Tour de France 2010/3. stage

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00000 Result of the 3rd stage 00000
Stage winner NorwayNorway Thor Hushovd (CTT) 4:49:38 h
2. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geraint Thomas (SKY) equal time
3. AustraliaAustralia Cadel Evans (BMC) equal time
4th CanadaCanada Ryder Hesjedal (CPT) equal time
5. LuxembourgLuxembourg Andy Schleck (TNK) equal time
6th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fabian Cancellara (TNK) equal time
7th BelgiumBelgium Johan Vansummeren (CPT) + 0:53 min
8th. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bradley Wiggins (SKY) equal time
9. BelgiumBelgium Jurgen Van Den Broeck (OLO) equal time
10. KazakhstanKazakhstan Alexander Vinokurov (AST) equal time
most combative driver   CanadaCanada Ryder Hesjedal (CPT)
Intermediate results after the 3rd stage
Overall rating SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fabian Cancellara (TNK) 14:54:00 h
2. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geraint Thomas (SKY) + 0:23 min
3. AustraliaAustralia Cadel Evans (BMC) + 0:39 min
Scoring NorwayNorway Thor Hushovd (CTT) 63 pts.
2. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geraint Thomas (SKY) 49 pts.
3. FranceFrance Sylvain Chavanel (EQS) 44 pts.
Mountain scoring FranceFrance Jérôme Pineau (EQS) 13 pts.
2. FranceFrance Sylvain Chavanel (EQS) 8 pts.
3. EstoniaEstonia Pure Taaramäe (COF) 8 pts.
Young talent evaluation United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geraint Thomas (SKY) 14:54:23 h
2. LuxembourgLuxembourg Andy Schleck (TNK) + 0:46 min
3. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Roman Kreuziger (CAN) + 2:01 min
Team ranking DenmarkDenmark Team Saxo Bank 44:45:55 h
2. United StatesUnited States Garmin transitions + 0:11 min
3. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sky Professional Cycling Team + 0:25 min

The 3rd stage of the Tour de France 2010 on July 6th led over 213 km from Wanze to Arenberg . On this flat stage there were three sprint classifications and a mountain classification in the 4th category. In addition, several cobblestone passages in Belgium and France with a total length of around 13 km had to be tackled. After Mickaël Delages , Christian Vande Veldes and Niki Terpstras had given up during and after the stage the day before, 191 of the 198 registered participants started.

Race course

The real start was given at 12:42 p.m. After eight kilometers, a seven-man top group consisting of Steve Cummings , Ryder Hesjedal , Pavel Brutt , Pierre Rolland , Imanol Erviti , Stéphane Augé and Roger Kluge was able to form in two phases . She was able to pull away and pull out a lead of almost five minutes. Kluge won the first two sprints, Hesjedal the mountain classification in between. Quick Step , the overall leader's team, then moved the field closer again.

Even before the cobblestones were reached, several drivers fell. A broken collarbone forced David Le Lay to give up. After that, several teams, especially Team Sky, made pace in the field to get closer to the top group. It shortened the lead to around two minutes when it reached the first of seven cobblestone stretches. The lead then fluctuated by this amount. The first flat tires had already occurred before that. Simon Gerrans fell, but was able to continue. Kluge secured the last sprint classification without a fight before the remaining six cobblestone sections.

"We knew it was going to be carnage - and it was going to be carnage."

Mark Cavendish fought his way back to the field after a defect, which slowly shortened the distance to the front. After the second cobblestone section, several drivers fell on a bush, including Damiano Cunego and Rein Taaramäe , but all of them were able to continue. Ryder Hesjedal was able to break away briefly in the leading group, but was caught again. The peloton, led by the Saxo Bank team , split into two groups when French soil was reached again and came within less than half a minute of the breakaway. In another crash, in which Alberto Contador and Tony Martin were also involved, Fränk Schleck broke his collarbone and was the next rider to give up the race.

A small group formed around Andy Schleck and Fabian Cancellara , Thor Hushovd , Cadel Evans and Geraint Thomas , who followed the still leading Hesjedal. At the back of the field, a group around Contador that had fallen back from the fall managed to catch up with a group with Lance Armstrong . He made speed and tried to catch up with the Schleck group driving in front of him before he too suffered a defect. Chavanel, meanwhile, had to change wheels twice and was thrown back, causing him to lose the yellow jersey.

Through Cancellara's leadership work, the Schleck group caught up with the leader Hesjedal. The sprint of this group finally won Hushovd, who thus secured the green jersey. Cancellara regained the yellow jersey. A punctured tire just before the finish threw Contador back a little. After that, other groups crossed the finish line, including Tony Martin, who lost the white jersey to Geraint Thomas.

criticism

Even in the run-up to the 3rd stage, some racing drivers and teams had criticized the route harshly. The seven up to 3.7 km long cobblestone sections that the track manager Jean-François Pescheux had built into the course are an unnecessary risk for the drivers. Lance Armstrong predicted a "bloodbath", long-time peloton spokesman Jens Voigt suspected broken arms and collarbones. Pescheux defended his route planning and stated that no less dangerous descents were part of the tour, but that no one could imagine doing without them. Tour director Christian Prudhomme argued that the race management wanted to keep the tension high in the first week. A professional cyclist with a claim to overall victory must also cope with the demands made by the cobblestones.

Jens Voigt was outraged in an interview with ARD immediately after the race, which, among other things, his fallen team-mate Fränk Schleck had not been able to finish: "That was a frivolous, senseless risk to our health." The drivers had faced their concerns in vain for months the stage guidance expressed. The first week of the tour will be hectic enough that such a “spectacle” will have to be avoided. Lance Armstrong, who had to put up with a large deficit, gave in: "I think such a stage definitely belongs in the tour."

Sprint ratings

First GermanyGermany Roger Kluge 6 pts.
Second CanadaCanada Ryder Hesjedal 4 pts.
Third United KingdomUnited Kingdom Steve Cummings 2 pts.
  • 2nd intermediate sprint in Nivelles (71.5 km) ( 135  m OP )
First GermanyGermany Roger Kluge 6 pts.
Second FranceFrance Pierre Rolland 4 pts.
Third SpainSpain Imanol Erviti 2 pts.
  • 3rd intermediate sprint in Pipaix (151.5 km) ( 48  m OP )
First GermanyGermany Roger Kluge 6 pts.
Second RussiaRussia Pavel Butt 4 pts.
Third FranceFrance Stéphane Augé 2 pts.
  • Destination in Arenberg (kilometer 213) ( 28  m )
First NorwayNorway Thor Hushovd 35 pts.
Second United KingdomUnited Kingdom Geraint Thomas 30 pts.
Third AustraliaAustralia Cadel Evans 26 pts.
Fourth CanadaCanada Ryder Hesjedal 24 pts.
fifth LuxembourgLuxembourg Andy Schleck 22 pts.
Sixth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fabian Cancellara 20 pts.
seventh BelgiumBelgium Johan Vansummeren 19 pts.
Eighth United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bradley Wiggins 18 pts.
Ninth BelgiumBelgium Jurgen Van Den Broeck 17 pts.
Tenth KazakhstanKazakhstan Alexander Vinokurov 16 pts.
11. RussiaRussia Denis Menshov 15 pts.
12. IrelandIreland Nicolas Roche 14 pts.
13. SpainSpain Alberto Contador 13 pts.
14th AustraliaAustralia Robbie McEwen 12 pts.
15th BelgiumBelgium Mario Aerts 11 pts.
16. SpainSpain Arkaitz Duran 10 pts.
17th SpainSpain José Joaquín Rojas Gil 9 pts.
18th SpainSpain Luis León Sánchez Gil 8 pts.
19th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Roman Kreuziger 7 pts.
20th SwedenSweden Thomas Lövkvist 6 pts.
21st United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Millar 5 pts.
22nd GermanyGermany Gerald Ciolek 4 pts.
23. FranceFrance Sébastien Minard 3 pts.
24. BelgiumBelgium Serge Pauwels 2 pts.
25th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mark Cavendish 1 point

Mountain ratings

  • Côte de Bothey, Category 4 (km 48) ( 148  m OP ; 1.4 km at 3.4%)
First CanadaCanada Ryder Hesjedal 3 pts.
Second United KingdomUnited Kingdom Steve Cummings 2 pts.
Third FranceFrance Stéphane Augé 1 point

tasks

Web links

Commons : Tour de France 2010/3. Stage  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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