Le Tour 2014 – Stage 3

Cambridge-London

Distance: 155 kilometers.

Marcel Kittel won his second stage on the Mall in London but still trails Peter Sagan in Green Jersey points and Vincenzo Nibali in overall time. Kittel will concentrate on stage wins.

It was an easy, short stage with a bit of rain at the end to add some excitement and the final stage in Britain as the Tour returns to France for the next stage … well, for the start of the stage as the finish is in Belgium.

Vincenzo Nibali ( Ita – AST – 041 ) [Yellow] 13h 31′ 13″
Peter Sagan ( Svk – CAN – 051 ) [Green] 117 points
Cyril Lemoine ( Fra – COF – 174 ) [Polka Dot] 6 points
Peter Sagan ( Svk – CAN – 051 ) 2 [White]

Team: Sky ( SKY – 001-009 ) [Yellow numbers]
Stage winner: Marcel Kittel ( Ger – GIA – 101 )
Combative: Jan Barta ( Cze – TNE – 202 ) [Red numbers]

Top Ten:

1 Vincenzo Nibali ( Ita – AST – 041 ) 13h 31′ 13″
2 Peter Sagan ( Svk – CAN – 051 ) + 00′ 02″
3 Michael Albasini ( Sui – OGE – 182 ) + 00′ 02″
4 Greg Van Avermaet ( Bel – BMC – 148 ) + 00′ 02″
5 Christopher Froome ( GB – SKY – 001 ) + 00′ 02″
6 Bauke Mollema ( Ned – BEL – 061 ) + 00′ 02″
7 Alberto Contador ( Esp – TCS – 031 ) + 00′ 02″
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte ( Esp – MOV – 011 ) + 00′ 02″
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck ( Bel – LTB – 131 ) + 00′ 02″
10 Romain Bardet ( Fra – ALM – 082 ) + 00′ 02″

The Rest of the Top 30:

11 Tejay Van Garderen ( US – BMC – 141 ) + 00′ 02″
12 Jakob Fuglsang ( Den – AST – 042 ) + 00′ 02″
13 Jean-Christophe Péraud ( Fra – ALM – 081 ) + 00′ 02″
14 Tiago Machado ( Por – TNE – 206 ) + 00′ 02″
15 Alberto Costa Rui ( Por – LAM – 111 ) + 00′ 02″
16 Mikel Nieve Iturralde ( Esp – SKY – 005 ) + 00′ 02″
17 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre ( Esp – TFR – 169 ) + 00′ 02″
18 Richie Porte ( Aus – SKY – 007 ) + 00′ 02″
19 Tony Gallopin ( Fra – LTB – 134 ) + 00′ 02″
20 Michal Kwiatkowski ( Pol – OPQ – 074 ) + 00′ 02″
21 Andrew Talansky ( US – GRS – 091 ) + 00′ 02″
22 Geraint Thomas ( GB – SKY – 008 ) + 00′ 16″
23 Thibaut Pinot ( Fra – FDJ – 127 ) + 00′ 16″
24 Tanel Kangert ( Est – AST – 046 ) + 00′ 16″
25 Nicolas Roche ( Irl – TCS – 037 ) + 00′ 16″
26 Mathias Frank ( Sui – IAM – 191 ) + 00′ 16″
27 Tom Dumoulin ( Ned – GIA – 106 ) + 00′ 16″
28 Christopher Horner ( US – LAM – 114 ) + 00′ 16″
29 Laurens Ten Dam ( Ned – BEL – 067 ) + 00′ 16″
30 Yury Trofimov ( Rus – KAT – 029 ) + 00′ 16″

Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.

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