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
12	Aurélien Clerc	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
13	Eros Capecchi	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
14	Juan Pablo Forero	ERSTE	s.t.
15	Kevin Van Impe	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
16	Crescenzo D'Amore	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
17	Anthony Lavoine	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
18	Alexandre Aulas	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
19	Koldo Fernandez	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
20	Fred Rodriguez	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
21	Kirk O'Bee	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
22	Sergei Klimov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
23	Brad Huff	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
24	Alex Rasmussen	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
25	Alberto Loddo	ERSTE	s.t.
26	Maxime Vantomme	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
27	Bruno Neves	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
28	Robert Hunter	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
29	Murilo Fischer	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
30	Eric Baumann	CARLSBERG	s.t.
31	Leonardo Duque	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
32	Borut Bozic	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
33	William Bonnet	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
34	Mike Friedman	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
35	Sebastian Langeveld	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
36	Michael Mørkøv	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
37	Luciano Pagliarini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
38	Fabio Sabatini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
39	Assan Bazajev	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
40	Marcel Barth	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
41	Joseph Cooper	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
42	Bert Roesems	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
43	Christian Poos	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
44	Rafael Rodríguez Segarra	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
45	Giovanni Visconti	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
46	Peter Wrolich	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
47	Jan Ghyselinck	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
48	Jurgen Van Loocke	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
49	Steven Cozza	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
50	Patrick Gretsch	FESTINA	s.t.
51	Nick Clesen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
52	Kasper Klostergaard	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
53	Anders Lund	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
54	Kenny De Haes	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
55	Michael Schär	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
56	Timothy Duggan	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
57	Kevin Seeldraeyers	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
58	Blake Caldwell	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
59	Michael Ford	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
60	Ian Stannard	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
61	Alexandre Botcharov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
62	Jürgen Van de Walle	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
63	Aleksandr Arekejev	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
64	Frederik Nolf	FESTINA	s.t.
65	Dimitri Champion	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
66	Anthony Roux	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
67	Rafaâ Chtioui	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
68	Nicki Sørensen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
69	Cesare Di Maggio	ERSTE	s.t.
70	Tim Dees	FESTINA	s.t.
71	Jordi Grau	FESTINA	s.t.
72	Victor Hugo Peña	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
73	Saulo Lay	ERSTE	s.t.
74	Tom Stubbe	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
75	Hector Guerra	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
76	Ramunas Navardauskas	FESTINA	s.t.
77	Michail Ignatiev	ERSTE	s.t.
78	Alexander Giraldo	ERSTE	s.t.
79	Jason Donald	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
80	László Bodrogi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
81	Dennis Van Winden	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
82	Sébastien Rosseler	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
83	Piotr Mazur	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
84	Tejay Van Garderen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
85	Fabien Taillefour	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
86	Trent Lowe	CARLSBERG	s.t.
87	David Millar	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
88	Marc Machado	CARLSBERG	s.t.
89	Logan Hutchings	ERSTE	s.t.
90	Rubén Darío Laverde Velez	FESTINA	s.t.
91	Iban Mayo	EUROSPORT	s.t.
92	Marcel Sieberg	CARLSBERG	s.t.
93	Tom Zirbel	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
94	Anthony Geslin	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
95	Paolo Savoldelli	CARLSBERG	s.t.
96	Danny Pate	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
97	Viktor Renäng	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
98	Mark Scanlon	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
99	Clément Lhotellerie	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
100	Michael Barry	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
101	Adil Jelloul	CARLSBERG	s.t.
102	Stef Clement	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
103	Juan-Antonio Flecha	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
104	Benoît Vaugrenard	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
105	Sergio Ortega	FESTINA	s.t.
106	Julien Mazet	EUROSPORT	s.t.
107	Boy Van Poppel	EUROSPORT	s.t.
108	Martin Elmiger	EUROSPORT	s.t.
109	Freddy Johansson	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
110	Sébastien Joly	EUROSPORT	s.t.
111	Martin Mortensen	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
112	Serge Pauwels	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
113	Matthé Pronk	EUROSPORT	s.t.
114	Sebastian Lang	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
115	Chris Wherry	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
116	Sébastien Ivars	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
117	Przemyslaw Niemiec	ERSTE	s.t.
118	Timothy Gudsell	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
119	Dario Cataldo	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
120	Matthieu Sprick	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
121	Rik Verbrugghe	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
122	Jérôme Pineau	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
123	David George	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
124	Philip Deignan	EUROSPORT	s.t.
125	Yasmani Martinez	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
126	Koen De Kort	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
127	Bradley McGee	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
128	Luigi Sestili	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
129	Adrian Laidler	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
130	Rick Flens	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
131	Ismaël Kip	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
132	Emanuele Rizza	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
133	Kenny De Ketele	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
134	Joost Posthuma	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
135	Matthieu Ladagnous	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
136	Francesco Gavazzi	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
137	Horácio Mesquita	FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS	+ 2'51
138	Josu Irazusta	THE CONTROL TEAM	+ 4'03
139	Mikhail Bourgoin	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 4'51

General Classification:

1	Juan José Haedo	SLIPSTREAM	6h15'37
2	Thor Hushovd	FESTINA	+ 9
3	Nick Clesen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 11
4	Robert Hunter	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 12
5	Marcel Barth	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
6	Christian Poos	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
7	Rafaâ Chtioui	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
8	Piotr Mazur	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
9	David Millar	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	s.t.
10	Aleksandr Serebriakov	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 13
11	Patrick Gretsch	FESTINA	s.t.
12	Frederik Nolf	FESTINA	s.t.
13	Tim Dees	FESTINA	s.t.
14	Jordi Grau	FESTINA	s.t.
15	Ramunas Navardauskas	FESTINA	s.t.
16	Rubén Darío Laverde Velez	FESTINA	s.t.
17	Sergio Ortega	FESTINA	s.t.
18	Borut Bozic	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 14
19	William Bonnet	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
20	Fabien Taillefour	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
21	Dario Cataldo	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
22	Luigi Sestili	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
23	Adrian Laidler	CREDIT LYONNAIS	s.t.
24	Timothy Duggan	SLIPSTREAM	+ 15
25	Brad Huff	SLIPSTREAM	+ 16
26	Mike Friedman	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
27	Steven Cozza	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
28	Blake Caldwell	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
29	Jason Donald	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
30	Tom Zirbel	SLIPSTREAM	s.t.
31	Danilo Napolitano	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 18
32	Eros Capecchi	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
33	Jan Ghyselinck	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
34	Rafael Rodríguez Segarra	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
35	Michael Schär	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
36	Aleksandr Arekejev	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
37	Michael Ford	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
38	Dennis Van Winden	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
39	Adil Jelloul	CARLSBERG	s.t.
40	Rik Verbrugghe	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
41	Koen De Kort	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	s.t.
42	Ismaël Kip	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
43	Rick Flens	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
44	Joost Posthuma	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
45	Francesco Gavazzi	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	s.t.
46	Eric Baumann	CARLSBERG	+ 20
47	Nicki Sørensen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
48	Tom Stubbe	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
49	Tejay Van Garderen	CARLSBERG	s.t.
50	Marcel Sieberg	CARLSBERG	s.t.
51	Paolo Savoldelli	CARLSBERG	s.t.
52	Danny Pate	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
53	Sébastien Ivars	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
54	Matthieu Sprick	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
55	Jérôme Pineau	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
56	David George	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
57	Yasmani Martinez	WIKIPEDIA	s.t.
58	Timothy Gudsell	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 22
59	Crescenzo D'Amore	SONY ERICSSON	+ 23
60	Assan Bazajev	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
61	Viktor Renäng	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
62	Benoît Vaugrenard	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
63	Freddy Johansson	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
64	Serge Pauwels	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
65	Chris Wherry	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
66	Sebastian Lang	SONY ERICSSON	s.t.
67	Bradley McGee	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
68	Matthieu Ladagnous	AMERICAN SUZUKI	s.t.
69	Theo Bos	NINTENDO - HONDA	+ 24
70	Aurélien Clerc	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
71	Kirk O'Bee	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
72	Luciano Pagliarini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
73	Fabio Sabatini	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
74	Anthony Geslin	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
75	Clément Lhotellerie	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
76	Stef Clement	NINTENDO - HONDA	s.t.
77	Sébastien Joly	EUROSPORT	s.t.
78	Mark Scanlon	WARNER BROTHERS	+ 25
79	Alessandro Petacchi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	+ 26
80	Iban Mayo	EUROSPORT	s.t.
81	Martin Elmiger	EUROSPORT	s.t.
82	Julien Mazet	EUROSPORT	s.t.
83	Boy Van Poppel	EUROSPORT	s.t.
84	Matthé Pronk	EUROSPORT	s.t.
85	Philip Deignan	EUROSPORT	s.t.
86	Marco Fabbri	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 27
87	Wouter Weylandt	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
88	Kevin Van Impe	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
89	Alex Rasmussen	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
90	Giovanni Visconti	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
91	Kenny De Haes	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
92	Kevin Seeldraeyers	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
93	Ian Stannard	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	s.t.
94	Jürgen Van de Walle	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
95	Sébastien Rosseler	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
96	Juan-Antonio Flecha	WARNER BROTHERS	s.t.
97	Juan Pablo Forero	ERSTE	+ 28
98	Alberto Loddo	ERSTE	s.t.
99	Cesare Di Maggio	ERSTE	s.t.
100	Saulo Lay	ERSTE	s.t.
101	Michail Ignatiev	ERSTE	s.t.
102	Alexander Giraldo	ERSTE	s.t.
103	Logan Hutchings	ERSTE	s.t.
104	Przemyslaw Niemiec	ERSTE	s.t.
105	Koldo Fernandez	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 31
106	Angelo Furlan	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	+ 32
107	Maxime Vantomme	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
108	Michael Mørkøv	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
109	Kasper Klostergaard	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
110	Anders Lund	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
111	László Bodrogi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	s.t.
112	Bruno Neves	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 33
113	Alexandre Aulas	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 34
114	Francesco Chicchi	DOMINA VACANZE	+ 37
115	Sergei Klimov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
116	Murilo Fischer	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
117	Leonardo Duque	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
118	Joseph Cooper	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
119	Alexandre Botcharov	DOMINA VACANZE	s.t.
120	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 39
121	Anthony Lavoine	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
122	Bert Roesems	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
123	Peter Wrolich	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
124	Jurgen Van Loocke	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
125	Anthony Roux	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	s.t.
126	Martin Mortensen	SONY ERICSSON	+ 2'34
127	Victor Hugo Peña	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	+ 3'14
128	Kenny De Ketele	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 3'19
129	Sebastian Langeveld	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	+ 3'23
130	Fred Rodriguez	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	+ 3'35
131	Hector Guerra	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	+ 4'34
132	Mikhail Bourgoin	LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT	+ 5'09
133	Emanuele Rizza	AMERICAN SUZUKI	+ 5'25
134	Marc Machado	CARLSBERG	+ 6'18
135	Trent Lowe	CARLSBERG	+ 6'42
136	Dimitri Champion	CREDIT LYONNAIS	+ 10'04
137	Horácio Mesquita	FERCASE - ROTA DOS MÓVEIS	+ 10'44
138	Michael Barry	WIKIPEDIA	+ 14'26
139	Josu Irazusta	THE CONTROL TEAM	+ 16'25

Points:

1	Juan José Haedo	SLIPSTREAM	30	57
2	Aleksandr Serebriakov	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	25	55
3	Alessandro Petacchi	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	27	50
4	Thor Hushovd	FESTINA	17	42
5	Francesco Chicchi	DOMINA VACANZE	23	38
6	Danilo Napolitano	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	15	34
7	Gerald Ciolek	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	21	32
8	Wouter Weylandt	WARNER BROTHERS	10	31
9	Theo Bos	NINTENDO - HONDA	13	23
10	Marco Fabbri	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	19	19
11	Murilo Fischer	DOMINA VACANZE	0	17
12	Aurélien Clerc	NINTENDO - HONDA	9	13
13	Alberto Loddo	ERSTE	0	13
14	Juan Pablo Forero	ERSTE	7	12
15	Angelo Furlan	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	11	11
16	Luciano Pagliarini	NINTENDO - HONDA	0	9
17	Koldo Fernandez	DOMINA VACANZE	2	8
18	Maxime Vantomme	PHILIPS - HUMMEL	0	8
19	Eros Capecchi	FRANCE TELEVISIONS	8	8
20	Anthony Lavoine	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	4	7
21	Crescenzo D'Amore	SONY ERICSSON	5	7
22	Borut Bozic	CREDIT LYONNAIS	0	7
23	Brad Huff	SLIPSTREAM	0	6
24	Bruno Neves	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	6	6
25	Alexandre Aulas	DOMINA VACANZE	6	6
26	Kevin Van Impe	WARNER BROTHERS	6	6
27	Mark Scanlon	WARNER BROTHERS	0	2
28	Sébastien Joly	EUROSPORT	0	2
29	Adil Jelloul	CARLSBERG	2	2
30	Timothy Duggan	SLIPSTREAM	0	1
31	Nick Clesen	ACCUMALUX - FORMEX	0	1
32	Alex Rasmussen	VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE	0	1
33	Timothy Gudsell	AMERICAN SUZUKI	1	1
34	Fred Rodriguez	MAGENTA ALL-STARS	1	1