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Stage 3 - Ajaccio - Calvi
Race time - 3h42min
Average speed - 39.3km/h
There's not a single metre of flat, which means the peloton will get very stretched out, presenting the very real possibility of splits occurring. Let this be a warning to any team leaders who might mistakenly believe they can ride towards the back of the field, especially as, at 145km, this stage is very short! It will give the puncheurs plenty to conjure with.
Mountain passes & hills:
Km 12.0 - Col de San Bastiano - 3.4 kilometre-long climb at 4.6% - category 4
Km 58.0 - Col de San Martino - 7.5 kilometre-long climb at 5.4% - category 3
Km 75.0 - Côte de Porto - 2 kilometre-long climb at 6.4% - category 3
Km 132.0 - Col de Marsolino - 3.3 kilometre-long climb at 8.1% - category 2
Intermediate sprints: Km 28.5 - Sagone
Stage Summary:
Five riders jumped ahead of the peloton shortly after the race hit kilometer zero. That group — Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM), Sebastien Minard (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun), Cyril Gautier (Europcar), and Simon Clarke (Orica) — rode together for almost the entire stage from Ajaccio to Calvi before breaking up late in the race.
The peloton, however, was steaming down the mountain at full speed.
At that point, a four-man lead group consisting of Rolland, Chavanel, Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Belkin) assumed control of the race. The peloton was somewhere around 10 seconds behind and closing.
The group’s lead ended with just over 3km to go when the main field overtook the foursome.
The road then flattened out and the mad dash to the finish was on.
Classifications:
Race time - 3h42min
Average speed - 39.3km/h
There's not a single metre of flat, which means the peloton will get very stretched out, presenting the very real possibility of splits occurring. Let this be a warning to any team leaders who might mistakenly believe they can ride towards the back of the field, especially as, at 145km, this stage is very short! It will give the puncheurs plenty to conjure with.
Mountain passes & hills:
Km 12.0 - Col de San Bastiano - 3.4 kilometre-long climb at 4.6% - category 4
Km 58.0 - Col de San Martino - 7.5 kilometre-long climb at 5.4% - category 3
Km 75.0 - Côte de Porto - 2 kilometre-long climb at 6.4% - category 3
Km 132.0 - Col de Marsolino - 3.3 kilometre-long climb at 8.1% - category 2
Intermediate sprints: Km 28.5 - Sagone
Stage Summary:
Five riders jumped ahead of the peloton shortly after the race hit kilometer zero. That group — Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM), Sebastien Minard (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Alexis Vuillermoz (Sojasun), Cyril Gautier (Europcar), and Simon Clarke (Orica) — rode together for almost the entire stage from Ajaccio to Calvi before breaking up late in the race.
The peloton, however, was steaming down the mountain at full speed.
At that point, a four-man lead group consisting of Rolland, Chavanel, Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi), and Lars-Peter Nordhaug (Belkin) assumed control of the race. The peloton was somewhere around 10 seconds behind and closing.
The group’s lead ended with just over 3km to go when the main field overtook the foursome.
The road then flattened out and the mad dash to the finish was on.
Classifications:
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