He was not amongst the four to abandon but, visibly hurt, he struggled to keep up and was definitively dropped with 20km left, giving up several minutes by the finish.  Froome took over the yellow jersey by just one second from Tony Martin who, for the third day running, saw the overall lead hovering agonisingly just out of reach.  And for the second day running it was bonus seconds on the finish line that denied him.  Having finished second on the opening stage timetrial he lost the yellow jersey by 3sec to Cancellara on Sunday after the latter picked up four bonus seconds for finishing third.  Froome's second place gave him six extra seconds and that put him into yellow.  Frenchman Alexis Vuillermoz took third on the stage ahead of Ireland's Dan Martin with Tony Gallopin next over the line.  Froome gained 11 seconds on his overall rivals, defending champion Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana, while Alberto Contador lost 18sec.  Froome is now 36 seconds ahead of Contador with Nibali at 1min 39sec and Quintana at almost two minutes.  Tejay Van Garderen is third overall at 13sec ahead of Frenchman Gallopin and Belgium's Greg Van Avermaet. AFP  Froome was able to put time into Contador, Quintana and Nibali on the famous Belgian climb. Great teamwork from @TeamSky today #TDF2015  Just hearing that Chris Froome (Team Sky) has taken the leader's yellow jersey at the Tour de France following that superb second place on the Mur de Huy. The Briton leads Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) on general classification by a single second.  Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) holds on to take the stage ahead of Chris Froome (Team Sky) with Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2r-La Mondiale) in third. Ireland's Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) could only manage fourth spot.  Chris Froome is leading the way up the Mur de Huy. Joaquim Rodríguez attacks and has overhauled the Team Sky rider. Froome reacts and attempts to chase down the Spaniard.  Giampaolo Caruso (Katusha) takes over on the front before team-mate Joaquim Rodríguez takes over.  Bob Jungels (Trek Factory Racing) is the first man onto the foot of the Mur de Huy. All of the main general classification riders are near the front of the chasing bunch.  Geraint Thomas now leads the bunch, the Team Sky riders is chatting to, I think, Movistar's Alex Dowsett. The Mur de Huy is almost upon us - just 2km away now.  Alberto Contador is now on the head of the bunch, less good news for Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) who has been dropped by the leaders. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) is close behind a triumvirate of Tinkoff-Saxo riders. Julian Arredondo (Trek Factory Racing) took the single point on the top of the Côte de Cherave.  Chris Froome just lashed out at another rider after the Team Sky leader was almost boxed in. 6km remain.  Zdenek Stybar now leads the bunch for his Etixx-Quick Step team-mates. We're on the penultimate climb of the day, the category four Côte de Cherave.  Just 10km of the stage now remain and Michael Rogers (Tinkoff-Saxo) has taken over on the front of the bunch. Cannondale-Garmin, too, are near the front. Etixx-Quick Step are close by, could they be setting up Michal Kwiatkowski or Rigoberto Uran?  Richie Porte is doing a big turn out on the front with his team-mate Chris Froome on third wheel. The pace has upped and the 110-rider peloton is now stretched out in a long line.  Michael Schär (BMC Racing) was the first over the top of the Côte d'Ereffe. The Swiss is now the virual leader in the mountains classification. His compatriot, Fabian Cancellara, now trails by 2min 30sec.  Angelo Tulik (Europcar) attacked off the front in an attempt to nick the point at the top of the Côte d'Ereffe, but the Frenchman was reeled in by the bunch that is being led by Team Sky.  Around 20km from the finish line now and everybody's jockeying for position at the front of the group. Cannondale-Garmin are working for their man Dan Martin. The maillot jaune is now almost a minute down on the leaders.  By the way, we're on the category four Côte d'Ereffe, so one point on offer here in the mountains classification.  "I walked down and then back up Mur de Huy earlier," writes Tom Cary who is out in Belgium.  "It was baking hot, huge crowds already massing to watch the juniors, some of whom were almost ground to a standstill by the the steepness of gradient, which maxes out at around 20 per cent. Reminded me a bit of Jenkin Road in Sheffield, near the finish to stage two last year. Only more colourful. And Belgian."  André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) outspints John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) at the intermediate sprint to add another 20 points to his tally in the competition for the green jersey. Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) took third spot.  Meanwhile, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), one of the pre-stage favourites, has chased his way back on to the leading group after being caught out by that split in the bunch. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) bridged the gap alongside the Spaniard.  The pace of the peloton is quickening up with all of the main general classification contenders' teams riding on the front. There's been a split in the buch and Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) has been left to his own devices by his team-mates. The Swiss now trails the head of the bunch by almost 20sec.  Laurens ten Dam (Lotto Jumbo-NL) has NOT abandoned despite what I said earlier. The Dutchman dislocated his shoulder before popping it back and continuing. Nails.  .@laurenstendam and @W1lcokelderman crashed. Ten Dam's shoulder was dislocated, but it's popped back in. Both riders are back in the race.  With the intermediate sprint nearing, Team Sky are now leading the peloton keeping their leader Chris Froome away from any danger. Tinkoff-Saxo and Astana are on the opposite side of the road, but out on the front.  Dmitry Kozontchuk (Katusha) has now abandoned the Tour de France following this crash...  Twitter has, as you'd imagine, gone into meltdown. Some are saying that the race shouldn't have been neutralised just then, others believe Christian Prudhomme did the right thing.  I will remember this. Every crash we will waiting during the #tourdefrance  Agree with @PatLefevere (a first). Crashing has always been part of racing until today, obviously.  Presumably, though, if the race organisers didn't have enough medical staff to deal with the carnage that ripped through the peloton, then the rac had to be stopped, right? After all, the ASO have a duty of care to protect the riders. Besides, the bunch was as one so nobody actually lost anything from the race being halted.  Here's another angle from that crash...  The Côte de Bohisseau has been neutralised as the peloton gets moving again. Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge) looks pretty cut up with the back of his jersey completely shredded. Jose Mendes (Bora) has just been spotted at the back talking to a doctor, but the Portuguese is back riding now.  More here from the road with Jonathan Vaughters, the Cannondale-Garmin boss...  Jack Bauer went down, but lucky and has no injuries. Rest of team fine. Others not so lucky. Everyone risks all for TdF. This is the price.  After a few minutes at standstill, the riders are now rolling again. There are a number of riders who will be hurting tonight. Johan Van Summeren (Ag2r-La Mondiale) is one of those.  Just hearing that the official reason for the race being stopped was down to the fact that there were so many casualties that the medical staff couldn't cope. Utter carnage. Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) is back on his bike and, for now, is still in the Tour.  Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge), William Bonnet (FDJ - below), Laurens ten Dam (Lotto Jumbo-NL) and Tom Dumoulin (Gian-Alpecin) have all abandoned the Tour de France! Fabian Cancellara is in a bad way and could soon follow.  The race has been stopped by race director Christian Prudhomme.  There's been a big, big crash. The maillot jaune is down. Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge), too, hit the deck. The race has been neutralised for the moment.  It would appear that FDJ's William Bonnet clipped wheels with another rider before crashing down at around 50kmh. Fabian Cancellara took evasive action before riding off the road and somersaulting over his handlebars. No Team Sky riders involved, they're safely on the front now.  A number of Team Sky, Movistar and Astana riders are having words with Christain Prudhomme. They want to race, but the race is being slowed down.  The breakaway group's lead has been whittled down to just 20sec now with 62km of the stage reamining. Not too far from the first clib of the day, the Côte de Bohissau. Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal) has punctured and is being shephered back on by his team car.  Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18), who is in the breakaway for the second successive day, won the first Tour de France jersey of his career earlier today after the Czech rider sealed stage two's prestigious Telegraph Cycling Podcast Pédaleur de Charme award, as voted for by our listeners. Richard Moore claims that Barta is wearing the shirt under his team jersey right now, but I think he's fibbing.  Jan Barta poses with his Pédaleur de Charme T-shirt outside his team bus in Antwerp Photo: SIMON GILL  The breakaway's lead has now dropped to 2min and the peloton is now apssing through the feedzone where they are collecting their mussettes. I'm off for a brew.  The peloton is still looking fairly relaxed. I think it's fair to say that today has been quiet. Very quiet. That will all change later though.  We're roughly at the halway point in today's stage and the leading breakaway's advantage has increased ever so slightly.  Tony Martin (Etixx-Quick Step) has punctured, but wasted little time in getting back on.  By the way, I just spoke, briefly, to Daniel Friebe, author of Mountain High, as I was curious about what sort of gearing the riders would use for the final stretch of today's stage. Personally, I always ride a compact chainring on the front with a 25 tooth sprocket on the back – 28 for the high mountains. Was thinking the professionals may opt for lower gearing for any explosive kick on the Mur de Huy, but apparently not.  Mario Aerts, Daniel said, used a gear as high as 39x19 when he won La Flèche Wallonne in 2002 and despite modern riders appearing more than happy to use larger cassettes on the back on the long climbs, today won't be one of those days. Laurent Jalabert reckons the final stretch today can be won pushing 39x21 or 39x19. I feel queasy.  By the way, Richard Moore said he'd push 39x28 which seemed a little more sensible to me.  Just under 100km to the finish for the leading quartet of Bryan Nauleau (Europcar), Serge Pauwels (MTN-Qhubeka), Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18) and Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling). The first climb of this year's Tour de France, the category four Côte de Bohissau, comes 50.5km from the finish before the intermediate sprint 128km into the stage.  The breakaway's lead has dropped a little – down to 3min 12sec now. In the opening hour the quartet covered 45.1km.  Meanwhile, here's Kilometre 0, a new show from The Telegraph Cycling Podcast, which takes listeners behind the scenes at the Tour and along for the ride on the world’s biggest bike race. KM0 will be released every weekday morning for the three weeks of the Tour.  This first episode joins the podcast team of Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe on their way to Utrecht for the start of the race.  The four-man group of escapees are nearing Meensel-Kiezegem, the birthplace of Eddy Merckxx, and lead the peloton by 3min 30sec. Just spoke to Richard Moore who explained that a statue will be unveiled today in Meensel-Kiezegem to honour to the great Belgian. Merckxx, by the way, is following today's stage with in a car alongside Bernard Hinault and tonight the Cannibal is hosting a bit of a 'do' for the great and the good of cycling later tonight.  Sir Gary Verity, the man behind last year's grand départ in Yorkshire, is off to Merckxx's gaff where he is planning on getting stuck into the Belgians sizeable wine collection.  While the leading quartet of Bryan Nauleau (Europcar), Serge Pauwels (MTN-Qhubeka), Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18) and Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling) continue to increase their lead – they've edged a further 10sec ahead of the bunch – why don't we see what Sean Yates, the Tinkoff-Saxo directeur sportif, has been saying for himself?  “The No 1 goal is [for Alberto Contador] to stay out of trouble. It was also the No 1 goal yesterday but we just managed to find ourselves in the right position to work with Quick Step. I wouldn't say there was a plan but yes, we have a bunch of experienced riders who know how to manage that sort of situation.  "Today, it's not up to us to dictate the race. I'm not saying that Alberto is going to ride conservatively. You don't ride conservatively on the Mur de Huy with riders like [Chris] Froome, [Nairo] Quintana or [Vincenzo] Nibali by your side. But for sure guys like Nibali, who missed out yesterday will be eager to make amends.  "Do I expect one of the big guys to win the stage? Well, you have guys like Valverde who already won Flèche Wallonne and holds the record for Mur de Huy, he must be a favourite today. Purito [Joachim] Rodríguez also won Flèche. I wouldn't count out riders like Peter Sagan because it's a reasonably short climb at 2.5 kms and if he has the legs he had yesterday in the sprint, you can't rule him out in spite of his weight. The same applies to Fabian [Cancellara].”  Our man Tom Cary spoke to Yates, who was in "fine form" and told us that Contador is in "great shape" despite his recent exertions at the Giro d'Italia. Yates, also, played down any suggestion that Team Sky should have worked with Tinkoff-Saxo yesterday to put more time into Quintana and Nibali after the pair weer caught out by the split in the bunch.  That small breakaway has now increased their lead over the bunch to 3min 20sec.  Just got off the phone to Tom Cary who is heading towards the Mur de Huy after loitering around the team buses in Antwerp before the start to today's stage. Tom had a chat with Simon Bayliss, Mark Cavendish's agent and Patrick Lefevere, the manager of the Manxman's Etixx-Quick Step team.  By the sound of it the mood in the Etixx-Quick Step last night was "emotional" and both Cavedish and Mark Renshaw, the leadout man who came in for some criticism following the disappointing stage finish for the Belgian team, are "very upset".  Cavendish, of course, is out of contract at the end of the season but we've no news on the negotiations. Not yet.  The four-man breakaway are being allowed a free rein and lead the bunch by 1min 30sec. Astana are on the front of the peloton with a clutch of Movistar boys close behind. All appears fairly relaxed at the moment.  And we're off. Straight from the off a quartet of riders went off the front. Bryan Nauleau (Europcar) was the first to go and the Frenchman has now been caught by Jan Barta (Bora-Argon 18), Serge Pauwels (MTN-Qhubeka) and Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling).  Just hearing that the maillot jaune punctured in the neutralised zone.  Before Christian Prudhomme drops the flag, here's a detailed look at what's on offer today...  Total prize money on offer: €32,950 1st place: €8,000, 2nd: €4,000, 3rd: €2,000 with a decreasing scale down to a €200 for 20th place. Intermediate sprint: 1st place: €1,500, 2nd: €1,000, 3rd: €500. First rider over category three climb: €300. First rider over category four climb: €200. Most aggresive rider of the day: €2,000. Highest placed young rider on general classification: €500. Leaders of the team classification: €2,800. Holders of the jerseys: Yellow €350; green €300; polka dot €300; white €300.  1st place: 10 seconds, 2nd: 6sec, 3rd: 4sec.  Total points on offer towards green jersey: 289 Intermediate sprint: 20, 17, 15, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points respectively to the first 15 riders At the finish: 25, 22, 19, 17, 15, 13, 11, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 points for the first 15 riders across the line  Total points on offer towards the polka pot jersey: 6 Category four climbs: 1 point to the first rider to cross each of the day's three climbs Category three climb: 2 and 1 point respectively to first riders to crest the Mur de Huy  It's fairly warm over in Belgium – around 25°C – and the peloton is still tapping away through the neutralised section. Christian Prudhomme, the race director, is leading the pack in his red Skoda. In a few minutes he'll wave a flag at which point the race is officially under way. Stay tuned.  Interesting, but utterly meaningless, fact:  Peter Sagan has already not worn the green jersey for more stages than he didn't wear the green jersey in the last Tours de France combined.  Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), has been talking and he says today could be a "very good day" but admitted that the stage is a very different race to La Flèche Wallonne, but remains confident.  "It's a very good day for me," the Spaniard said. "I'm going to try and do my best, I hope there will be no problems with my team."  Asked about the final climb of the day where we can expect fireworks, Valverde confirmed what we all know: "You've got to be very well positioned. You have to be at the front and ready to attack. You have to be in the top five when you reach the final kilometre."  Right folks, the peloton is rolling through the streets of Antwerp, but at the moment it's just a processional pedal through the, quite long one at 13.3km, neutralised section. Hopefully there aren't any nasty fall here like this one yesterday...  Alain Gallopin, Fabian Cancellara's assistant directeur sportif at Trek Factory Racing and uncle of Tony, the Lotto-Soudal baroudeur, reckons the maillot jaune will struggle at the end of the stage and it will be a case of limiting any losses.  "Today it'll be harder. He's 15kg heavier than other riders," said Gallopin. "It makes a difference in a climb with a gradient up to 19 per cent. We'll have to limit the losses to keep the jersey or to take it back tomorrow. Today it's a mini Flèche Wallonne, tomorrow it'll be a mini Paris-Roubaix, which won't be a problem for Fabian.  "With Fabian, we never know. He's a great champion. He might be less strong than before but he compensates it with his experience.”  While we're waiting for the action – which is due to start at 12.10 (BST) – why don't you listen to The Telegraph Cycling Podcast team of Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe discuss yesterday's second stage?  So, how's today's stage going to play out? Well quite a number of riders took some nasty knocks yesterday, but as yet nobody has abandoned. As the stage today heads down through the Ardennes, we can expect the winner to come from a select group of riders that usually excel in La Flèche Wallonne – the one-day classic that finishes on the Mur de Huy. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) would be most people's favourite to take the stage – the Spaniard won on the Mur earlier this year to add a third Walloon Arrow to his extensive palmarès. Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin), too, will also be hoping to get involved at the business end of the stage.  Another rider, Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha), who would be hoping to shine on the short, but brutal, ascent up the Mur de Huy, crashed twice yesterday and has said that he injured both his knee and hip. “It's been a day of suffering, more than in a mountain stage, Rodríguez told the Tour website. "I'm not that worried about the time lost [1min 28sec], that can happen to other riders, today or tomorrow, and there are stages to make it up if I'm fine. I'm more worried about my knee. I hope it'll be ok."  Beyond the three favourites, there are a handful of riders who could do well. Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge), Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quick Step) or Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) may all fancy their chances. So too could Chris Froome (Team Sky) or even defending champion Vincenzo Nibali (Astana). Incidentally, Wilco Kelderman (Lotto NL-Jumbo) currently holds the record on Strava on the Mur de Huy with a time of 3min 23sec, Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) is fourth on 3min 36sec and Warren Barguil (Giant-Alpecin) fifth with a time of 3min 39sec.  Some were suggeting yesterday that Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) could even go for the stage, but I really can't see the Swiss being able to beat the likes of Valverde or Martin on the Mur de Huy, which though only 1.3km in length, reaches an eye-watering gradient of 19 – yes 19 – per cent at one point.  Johan Museeuw, the Lion of Flanders, meanwhile, is tipping the popular Slovak for the stage...  According to me @petosagan will win today #TDF2015 #huy pic.twitter.com/7d88puFpPl  Morning everybody and welcome to our live rolling blog from stage three of the Tour de France. Before we get stuck into today's racing I have a small confession to make, but you must promise not to tell anybody, okay? I haven't actually seen a single minute of racing from this year's race. Not one. Over the weekend I was stuck at a wedding, but I'm back now and will be here in the hotseat through till Friday.  Before we look at today's stage why don't we have a quick look at who's wearing what? Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) will start the day in the maillot jaune, his 29th day in the leader's yellow jersey after the big Swiss rider nicked a 4sec time bonus for his third place on Sunday, while André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) will be dressed in green as leader in the points classification competition. Incredibly, the German sprinter has never worn the maillot vert despite having won stages in every Tour since 2011 – the year he debuted in the race. Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) wears the white jersey, or maillot blanc, as leader in the young riders classification.  There's no leader in the mountains classification, but later today the first polka dot jersey (maillot à pois) will be issued. By the way, there are just four categorised climbs today – the Côte de Bohissau, Côte d'Ereffe, Côte de Cherave and Mur de Huy with the latter being where the stage will be decided.  Here's what the stage looks like...  Welcome to our coverage of stage three of the Tour de France. John MacLeary will be along shortly to talk you through the day, in the meantime let's look in detail at what Tom Cary had to say about yesterday's stage:  It was flagged up as a stressful, dangerous day for Chris Froome (Team Sky) and his overall race ambitions, while for Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep), it was seen as the perfect opportunity to get his Tour de France up and running with a first stage win since 2013. In the event, it worked out the other way around for both men.  On a wild and windy day on the Dutch coast, Froome and his Tinkoff-Saxo rival Alberto Contador both made it into the front group and ended up putting a handy 1min 27sec into the two other members of the so-called Big Four: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar).  • Tour de France 2015, stage two - as it happened  For Cavendish, though, there was only misery and despair as he was left to sprint from well over 300m and ended up being caught and passed, not only by stage winner Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) and second placed Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo), but also, disastrously for Cavendish's Etixx-QuickStep team, by Fabian Cancellara (Trek).  Greipel centre wins ahead of Mark Cavendish (right) and Peter Sagan (left)  The bonus seconds won by the Swiss cost Cavendish's team-mate Tony Martin his first ever Tour leader's jersey as Cancellara took the maillot jaune in a sixth different Tours. Cue rancour and recriminations all round.  • Curse of Cav continues: Five things we learned  “It was a huge f--- up. It was an historical f--- up, the last 500 metres,” said Brian Holm, the Etixx-Quick Step sporting director.  In the aftermath Cavendish not only appeared to hit out at his leadout, accusing Mark Renshaw of leaving him "too early", he also attacked the "imbeciles" who suggested that he might have taken his foot off the gas as he approached the line, costing Martin the yellow jersey.  "Look at this photo," Cavendish tweeted, posting a screen grab of the final moments. "If I could hang on for 3rd, I could hang on for the win ... Some imbeciles think cycling is a computer game. Problem is, social media & TV are platforms for them to be heard. Gutted for @tonymartin85. Congratulations @AndreGreipel."  Given the fact that one of those who suggested that Cavendish had stopped sprinting was none other than his team boss Patrick Lefevere, and given the fact that Lefevere was fuming at losing not only the race win but also the yellow and green jerseys, and given the fact that Cavendish is currently in contract negotiations with Etixx-QuickStep - with his estimated £2.1 million a year deal up at the end of the year - this was inflammatory stuff.  "I am not happy at all," Lefevere admitted. "We lost yesterday [when Martin finished second in the opening stage time trial], we lose today and probably this was our last chance to take the yellow jersey.  "We were ready for the stage win and the yellow jersey but Renshaw and Cav were too early at the front. Unfortunately Cavendish stopped sprinting and this costs Tony the jersey.  "Cavendish?" he added. "I think he should be disappointed. We were the most hard-working team but we finish empty-handed."  Cavendish was certainly disappointed, although not so much with himself. "I think Mark went too early and kind of left me hanging," he said. "The day Cancellara beats me in a sprint I’ve gone too long. I’ve gassed it."  Further sprint opportunities await, potentially in Tuesday's cobbled stage to Cambrai, but more likely Wednesday's fifth stage to Amiens. Until Cavendish gets that monkey off his back, though, it will be tense.  • Merckx backs Cavendish to beat his record of 34 wins  As for Froome, the 2013 champion was delighted with how the day panned out. For much of the afternoon, torrential rain and heavy winds buffeted the fans lining the causeways of the small interlinked islands of Zeeland. So fierce was the gale, there were even suggestions that the race might need to be neutralised in the final kilometres.  Thankfully that was not necessary. The riders did hit the storm around 50km from the finish, and for a few minutes it was absolute bedlam.  First Quintana found himself the wrong side of a split, in a chasing group around a minute behind the leaders. Then, to Froome's delight, Nibali was dropped.  Chris Froome, Tony Martin and Alberto Contador ride in the pack  It was then just a question of how big the time gap would be. Froome had two riders - Ian Stannard and Geraint Thomas - with him for company. And while Sky remained content to let Etixx-QuickStep do the lion's share of the work, they also worked with Contador's Tinkoff-Saxo team and Tejay van Garderen's BMC to exploit the situation. By the end the gap was up to 1min 27sec.  "It was chaos out there for a few minutes," Froome said. "One second he (Nibali) was right next to me and then ... I couldn’t actually believe it when I heard that he was distanced. But that’s the nature of the racing when you are in Holland.  "Of course, G and Stannard ... this is their playground, this kind of classic-style race with the crosswinds and the rain. That’s what Yogi [Stannard] was born to do.  "This is a huge advantage for us now," he added, "to sit in this position after one flat day. But it’s a three week race and things do change on a daily basis."  Monday's 159.5km stage sees the riders cross into Belgium and ends with a punchy climb up the Mur de Huy, the famous ascent used each spring during the Fleche-Wallone one-day classic.
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