Tour de France 2010/3. stage
Result of the 3rd stage | |||
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Thor Hushovd (CTT) | 4:49:38 h | ||
2. | Geraint Thomas (SKY) | equal time | |
3. | Cadel Evans (BMC) | equal time | |
4th | Ryder Hesjedal (CPT) | equal time | |
5. | Andy Schleck (TNK) | equal time | |
6th | Fabian Cancellara (TNK) | equal time | |
7th | Johan Vansummeren (CPT) | + 0:53 min | |
8th. | Bradley Wiggins (SKY) | equal time | |
9. | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (OLO) | equal time | |
10. | Alexander Vinokurov (AST) | equal time | |
Ryder Hesjedal (CPT) | |||
Intermediate results after the 3rd stage | |||
Fabian Cancellara (TNK) | 14:54:00 h | ||
2. | Geraint Thomas (SKY) | + 0:23 min | |
3. | Cadel Evans (BMC) | + 0:39 min | |
Thor Hushovd (CTT) | 63 pts. | ||
2. | Geraint Thomas (SKY) | 49 pts. | |
3. | Sylvain Chavanel (EQS) | 44 pts. | |
Jérôme Pineau (EQS) | 13 pts. | ||
2. | Sylvain Chavanel (EQS) | 8 pts. | |
3. | Pure Taaramäe (COF) | 8 pts. | |
Geraint Thomas (SKY) | 14:54:23 h | ||
2. | Andy Schleck (TNK) | + 0:46 min | |
3. | Roman Kreuziger (CAN) | + 2:01 min | |
Team Saxo Bank | 44:45:55 h | ||
2. | Garmin transitions | + 0:11 min | |
3. | 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
- 1st intermediate sprint in Saint-Servais (35 km) ( 124 m OP )
First Roger Kluge 6 pts. Second Ryder Hesjedal 4 pts. Third Steve Cummings 2 pts.
- 2nd intermediate sprint in Nivelles (71.5 km) ( 135 m OP )
First Roger Kluge 6 pts. Second Pierre Rolland 4 pts. Third Imanol Erviti 2 pts.
- 3rd intermediate sprint in Pipaix (151.5 km) ( 48 m OP )
First Roger Kluge 6 pts. Second Pavel Butt 4 pts. Third Stéphane Augé 2 pts.
- Destination in Arenberg (kilometer 213) ( 28 m )
First Thor Hushovd 35 pts. Second Geraint Thomas 30 pts. Third Cadel Evans 26 pts. Fourth Ryder Hesjedal 24 pts. fifth Andy Schleck 22 pts. Sixth Fabian Cancellara 20 pts. seventh Johan Vansummeren 19 pts. Eighth Bradley Wiggins 18 pts. Ninth Jurgen Van Den Broeck 17 pts. Tenth Alexander Vinokurov 16 pts. 11. Denis Menshov 15 pts. 12. Nicolas Roche 14 pts. 13. Alberto Contador 13 pts. 14th Robbie McEwen 12 pts. 15th Mario Aerts 11 pts. 16. Arkaitz Duran 10 pts. 17th José Joaquín Rojas Gil 9 pts. 18th Luis León Sánchez Gil 8 pts. 19th Roman Kreuziger 7 pts. 20th Thomas Lövkvist 6 pts. 21st David Millar 5 pts. 22nd Gerald Ciolek 4 pts. 23. Sébastien Minard 3 pts. 24. Serge Pauwels 2 pts. 25th Mark Cavendish 1 point
Mountain ratings
- Côte de Bothey, Category 4 (km 48) ( 148 m OP ; 1.4 km at 3.4%)
First Ryder Hesjedal 3 pts. Second Steve Cummings 2 pts. Third Stéphane Augé 1 point
tasks
- 16 - Fränk Schleck ( Team Saxo Bank ): Eliminated due to a fall during the stage.
- 51 - Christian Vande Velde ( Garmin-Transitions ): Failed to start the stage after falling on stage 2 .
- 86 - David Le Lay ( ag2r La Mondiale ): Eliminated due to a fall during the stage.
- 148 - Niki Terpstra ( Team Milram ): Not started the stage due to health problems.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ MSN Sport: Vandevelde has to give up. July 5, 2010, accessed July 5, 2010 .
- ↑ LIVE Radsport.ch: Milram professional Niki Terpstra gets off his bike. July 6, 2010, accessed on July 6, 2010 .
- ↑ a b Tour-out for Frank Schleck. sportschau.de, July 6, 2010, archived from the original on July 9, 2010 ; Retrieved July 8, 2010 .
- ↑ Michael Eder: Risk in cycling: The sheer madness. FAZ, July 4, 2011, accessed on May 23, 2013 .
- ↑ Hushovd wins in "Hell of the North". sportschau, July 6, 2010, archived from the original on July 9, 2010 ; Retrieved July 8, 2010 .
- ↑ Bloody prospects. sportschau.de, July 6, 2010, archived from the original on July 7, 2010 ; Retrieved July 9, 2010 .
- ↑ Jered Gruber: Tour de France: Jens Voigt incensed following Stage 3's cobbles. velonation.com, July 6, 2010, accessed July 9, 2010 .
- ↑ American nail. sportschau.de, July 7, 2010, archived from the original on July 10, 2010 ; Retrieved July 9, 2010 .