Tour de France 2017/3. stage

◄ 2.00000 Result of the 3rd stage 4. ►00000
		Peter Sagan (BOH)	5:07:19 h
2.		Michael Matthews (SUN)	+ 0:00 min
3.		Daniel Martin (QST)	+ 0:00 min
4th		Greg Van Avermaet (BMC)	+ 0:00 min
5.		Alberto Bettiol (CDT)	+ 0:02 min
6th		Arnaud Démare (FDJ)	+ 0:02 min
7th		Jakob Fuglsang (AST)	+ 0:02 min
8th.		Geraint Thomas (SKY)	+ 0:02 min
9.		Chris Froome (SKY)	+ 0:02 min
10.		Rafał Majka (BOH)	+ 0:02 min
		Lilian Calmejane (DEN)
Intermediate results after the 3rd stage
		Geraint Thomas (SKY)	10:00:31 h
2.		Chris Froome (SKY)	+ 0:12 min
3.		Michael Matthews (SUN)	+ 0:12 min
		Marcel Kittel (QST)	66 pts.
2.		Arnaud Démare (FDJ)	57 pts.
3.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	50 pts.
		Nathan Brown (CDT)	3 pts.
2.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	2 pts.
3.		Taylor Phinney (CDT)	2 pts.
		Pierre Latour (ALM)	10:00:56 h
2.		Alexei Lutsenko (AST)	+ 0:12 min
3.		Stefan Küng (BMC)	+ 0:13 min
		Team Sky	30:01:52 h
2.		Quick-Step Floors	+ 1:01 min
3.		Movistar team	+ 1:16 min

The 3rd stage of the Tour de France 2017 took place on July 3rd, 2017. It led over 212.5 kilometers from Verviers to Longwy . There was an intermediate sprint in Wintger after 89 kilometers as well as three mountain classifications in the 4th and two mountain classifications in the 3rd category.

The winner in the uphill sprint of the front field was the Slovak Peter Sagan , although he slipped off the pedal at the finish sprint. The British Geraint Thomas defended the yellow jersey .

Scoring

Intermediate sprint in Wintger after 89 km at 504  m
1.		Nils Politt (KAT)	20 pts.
2.		Frederik Backaert (WGG)	17 pts.
3.		Romain Sicard (DEN)	15 pts.
4th		Adam Hansen (LTS)	13 pts.
5.		Romain Hardy (TFO)	11 pts.
6th		Nathan Brown (CDT)	10 pts.
7th		Mark Cavendish (DDD)	9 pts.
8th.		Sonny Colbrelli (TBM)	8 pts.
9.		Ben Swift (UAD)	7 pts.
10.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	6 pts.
11.		André Greipel (LTS)	5 pts.
12.		Arnaud Démare (FDJ)	4 pts.
13.		Marcel Kittel (QST)	3 pts.
14th		Michael Matthews (SUN)	2 pts.
15th		Rüdiger Selig (BOH)	1 point

Stage finish in Longwy after 212.5 km at 397  m
1.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	30 pts.
2.		Michael Matthews (SUN)	25 pts.
3.		Daniel Martin (QST)	22 pts.
4th		Greg Van Avermaet (BMC)	19 pts.
5.		Alberto Bettiol (CDT)	17 pts.
6th		Arnaud Démare (FDJ)	15 pts.
7th		Jakob Fuglsang (AST)	13 pts.
8th.		Geraint Thomas (SKY)	11 pts.
9.		Chris Froome (SKY)	9 pts.
10.		Rafał Majka (BOH)	7 pts.
11.		Nairo Quintana (MOV)	6 pts.
12.		Romain Bardet (ALM)	5 pts.
13.		Tim Wellens (LTS)	4 pts.
14th		Richie Porte (BMC)	3 pts.
15th		Tiesj Benoot (LTS)	2 pts.

Mountain ratings

Côte de Sart Category 4 after 18 km on 543  m OP 2.8 km at 5.1%
1.		Nathan Brown (CDT)	1 point

Côte de Wiltz Category 4 after 105.5 km at 467  m 3.1 km at 4.8%
1.		Nils Politt (KAT)	1 point

Côte d'Eschdorf Category 3 after 120.5 km at 499  m 2.3 km at 9.3%
1.		Nathan Brown (CDT)	2 pts.
2.		Nils Politt (KAT)	1 point

Côte de Villers-la-Montagne Category 4 after 197 km at 414  m 1.1 km at 5.2%
1.		Lilian Calmejane (DEN)	1 point

Longwy - Côte des Religieuses Category 3 after 212.5 km at 379  m 1.6 km at 5.8%
1.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	2 pts.
2.		Michael Matthews (SUN)	1 point

Specialty

The third stage led, among other things, over the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps . The field drove the route starting at the confluence of the road into the Stavelot curve along the new start / finish straight, through the hairpin La Source, the traditional downhill start / finish straight along the historic pit lane, then through the legendary Eau Rouge valley through it up the Radillion curve. We continued along the Kemmel Straight at the end of which there is the exit to the Landstrasse on the left and thus to the original route from 1921. However, the field followed the right bend and then the Grand Prix course, which had existed since 1979, downhill back to the Stavelot curve, from where the field left the track again.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sagan slips off the pedal and makes it exciting again. radsport-news.com, July 3, 2017, accessed July 11, 2017 . 

Web links

Commons : 3rd stage of the Tour de France 2017  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 3rd stage of the Tour de France 2017
• Race course of the 3rd stage (see dispatches)