The long stage from Granville to Angers was also a slow one with a 215 kilometres long breakaway by Armindo Fonseca who was joined by Thomas Voeckler for the last two hours of racing before Mark Cavendish outsprinted André Greipel by a very small margin. Peter Sagan retained the yellow jersey.
198 riders started stage 3 of the 103rd Tour de France at Granville. Armindo Fonseca (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) rode away from the gun. He got a maximum advantage of 11.05 at km 25, after which the Tinkoff team set a tempo at the head of the peloton but the Breton rider was still able to exit Normandy and enter his province alone in the lead. The peloton kept cruising on a slow motion. 100km before the finish in Angers, Fonseca was four minutes ahead of the peloton. Ten kilometers further, Thomas Voeckler (Direct Energie) became the second attacker of the day as Fonseca was six minutes ahead. The two were reunited at Gastines with 83km to go.
Una de las etapas mas larga del Tour de France, entre Granville y Angers sobre 215 kilometros, La tercera en la edicion 103 de la competencia Francesa, dejo como ganadorr a Mark Cavendish despues de una larga fuga entre Armindo Fonseca y Thomas Voeckler en las ultimas dos horas….Cavendish se impuso en el embalaje final a André Greipel por escaso margen y Peter Sagan mantuvo su camisa amarilla de lider con los principalescandidatos al titulo a la misma distancia es decir 14 segundos…La caravana continuara con 237 kiloemtros de recorrido en la cuarta etapa entre Saumur y Limoges, con la general asi…
