Tour de France 2013 Stage 3 Results: Winner, Leaderboard and Highlights

In a sprint to the line and a photo finish, Simon Gerrans just held off Peter Sagan to win the third stage at the Tour de France in Corsica. 

Here are the two racing to the finish, via NBC Sports Network:

Jan Bakelants kept hold of his yellow jersey, however, as he finished in the group just behind the two leaders and finished with the same time of three hours, 41 minutes and 24 seconds.

Sagan held on to the green jersey after accumulating six points on the day, bringing his total up to 74 for the Tour. Sebastien Minard won the most points on the stage, taking 20. 

Pierre Rolland took sole position atop the overall climbing rankings with 10 points, earning a crucial five points on the Col de Marsolino, while Simon Clarke earned five points on the three other climbs in this stage. 

Pierre Rolland, Sylvain Cahavanel, Lars Nordhaug and Mikel Nieve tried to pull away from the peloton after the final climb of the race, but with about three kilometers to go, they were caught by about 85 other riders comprising the main group.  

That would set up the eventual sprint to the end between Gerrans and Sagan, and it initially seemed like Sagan had won, only to be just overtaken by Gerrans. 

On another beautiful day, on one of the more gorgeous stages you'll see, there was little drama affecting the race save the occasional spill from a rider and several participants dropping out. 

In general, this was a pretty measured race by the top competitors, who generally stayed with the main group and eventually caught up to the sprint packs that sped ahead throughout the race. 

The Tour now heads to Nice for a team time trial on Tuesday. 

Stage 3 Results (via LeTour.com)

RANK	RIDER	RIDER NO.	TEAM	TIMES	GAP
1.	GERRANS Simon	181	ORICA GREENEDGE	03h 41' 24''
2.	SAGAN Peter	11	CANNONDALE	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
3.	ROJAS José Joaquin	129	MOVISTAR TEAM	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
4.	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	153	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
5.	GILBERT Philippe	34	BMC RACING TEAM	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
6.	FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio	204	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
7.	GAVAZZI Francesco	65	ASTANA PRO TEAM	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
8.	BOUET Maxime	83	AG2R LA MONDIALE	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
9.	SIMON Julien	218	SOJASUN	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
10.	IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka	113	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
11.	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	2	SKY PROCYCLING	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
12.	BARDET Romain	82	AG2R LA MONDIALE	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
13.	EVANS Cadel	31	BMC RACING TEAM	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
14.	LAGUTIN Sergey	206	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
15.	FAVILLI Elia	144	LAMPRE - MERIDA	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
16.	MORI Manuele	147	LAMPRE - MERIDA	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
17.	GESCHKE Simon	196	TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
18.	MALACARNE Davide	56	TEAM EUROPCAR	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
19.	BAKELANTS Jan	42	RADIOSHACK LEOPARD	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''
20.	VELITS Peter	159	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	03h 41' 24''	+ 00' 00''

(Note: 69 other riders tied with a time of 3:41:24.)

Overall Results (via LeTour.com)

RANK	RIDER	RIDER NO.	TEAM	TIMES	GAP
1.	BAKELANTS Jan	42	RADIOSHACK LEOPARD	12h 21' 27''
2.	SIMON Julien	218	SOJASUN	12h 21' 28''	+ 00' 01''
3.	GERRANS Simon	181	ORICA GREENEDGE	12h 21' 28''	+ 00' 01''
4.	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	153	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	12h 21' 28''	+ 00' 01''
5.	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	2	SKY PROCYCLING	12h 21' 28''	+ 00' 01''
6.	IMPEY Daryl	185	ORICA GREENEDGE	12h 21' 28''	+ 00' 01''
7.	MILLAR David	176	GARMIN - SHARP	12h 21' 28''	+ 00' 01''
8.	LAGUTIN Sergey	206	VACANSOLEIL-DCM	12h 21' 28''	+ 00' 01''
9.	EVANS Cadel	31	BMC RACING TEAM	12h 21' 28''	+ 00' 01''
10.	BARDET Romain	82	AG2R LA MONDIALE	12h 21' 28''	+ 00' 01''

(Note: 62 other riders tied in second place.)