Tour de France 2006/3. stage

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Result of the 3rd stage
Stage winner Matthias Kessler 4:57:54 h
(43.605 km / h)
Second Michael Rogers + 0:05 min
Third Daniele Bennati equal time
Fourth Tom Boonen equal time
fifth Erik Zabel equal time
Sixth Luca Paolini equal time
seventh Óscar Freire equal time
Eighth Eddy Mazzoleni equal time
Ninth Georg Totschnig equal time
Tenth Fabian Wegmann equal time
Most combative driver José Luis Arrieta
Intermediate results after the 3rd stage
Yellow jersey Tom Boonen 14:52:23 h
Second Michael Rogers + 0:01 min
Third George Hincapie + 0:05 min
Green jersey Tom Boonen 67 P.
Second Daniele Bennati 66 P.
Third Robbie McEwen 65 p.
Dotted jersey Jérôme Pineau 17 p.
Second David de la Fuente 14 p.
Third Fabian Wegmann 12 p.
White jersey Markus Fothen 14:52:48 h
Second Benoît Vaugrenard + 0:03 min
Third Philippe Gilbert + 0:11 min
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 44:37:55 h
Second Team CSC + 0:01 min
Third T-Mobile team + 0:02 min

The 3rd stage of the Tour de France 2006 on July 4th led from Esch-sur-Alzette in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg over 216.5 km to Valkenburg in the Netherlands , known from the spring classic Amstel Gold Race . The stage also passed through Belgium .

For a long time, the race through the hills of the Ardennes was characterized by five outliers. Jens Voigt pulled away at km 15, who was joined a short time later by José Luis Arrieta , Christophe Laurent , Unai Etxebarria and Jérôme Pineau , who put on the dotted jersey at the end of the day . Arrieta was last in this group a few meters before the final climb, the Cauberg , from the main field. There Matthias Kessler tore the field and reached the summit of the Cauberg with a small lead. As on the second stage, he tried to surprise the sprinters with an escape shortly before the finish. This also succeeded and he saved a narrow lead to the finish, as his team covered the start. Kessler won his first tour stage. The result was rounded off by Michael Rogers ' second place , who gave the T-Mobile team a double victory.

At the end of the day, world champion Tom Boonen secured the yellow jersey for the overall leader and the green jersey for the best in points. The fourth stage was a historic premiere: for the first time in the history of the Tour de France, the overall ranking was led by two reigning world champions. Boonen was world champion on the road, Rogers in the individual time trial.

The stage was overshadowed by several serious falls. So co-favorite Alejandro Valverde had to give up the race with a broken collarbone about 20 km from the finish. Erik Dekker and Fred Rodriguez had to drop out of the race at 153 km .

tasks

Intermediate sprints

1st intermediate sprint in Mersch (35 km)

First Jens Voigt 6 p. And 6 s
Second José Luis Arrieta 4 p. And 4 s
Third Christophe Laurent 2 P. and 2 s

2nd intermediate sprint in Spa (144 km)

First Jens Voigt 6 p. And 6 s
Second José Luis Arrieta 4 p. And 4 s
Third Christophe Laurent 2 P. and 2 s

3rd intermediate sprint in Aubel (176.5 km)

First José Luis Arrieta 6 p. And 6 s
Second Jens Voigt 4 p. And 4 s
Third Christophe Laurent 2 P. and 2 s

Mountain ratings

Côte de la Haute-Levée , category 3 (131 km)

First Jérôme Pineau 4 p.
Second Unai Etxebarria 3 p.
Third Christophe Laurent 2 p.
Fourth Jens Voigt 1 P.

Côte de Oneux , category 3 (155 km)

First Jérôme Pineau 4 p.
Second Unai Etxebarria 3 p.
Third Christophe Laurent 2 p.
Fourth Jens Voigt 1 P.

Côte de Petit-Rechain , category 4 (165.5 km)

First Jérôme Pineau 3 p.
Second Jens Voigt 2 p.
Third José Luis Arrieta 1 P.

Côte de Loorberg , category 4 (189 km)

First Jérôme Pineau 3 p.
Second José Luis Arrieta 2 p.
Third Jens Voigt 1 P.

Côte de Trintelen , category 4 (201 km)

First José Luis Arrieta 3 p.
Second Christophe Laurent 2 p.
Third Jens Voigt 1 P.

Cauberg , category 3 (214.5 km)

First Matthias Kessler 4 p.
Second Philippe Gilbert 3 p.
Third Michael Boogerd 2 p.
Fourth Tom Boonen 1 P.