Petacchi claims glory

Alessandro Petacchi won a bunch sprint to take the third stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday.
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Stage 3 was a race for field sprinters. Tomorrow will be something else — the team time trial. Lance is 19 seconds down in 12th place. This will probably change. US Postal Service has some very good time trialers. But anything can happen. That's why they run the races. I also think the French know how to enjoy sporting events in style. We could learn some things from them.

Overall Standings

1. Jean-Patrick Nazon FRA Jean Delatour 12:25:59
2. Bradley McGee AUS FDJeux.com +00:08
3. David Millar SCO Cofidis +00:12
4. Baden Cooke AUS FDJeux.com +00:12
5. Haimar Zubeldia ESP Euskaltel +00:14
6. Jan Ullrich GER Team Bianchi +00:14
7. Jann Kirsipuu EST AG2R +00:15
8. Robbie McEwen AUS Lotto - Domo +00:18
9. Victor Hugo Peņa COL US Postal +00:18
10. Tyler Hamilton USA Team CSC +00:18
11. Andy Flickinger FRA AG2R +00:18
12. Lance Armstrong USA US Postal +00:19
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