March 9, 2005: Thiers - Craponne-sur-Arzon (118 km ? shortened route due to snow):
1 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne       02:40:51

2 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                         

3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                 

4 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                              

5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            

6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               

7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                          

8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran?aise Des Jeux                            

9 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     

10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     

11 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              

12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                       

13 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  

14 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems         

15 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                            

16 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 

17 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            

18 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                                

19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                      

20 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      

21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                           

22 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                     

23 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           

24 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                        

25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    

26 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                            

27 Thomas L?vkvist (Swe) Fran?aise Des Jeux                            

28 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   

29 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   

30 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  

31 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             

32 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               

33 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                         

34 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                        

35 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         

36 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   

37 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   

38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                     

39 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             

40 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                

41 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                             

42 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                   

43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              

44 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 

45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          

46 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 

47 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                      

48 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                               

49 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         

50 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               

51 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                           

52 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                          

53 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                  

54 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             

55 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Fran?aise Des Jeux                              

56 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           

57 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             

58 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        

59 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  

60 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                               

61 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   

62 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                   

63 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             

64 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                            

65 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              

66 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          

67 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                      

68 Jos? Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               

69 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                

70 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             

71 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            

72 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                 

73 Jos? Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          

74 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                   

75 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                       

76 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                     

77 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                       

78 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                              

79 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                        

80 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth               

81 Fr?d?ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone               

82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                      

83 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                     

84 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             

85 Beno?t Vaugrenard (Fra) Fran?aise Des Jeux                          

86 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               

87 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     

88 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                              

89 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        

90 Kjell Carlstr?m (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                              

91 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         

92 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     

93 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   

94 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                            

95 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        

96 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         

97 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                

98 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          

99 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            

100 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                    

101 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                          

102 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            

103 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      

104 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                    

105 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                      

106 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        

107 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  

108 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                            

109 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                     

110 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                       

111 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             

112 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone   0.20

113 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                            

114 Fr?d?ric Finot (Fra) Fran?aise Des Jeux                         2.29

115 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne   7.08

116 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                  

117 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         8.18

118 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  

119 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                       9.35

120 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                    

121 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                  

122 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         

123 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                              

124 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       

125 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  

126 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       

127 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                           

128 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                                 

129 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                 

130 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  

131 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Fran?aise Des Jeux                      

132 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Fran?aise Des Jeux                                

133 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       

134 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             

135 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                               

136 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                            

137 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             

138 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                

139 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            

140 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                               

141 J?r?me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               

142 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               

143 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                              

144 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                

145 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                 

146 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 

147 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                         14.02

148 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                                   

149 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               

150 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               

151 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Fran?aise Des Jeux                            

152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                           

153 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 

154 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone                

155 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                            

156 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 

157 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                      19.05

158 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   

159 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                                

160 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                              

161 Andr? Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    

DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                                 

DNF Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    

DNS Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

Overall rankings after stage 3:
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step       07:58:46

2 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        0.03

3 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne        0.04

4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  0.05

5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC                                     0.09

6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            

7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo                             0.11

8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Fran?aise Des Jeux                         0.16

9 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               

10 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      

11 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                         

12 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    0.17

13 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                          0.18

14 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                     0.20

15 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                                     

16 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                0.25

17 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step                                    0.29

18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.31

19 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  0.48

20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     0.54

21 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                        

22 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                   

23 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               0.56

24 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                       0.57

25 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                         0.58

26 Thomas L?vkvist (Swe) Fran?aise Des Jeux                            

27 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone             

28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         1.00

29 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                     1.02

30 Luis Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                         1.03

31 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               

32 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step                                    1.04

33 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          1.07

34 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                             

35 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick Step                                       1.08

36 Iker Camano (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              1.09

37 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        

38 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                       1.10

39 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             1.11

40 Patxi Xabier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                1.12

41 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step                                  1.13

42 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                               1.15

43 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                      

44 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   

45 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth               

46 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  1.16

47 Jos? Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          

48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                        1.17

49 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                1.19

50 Jos? Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        1.20

51 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                               1.23

52 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                   1.24

53 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Domina Vacanze                             1.26

54 Stephane Goubert (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                           1.28

55 Jose Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         

56 Viatceslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team   1.29

57 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             1.30

58 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             1.31

59 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        

60 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           1.33

61 Mikel Astarloza (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                               

62 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team   1.35

63 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      1.36

64 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           

65 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          1.37

66 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                        1.39

67 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                             1.44

68 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems                    1.46

69 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step                                  1.47

70 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               1.48

71 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team    1.50

72 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                           1.55

73 Alberto Contador (Spa) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                     2.03

74 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      2.07

75 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne                 2.09

76 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                   2.15

77 Victor Hugo Pena (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2.16

78 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step                                     

79 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          2.23

80 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                     2.29

81 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                      2.33

82 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team                                2.40

83 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank                                      2.51

84 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            2.54

85 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  3.09

86 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                                3.21

87 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           3.24

88 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                  3.28

89 Beno?t Vaugrenard (Fra) Fran?aise Des Jeux                       3.30

90 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              3.31

91 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                                

92 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Fran?aise Des Jeux                           3.40

93 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                             3.43

94 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team   4.14

95 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                    4.29

96 Kjell Carlstr?m (Fin) Liquigas-Bianchi                           4.39

97 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                         4.41

98 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                5.09

99 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               5.16

100 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone          5.24

101 Fr?d?ric Finot (Fra) Fran?aise Des Jeux                         5.32

102 Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems   5.44

103 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   6.08

104 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         6.20

105 Fr?d?ric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone           6.28

106 Luis Perez-Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone     6.36

107 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              7.13

108 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          8.46

109 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     9.02

110 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                            9.30

111 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      9.52

112 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    9.58

113 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        10.00

114 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                              10.15

115 Daniel Becke (Ger) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne              10.28

116 J?r?me Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           10.32

117 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              10.35

118 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-W?rth                       10.50

119 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              10.58

120 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                        11.08

121 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         11.10

122 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi                      11.14

123 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                             11.34

124 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne             11.40

125 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo                            11.42

126 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                            11.44

127 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        11.52

128 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                11.57

129 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                             12.03

130 Aketza Pena (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                            12.08

131 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         

132 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Fran?aise Des Jeux                            12.18

133 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                          12.28

134 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                             12.40

135 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                           12.48

136 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                        13.15

137 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone            14.30

138 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                   14.42

139 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                          15.14

140 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Fran?aise Des Jeux                  15.25

141 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        15.50

142 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2r Prevoyance                          15.52

143 Mikel Artetxe (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          16.07

144 Alberto Lopez Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   16.59

145 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             17.14

146 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             17.38

147 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile Team                               

148 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         18.21

149 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                        18.40

150 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             19.05

151 Jonathan Gonzalez Rios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne    19.35

152 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze                               19.47

153 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Fran?aise Des Jeux                        20.02

154 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               20.04

155 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita                              20.08

156 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2r Prevoyance                       21.26

157 Andr? Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                22.45

158 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Lampre-Caffita                            22.51

159 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                         23.55

160 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           25.26

161 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               26.25