2014 Tour de France Stage 3 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 3 of the 2014 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
Course Preview
The final day in the UK brings the riders to the capital, scene of the country’s previous Grand De?part. The short 155-kilometre trip from Cambridge to London will give the riders a chance to see a bit more of the country before they head back to France. It is the flattest of the three days in Britain and will almost certainly end in a bunch sprint. Also, after a tough stage 2, it will be a chance for the GC riders to take things a little easier.
As the stage reaches the finish, the course will take in some of the most iconic sights of London. It passes through Stratford, riding by the Olympic stadium, then along the River Thames, before finishing on The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace.
This London thoroughfare has become a regular for the peloton, most notably at the Olympic Games when Alexander Vinokourov beat Rigoberto Ura?n. It’s unlikely that a breakaway will be able to make it stick on this stage but we’ve seen at previous races that you can’t count your chickens too early.
Arnaud De?mare has previous form here, too, after winning the inaugural Prudential RideLondon ahead of Sacha Modolo. However, he’ll have much tougher competition here from Mark Cavendish, Marcel Kittel and Andre? Greipel.\n
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