Tour de France Stage 3 Results and Highlights:

What a great sight it was to see Cancellara take the Stage 3 sprint while wearing the Yellow Jersey. He takes the win while it appeared that the other sprinters were to busy worrying about each other that Cancellara just slipped by. Todays stage was fairly relaxed compared, but the four man break really deserve some credit. Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel), Mathieu Ladagnous (Francaise des Jeux), Stephane Auge (Cofidis) and Frederik Willems (Liquigas) were able to keep from getting caught until the last km of the stage. They were caught by the Yellow Jersey.

“That was the hardest last kilometer of my life,” said Cancellara. “I was asking myself, ‘Should I hang on for a sprint?’ I escaped the peloton over the cobblestones [near the finish]. To win in this way, at Compiegne where the Paris-Roubaix begins, is perfect. There’s no other word to describe it.”

“All I thought about was being in the best possible position at the end,” he continued. “If you’re in a good position you can do a good sprint. I looked to see who was to my left and right, I don’t know where I attacked from, but you can’t plan for anything like that. Today it just all fell into place.”

Cancellara Wins Stage 3

Stage 3 Results
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 6.36.15″ (35.81km/h)
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
6 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile
9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile
10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
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Overall Standings
1. Fabian Cancellara (Swi), CSC, 15:12:08
2. Klöden Andréas (G), Astana, 00:00:33
3. David Millar (GB), Saunier Duval-Prodir, 00:00:41
4. George Hincapie (USA), Discovery Channel, 00:00:43
5. Bradley Wiggins (GB), Cofidis, 00:00:43
6. Vladimir Gusev (Rus), Discovery Channel, 00:00:45
7. Tom Boonen (B), Quick Step-Innergetic, 00:00:46
8. Vladimir Karpets (Rus), Caisse d’Epargne, 00:00:46
9. Thor Hushovd (N), Credit Agricole, 00:00:49
10. Mikel Astarloza (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, 00:00:49

Full Report by VeloNews
Graham Watson Photos Stage 3
Stage 3 Recap by Versus
Cancellara Wins The Day by Versus
Fast Freddie is ticked off with the Tour Organizers by Versus
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How The Sprint Played Out

Cancellara Gets To The Front

Cancellara Gets A Lead That Is Just Too Big To Gap

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