By placing three riders in the first peloton of the third stage (Christian Vande Velde, Thor Hushovd and Tom Danielson), Garmin-Cervélo finished with the same time as the winner of the day, Leopard-Trek, which had an impressive, tight group with the Schleck brothers finishing ninth and 10th, and Jakob Fuglsang 18th – each of them were within 15 seconds of the winner, Rui Costa.
The US formation of the overall leader remains at the top of the overall classification four seconds ahead of his counterpart in Luxembourg. RadioShack, which was stripped of Chris Horner, lost ground and is now at 35 seconds behind Garmin-Cervélo. The third US team, HTC-Highroad, was still preparing for an ambush just 13 seconds behind in the morning, but it’s now 2'10” behind. As soon as the road climbs, the gap increases.
Interview
July 9
th
2011
- 18:16
Team Classification Summary
