Tour de France 2009/3. stage

00000 Result of the 3rd stage 00000
		Mark Cavendish (THR)	5:01:24 h
2.		Thor Hushovd (CTT)	equal time
3.		Cyril Lemoine (TGA)	equal time
4th		Samuel Dumoulin (COF)	equal time
5.		Jérôme Pineau (EQS)	equal time
6th		Fabian Cancellara (TNK)	equal time
7th		Fabian Wegmann (MRM)	equal time
8th.		Fumiyuki Beppu (TGA)	equal time
9.		Maxime Bouet (AGR)	equal time
10.		Linus Gerdemann (MRM)	equal time
		Samuel Dumoulin (COF)
Intermediate results after the 3rd stage
		Fabian Cancellara (TNK)	9:50:58 h
2.		Tony Martin (THR)	+0: ​​33 min
3.		Lance Armstrong (AST)	+0: ​​40 min
		Mark Cavendish (THR)	70 pts.
2.		Thor Hushovd (CTT)	54 pts.
3.		Samuel Dumoulin (COF)	36 pts.
		Jussi Veikkanen (FDJ)	9 pts.
2.		Tony Martin (THR)	6 pts.
3.		Koen de Kort (TGA)	6 pts.
		Tony Martin (THR)	9:51:31 h
2.		Roman Kreuziger (CAN)	+0: ​​40 min
3.		Vincenzo Nibali (CAN)	+0: ​​45 min
		Astana	29:34:04 h
2.		Team Columbia-High Road	+1: 46 min
3.		Team Saxo Bank	+1: 53 min

The 3rd stage of the Tour de France 2009 on July 6th led over 196.5 km from Marseille to La Grande Motte . It contained three intermediate sprints and two mountain classifications in the 4th category.

About 30 kilometers from the finish there was a break in the main field: Of the top 10 in the overall standings at the beginning of the stage, only Fabian Cancellara , Tony Martin and record tour winner Lance Armstrong remained in the 27-man top group, while stars like Alberto Contador , Andreas Klöden , Levi Leipheimer , all Astana , defending champion Carlos Sastre from Cervélo Test Team , Cadel Evans from Silence-Lotto and also Girosieger and ex-Vuelta winner Denis Menchov from Rabobank did not make it. Even drivers who had the prospect of a stage win could not keep up, such as Menchov's teammate Óscar Freire , and Tom Boonen was not brought into position by Quick Step fast enough to reach the group.

Since this group fell apart again in the end, and the teams that had drivers in the 27-strong leading group did not want to participate consistently in the pursuit work, the peloton crossed the finish line 40 seconds behind.

Drivers like Martin and Armstrong were able to use this to jump from 8 to 2 and from 10 to 3 in the overall standings. Even Linus Gerdemann of Milram team and the Belgian Maxime Monfort could advance to finish in the top 10 overall.

tasks

• 159 Jurgen van de Walle Not started the stage (consequences of the fall, 2nd stage )

Sprint scoring

• 1st intermediate sprint in La Fare-les-Oliviers (km 48.5) (79 m above sea level)

First	Maxime Bouet	6 pts.
Second	Samuel Dumoulin	4 pts.
Third	Koen de Kort	2 pts.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Mouriès (90.5 km) (24 m above sea level)

First	Samuel Dumoulin	6 pts.
Second	Maxime Bouet	4 pts.
Third	Rubén Pérez	2 pts.

• 3rd intermediate sprint in Arles (kilometer 118.5) (17 m above sea level)

First	Rubén Pérez	6 pts.
Second	Maxime Bouet	4 pts.
Third	Samuel Dumoulin	2 pts.

• Destination in La Grande Motte (km 196.5) (25 m above sea level)

First	Mark Cavendish	35 pts.
Second	Thor Hushovd	30 pts.
Third	Cyril Lemoine	26 pts.
Fourth	Samuel Dumoulin	24 pts.
fifth	Jérôme Pineau	22 pts.
Sixth	Fabian Cancellara	20 pts.
seventh	Fabian Wegmann	19 pts.
Eighth	Fumiyuki Beppu	18 pts.
Ninth	Maxime Bouet	17 pts.
Tenth	Linus Gerdemann	16 pts.
11.	Yaroslav Popovych	15 pts.
12.	Thierry Hupond	14 pts.
13.	Rubén Pérez	13 pts.
14th	Stéphane Augé	12 pts.
15th	Tony Martin	11 pts.
16.	Mark Renshaw	10 pts.
17th	George Hincapie	9 pts.
18th	Kim churches	8 pts.
19th	Lance Armstrong	7 pts.
20th	Koen de Kort	6 pts.
21st	Maxime Monfort	5 pts.
22nd	Christophe Kern	4 pts.
23.	Simon Geschke	3 pts.
24.	Haimar Zubeldia	2 pts.
25th	Michael Rogers	1 point

Mountain ratings

• Côte de Calissanne, category 4 (kilometer 56) (126 m above sea level; 1.3 km at 5.5%)

First	Koen de Kort	3 pts.
Second	Maxime Bouet	2 pts.
Third	Samuel Dumoulin	1 point

• Col de la Vayède, category 4 (kilometer 102) (183 m above sea level; 0.7 km at 7.4%)

First	Koen de Kort	3 pts.
Second	Maxime Bouet	2 pts.
Third	Samuel Dumoulin	1 point