Stage 3 finished after a nasty, nasty climb.
CN report here. The photos are something else. Narrow and steep. It seems that most of the field had to walk/jog/shoulder their bikes, motos fell over, bedlam.
This link (shamelessly pilfered from dpf) shows Rodriguez' attack and victory, but it also shows how steep the finish was, so it's worth a look. Rodriguez says he's targetting Flèche and LBL: he can certainly get up a hill, so it bodes well for him.
GC after Stage 3:
1 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13.56.14
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.10
3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.18
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 0.24
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.32
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.40
7 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.50
8 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 0.54
9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
CN report here. The photos are something else. Narrow and steep. It seems that most of the field had to walk/jog/shoulder their bikes, motos fell over, bedlam.
This link (shamelessly pilfered from dpf) shows Rodriguez' attack and victory, but it also shows how steep the finish was, so it's worth a look. Rodriguez says he's targetting Flèche and LBL: he can certainly get up a hill, so it bodes well for him.
GC after Stage 3:
1 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13.56.14
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.10
3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.18
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 0.24
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.32
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.40
7 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.50
8 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 0.54
9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC