Shaking off an equipment glitch in the furious finishing sprint, Peter Sagan has bagged his eighth career Tour de France stage victory with an impressive display of power and quick-thinking on a short, sharp final uphill dash.
Geraint Thomas of Team Sky retained the yellow jersey he has held since the opening stage in Germany, as the race swung into France, to the former steel town of Longwy.
But he is not planning to hold onto it for ever: the team’s goal is for three-time champion Chris Froome to be wearing the jersey when the Tour rolls into Paris on July 23.
Thomas and Froome got through stage three unscathed, the main goal for them and others eyeing overall victory rather than stage wins.
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