Article Content from www.cyclingnews.com Report By: \u00a0Barry RyanPublished:\u00a0July 1, 15:26\nVideo Recap from www.cycling.tv<\/p>\n
Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) has the uncanny knack of being in the right place at the right time and the Australian demonstrated that gift once again on stage 3 of the Tour de France, as he denied no less a figure than Peter Sagan victory in a tense sprint in Calvi, while Jan Bakelants (RadioShack-Leopard) retained the yellow jersey.<\/p>\n
<\/embed><\/object>\nAt the end of a rugged day of racing along Corsica\u2019s sinuous coastal roads, and with the peloton shorn of its purest sprinters, it seemed inevitable that Sagan would get off the mark at this year\u2019s Tour but instead it was Gerrans who claimed the win by a matter of inches, thanks in no small part to an expert lead-out from Daryl Impey.<\/p>\nGerrans came off Impey\u2019s wheel inside the final 200 metres and succeeded in holding off the closing Sagan when they both hurled themselves at the finish line, while Jos\u00e9 Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) was a distant third ahead of Mikal Kwiatowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep)\u00a0and world champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC).<\/p>\n\u201cI could see Sagan under my shoulder and then I could sense him coming up beside me, so I just threw for the line. It must have been close because neither of us knew who had won,\u201d said Gerrans, who claimed Orica-GreenEdge\u2019s first ever Tour de France stage win. \u201cNormally I would lead Daryl out, but we reversed roles today. I had pin-pointed this stage and he did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\nSagan looked to put a positive spin on his afternoon by pointing to the fact that he has now taken possession of the green jersey, but his expression when a television crew offered to show him a replay of the sprint in the mixed zone afterwards betrayed his disappointment.<\/p>\nAnd well might he grimace. With just Alessandro De Marchi for company in the leading group, Sagan managed to muscle his way to the front inside the final kilometre but he found himself sitting in second wheel far too early, with more than 500 metres still to race. Although Sagan was able to slip onto the back of the Orica-GreenEdge train on the final right-hand bend, he couldn\u2019t summon up the speed to overhaul Gerrans.<\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t want to watch it, I\u2019m annoyed at how I lost,\u201d Sagan said. \u201cBut Gerrans is a good rider and quick finisher, and I\u2019m still happy to have the green jersey on my shoulders already. The Tour is only starting.\u201d<\/p>\nRadioShack-Leopard were prominent at the head of the peloton for much of the day and their efforts in controlling the early break\u2019s lead helped Jan Bakelants retain yellow for another day. The Belgian endured a brief scare when Pierre Rolland (Europcar) attacked on the final climb, the Col de Marsolino, but with 13 rapid kilometres still to race, he was confident that the Frenchman and his companions would be reeled in.<\/p>\n\u201cThe team was always in control and we didn\u2019t really panic even though the last climb was harder than it seemed on the road book. I knew Rolland would get a gap but I knew it was a long way to the finish too,\u201d said Bakelants, who holds a lead of just one second over Julien Simon (Sojasun) and 70 other riders ahead of Tuesday\u2019s team time trial in Nice.<\/p>\nThe main overall contenders all broke even and finished together in the leading group of 90 riders which formed when the peloton fragmented on the deceptively tough final climb. Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) looked more comfortable than he has done for quite some time, while Alberto Contador and Cadel Evans were both well marshalled by their Saxo-Tinkoff and BMC teams.<\/p>\nAfter the previous day\u2019s cameo in the final drop to Ajaccio, there were no fireworks from Chris Froome or Sky on the Marsolino, and indeed the British outfit had just three riders in the front group when the dust settled after the final climb \u2013 Froome, Richie Porte and Edvald Boasson Hagen. \u201cIt got a bit complicated. We tried to put Chris and Richie in a good position but with the narrow roads it wasn\u2019t easy and RadioShack were determined to control the race,\u201d said Sky directeur sportif Nicolas Portal. In spite of sustaining a fracture to his pelvis on stage 1, Sky’s Geraint Thomas remains in the race, and the Welshman battled gamely to finish in a sizeable group 9 minutes down on Gerrans.<\/p>\nClarke leads the way for Gerrans<\/strong><\/p>\nAs Gerrans explained afterwards, he entered stage 3 with high hopes, and Simon Clarke was on sentry duty on his behalf when Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) sparked the\u00a0\u00e9chap\u00e9e matinale<\/em>\u00a0immediately after the flag was dropped in Ajaccio. Westra and Clarke were joined by S\u00e9bastien Minard (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) and Cyril Gautier (Europcar) and the quintet quickly established a lead of some three minutes over the main peloton on a day of pleasant sunshine in Corsica.<\/p>\nOn such twisting roads, and with scarcely a metre of flat on the parcours, the peloton was loathe to let the escapees gain too much of an advantage, however. RadioShack-Leopard was careful to keep tabs on the margin for much of the afternoon and an injection of pace by Sky with 60km to go brought their lead down to around a minute.<\/p>\nIn the meantime, Simon Clarke had hoovered up the mountains points on the Col de San Bastiano, Col de San Martino and C\u00f4te de Porto, and he looked to claim the polka dot jersey for himself when he attacked in the company of Minard with a shade over 20 kilometres to race.<\/p>\nClarke would prove to be the final survivor of the early break, but his stout resistance ground to a halt one kilometre from the top of the Marsolino, when Pierre Rolland \u2013 bedecked from head to toe in polka dots \u2013 jumped from the dwindling peloton to claim the mountains points on offer at the summit.<\/p>\nRolland continued his effort over the top \u2013 \u201cI had a lead when I looked behind, so I said I\u2019d have a go,\u201d he shrugged afterwards \u2013 and he was joined on the rapid descent by Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Belkin), Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and a hugely impressive Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).<\/p>\nThe Rolland-Chavanel alliance never succeeded in stretching its lead beyond ten seconds, however, and when the move petered out with 3 kilometres to go, the stage seemed set for Sagan, only for Gerrans to steal the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 1, Stage 3: Ajaccio – Calvi 145.5km Tour de France: Gerrans wins final Corsican stage Article Content from www.cyclingnews.com Report By: \u00a0Barry RyanPublished:\u00a0July 1, 15:26 Video Recap from www.cycling.tv Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) has the uncanny knack of being in the right place at the right time and the Australian demonstrated that gift once again […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[241],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTour de France Stage 3 Report - 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Gerrans came off Impey\u2019s wheel inside the final 200 metres and succeeded in holding off the closing Sagan when they both hurled themselves at the finish line, while Jos\u00e9 Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) was a distant third ahead of Mikal Kwiatowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep)\u00a0and world champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC).<\/p>\n
\u201cI could see Sagan under my shoulder and then I could sense him coming up beside me, so I just threw for the line. It must have been close because neither of us knew who had won,\u201d said Gerrans, who claimed Orica-GreenEdge\u2019s first ever Tour de France stage win. \u201cNormally I would lead Daryl out, but we reversed roles today. I had pin-pointed this stage and he did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sagan looked to put a positive spin on his afternoon by pointing to the fact that he has now taken possession of the green jersey, but his expression when a television crew offered to show him a replay of the sprint in the mixed zone afterwards betrayed his disappointment.<\/p>\n
And well might he grimace. With just Alessandro De Marchi for company in the leading group, Sagan managed to muscle his way to the front inside the final kilometre but he found himself sitting in second wheel far too early, with more than 500 metres still to race. Although Sagan was able to slip onto the back of the Orica-GreenEdge train on the final right-hand bend, he couldn\u2019t summon up the speed to overhaul Gerrans.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to watch it, I\u2019m annoyed at how I lost,\u201d Sagan said. \u201cBut Gerrans is a good rider and quick finisher, and I\u2019m still happy to have the green jersey on my shoulders already. The Tour is only starting.\u201d<\/p>\n
RadioShack-Leopard were prominent at the head of the peloton for much of the day and their efforts in controlling the early break\u2019s lead helped Jan Bakelants retain yellow for another day. The Belgian endured a brief scare when Pierre Rolland (Europcar) attacked on the final climb, the Col de Marsolino, but with 13 rapid kilometres still to race, he was confident that the Frenchman and his companions would be reeled in.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe team was always in control and we didn\u2019t really panic even though the last climb was harder than it seemed on the road book. I knew Rolland would get a gap but I knew it was a long way to the finish too,\u201d said Bakelants, who holds a lead of just one second over Julien Simon (Sojasun) and 70 other riders ahead of Tuesday\u2019s team time trial in Nice.<\/p>\n
The main overall contenders all broke even and finished together in the leading group of 90 riders which formed when the peloton fragmented on the deceptively tough final climb. Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) looked more comfortable than he has done for quite some time, while Alberto Contador and Cadel Evans were both well marshalled by their Saxo-Tinkoff and BMC teams.<\/p>\n
After the previous day\u2019s cameo in the final drop to Ajaccio, there were no fireworks from Chris Froome or Sky on the Marsolino, and indeed the British outfit had just three riders in the front group when the dust settled after the final climb \u2013 Froome, Richie Porte and Edvald Boasson Hagen. \u201cIt got a bit complicated. We tried to put Chris and Richie in a good position but with the narrow roads it wasn\u2019t easy and RadioShack were determined to control the race,\u201d said Sky directeur sportif Nicolas Portal. In spite of sustaining a fracture to his pelvis on stage 1, Sky’s Geraint Thomas remains in the race, and the Welshman battled gamely to finish in a sizeable group 9 minutes down on Gerrans.<\/p>\n
Clarke leads the way for Gerrans<\/strong><\/p>\nAs Gerrans explained afterwards, he entered stage 3 with high hopes, and Simon Clarke was on sentry duty on his behalf when Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) sparked the\u00a0\u00e9chap\u00e9e matinale<\/em>\u00a0immediately after the flag was dropped in Ajaccio. Westra and Clarke were joined by S\u00e9bastien Minard (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) and Cyril Gautier (Europcar) and the quintet quickly established a lead of some three minutes over the main peloton on a day of pleasant sunshine in Corsica.<\/p>\nOn such twisting roads, and with scarcely a metre of flat on the parcours, the peloton was loathe to let the escapees gain too much of an advantage, however. RadioShack-Leopard was careful to keep tabs on the margin for much of the afternoon and an injection of pace by Sky with 60km to go brought their lead down to around a minute.<\/p>\nIn the meantime, Simon Clarke had hoovered up the mountains points on the Col de San Bastiano, Col de San Martino and C\u00f4te de Porto, and he looked to claim the polka dot jersey for himself when he attacked in the company of Minard with a shade over 20 kilometres to race.<\/p>\nClarke would prove to be the final survivor of the early break, but his stout resistance ground to a halt one kilometre from the top of the Marsolino, when Pierre Rolland \u2013 bedecked from head to toe in polka dots \u2013 jumped from the dwindling peloton to claim the mountains points on offer at the summit.<\/p>\nRolland continued his effort over the top \u2013 \u201cI had a lead when I looked behind, so I said I\u2019d have a go,\u201d he shrugged afterwards \u2013 and he was joined on the rapid descent by Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Belkin), Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and a hugely impressive Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).<\/p>\nThe Rolland-Chavanel alliance never succeeded in stretching its lead beyond ten seconds, however, and when the move petered out with 3 kilometres to go, the stage seemed set for Sagan, only for Gerrans to steal the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 1, Stage 3: Ajaccio – Calvi 145.5km Tour de France: Gerrans wins final Corsican stage Article Content from www.cyclingnews.com Report By: \u00a0Barry RyanPublished:\u00a0July 1, 15:26 Video Recap from www.cycling.tv Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) has the uncanny knack of being in the right place at the right time and the Australian demonstrated that gift once again […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[241],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nTour de France Stage 3 Report - 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As Gerrans explained afterwards, he entered stage 3 with high hopes, and Simon Clarke was on sentry duty on his behalf when Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) sparked the\u00a0\u00e9chap\u00e9e matinale<\/em>\u00a0immediately after the flag was dropped in Ajaccio. Westra and Clarke were joined by S\u00e9bastien Minard (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun) and Cyril Gautier (Europcar) and the quintet quickly established a lead of some three minutes over the main peloton on a day of pleasant sunshine in Corsica.<\/p>\nOn such twisting roads, and with scarcely a metre of flat on the parcours, the peloton was loathe to let the escapees gain too much of an advantage, however. 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On such twisting roads, and with scarcely a metre of flat on the parcours, the peloton was loathe to let the escapees gain too much of an advantage, however. RadioShack-Leopard was careful to keep tabs on the margin for much of the afternoon and an injection of pace by Sky with 60km to go brought their lead down to around a minute.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, Simon Clarke had hoovered up the mountains points on the Col de San Bastiano, Col de San Martino and C\u00f4te de Porto, and he looked to claim the polka dot jersey for himself when he attacked in the company of Minard with a shade over 20 kilometres to race.<\/p>\n
Clarke would prove to be the final survivor of the early break, but his stout resistance ground to a halt one kilometre from the top of the Marsolino, when Pierre Rolland \u2013 bedecked from head to toe in polka dots \u2013 jumped from the dwindling peloton to claim the mountains points on offer at the summit.<\/p>\n
Rolland continued his effort over the top \u2013 \u201cI had a lead when I looked behind, so I said I\u2019d have a go,\u201d he shrugged afterwards \u2013 and he was joined on the rapid descent by Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Belkin), Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and a hugely impressive Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).<\/p>\n
The Rolland-Chavanel alliance never succeeded in stretching its lead beyond ten seconds, however, and when the move petered out with 3 kilometres to go, the stage seemed set for Sagan, only for Gerrans to steal the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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