Stage 3
Cavendish by a hair
- Monday 4 July 2016
- 223 km
- 1,916 m climbed
- Won by Mark Cavendish
The road
How it was won
- 80 km to go
Voeckler gets bored
Armindo Fonseca has been alone all day through his native Brittany when, with just over 80km left, Thomas Voeckler decides he has seen enough and bridges a five-minute gap on his own — pure mischief, and enough to wake the peloton.
- At the line
Cavendish by a hair
Greipel opens on the uphill drag into Angers and finds a second wind, but Cavendish claws him back over the last hundred metres and wins by the slimmest of margins — level with Hinault on Tour stage wins.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Team Dimension Data | 5:59:54 |
| 2 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | +0:00 |
| 3 | Bryan Coquard | Direct Energie | +0:00 |
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