March 9, 2004: Stage 3: La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin - Roanne (229 km):
1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo       05:38:18
2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              0.25
4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank
5 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
8 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole
9 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
10 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto
11 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros
13 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto
14 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
15 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
16 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
17 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
18 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com
19 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
20 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team
21 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance
22 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems
23 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
24 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
25 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
26 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone
27 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance
28 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon
29 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
30 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
31 J?r?me Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
32 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
33 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC
34 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto
35 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo
36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com
37 Dario Cioni  (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
38 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor
39 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
40 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
41 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
42 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
43 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
44 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon
45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
46 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
47 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank
48 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor
49 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry Flo
50 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon
51 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone
52 Victor Hugo Pena  (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor
53 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
54 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC
55 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank
56 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon
57 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
58 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
60 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
61 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team
62 Gorka Gonzalez  (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
63 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
64 Jos? Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor
65 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon
66 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor
67 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
68 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
69 Alex Z?lle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
70 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems
71 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
72 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
73 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
74 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone
75 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi
76 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon
77 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon
78 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi
79 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone
80 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros
81 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
83 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto
84 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto
85 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
86 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros
87 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo
88 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto
89 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team
90 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
91 Claus Michael M?ller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi
92 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com
93 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
94 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team
95 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team
96 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                  0.42
97 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               0.50
98 C?dric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                    1.03
99 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                       1.20
100 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                1.35
101 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
102 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros
103 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros
104 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                               2.07
105 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole
106 Micha?l Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                         2.12
107 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
108 Gerben L?wik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
109 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
110 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner
111 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
112 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone
113 Fr?d?ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone
114 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo
115 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole
116 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
117 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor
118 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone
119 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
120 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros
121 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros
122 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
123 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor
124 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      2.26
125 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  4.38
126 Thomas L?vkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                        6.05
127 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf              8.52
128 Ren? J?rgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi
129 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo
130 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
131 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole
132 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
133 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
134 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team
135 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
136 Micka?l Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                        10.05
137 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance
138 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
139 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
140 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo
141 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
142 Bruno Thibout (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
143 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto
144 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com
145 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto
146 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
147 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
148 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems
149 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
150 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com
151 Fr?d?ric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com
152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               16.28
153 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner
154 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo
155 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com
156 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo
157 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
158 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC
159 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                  25.30
DNF Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team

Overall rankings after stage 3:
1 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Team CSC       09:43:55
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        0.06
3 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                               0.18
4 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo                                   0.22
5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
6 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                            0.25
7 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                 0.31
8 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                             0.32
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                                    0.34
11 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor         0.37
12 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     0.41
13 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) US Postal Service presented by Berry       0.45
14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                       0.47
15 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                  0.50
16 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC
17 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                0.51
18 Jos? Azevedo (Por) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor            0.54
19 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf               0.55
20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                              0.59
21 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank                                                 1.00
22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                        1.01
23 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor
24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             1.02
25 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                1.04
26 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                            1.05
27 Victor Hugo Pena  (Col) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor       1.10
28 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                             1.52
29 Gerben L?wik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                      2.47
30 Micha?l Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                          3.00
31 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                                3.05
32 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                               5.19
33 Alex Z?lle (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                  5.31
34 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        5.37
35 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                          5.39
36 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
37 Gorka Gonzalez  (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  5.41
38 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto                             5.42
39 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
40 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                                 5.43
41 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                             5.45
42 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                          5.46
43 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor
44 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com                                             5.49
45 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                                5.54
46 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              5.55
47 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   5.56
48 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                            5.57
49 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank
50 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                    5.58
51 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                      6.00
52 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  6.01
53 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
54 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance
55 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                   6.02
56 Franck Bouyer (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
57 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
58 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  6.05
59 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                     6.06
60 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                                6.07
61 J?r?me Pineau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
62 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                       6.08
63 Denis Menchov (Rus) Illes Balears-Banesto
64 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team
65 Dario Cioni  (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         6.15
66 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros
67 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  6.19
68 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                                  6.20
69 Marcus Ljungquist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
70 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     6.21
71 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                                    6.24
72 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere
73 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                               6.25
74 Gorka Arrizabalaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               6.26
75 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto
76 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                                6.27
77 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
78 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank                                            6.28
79 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank                                             6.29
80 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               6.31
81 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi
82 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     6.33
83 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            6.34
84 Claus Michael M?ller (Den) Alessio-Bianchi
85 Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover
86 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
87 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
88 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com                                             6.36
89 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      6.37
90 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros                                        6.39
91 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     6.40
92 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros
93 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                       6.41
94 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Fassa Bortolo                                       6.43
95 Richard Virenque (Fra) Quick.Step-Davitamon                              6.45
96 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              7.02
97 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                             7.14
98 Marcos Serrano (Spa) Liberty Seguros
99 David Millar (GBr) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                      7.17
100 Didier Rous (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                                7.20
101 C?dric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   7.39
102 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                         7.43
103 David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor        7.47
104 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                     7.53
105 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       8.00
106 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros                                8.02
107 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                  8.04
108 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                    8.08
109 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
110 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             8.10
111 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor         8.11
112 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   8.12
113 Fr?d?ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                   8.14
114 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  8.38
115 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros                                      8.58
116 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                         9.01
117 Benoit Salmon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     9.17
118 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                    9.19
119 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 9.36
120 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                        9.51
121 Ren? J?rgensen (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                                   10.14
122 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                  10.16
123 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                 10.21
124 Thomas L?vkvist (Swe) FDJeux.com                                       11.36
125 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf             14.29
126 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto                              14.31
127 Tyler Hamilton (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                            14.35
128 Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team                                    14.40
129 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  14.45
130 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance
131 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           15.00
132 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prevoyance                                     15.02
133 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                            15.17
134 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                       15.41
135 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  15.42
136 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                                        15.51
137 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                          15.59
138 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                                        16.14
139 Fr?d?ric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com                                      16.16
140 Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                          16.17
141 Bruno Thibout (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                         16.24
142 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                       16.30
143 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Domo
144 Ronny Scholz (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        16.32
145 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                           16.33
146 Micka?l Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover                        16.34
147 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                         16.52
148 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC                                              17.42
149 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                               22.10
150 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        22.49
151 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  22.59
152 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  24.33
153 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2R Prevoyance                                  24.55
154 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                   25.05
155 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto                               25.25
156 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com                                        31.10
157 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                       31.22
158 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                           31.27
159 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                                  40.18