ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Here's the result of Stage 3 of the 2007 Tour de France...

Cancellara
Zabel
Napolitano
Boonen
Hushovd
Forster
McEwen
Eisel
Cavendish
Haussler

That's right! Cancellara led out with about a kilometer to go and just blasted past the break-away bunch and fended off the chasing sprinters. He's still in yellow and is putting his own brand on this race. YIKES!

Remember, Cancellara is supposed to be a time trial and sprint specialist. We'll see what happens to him in a few stages when the roads turn upward.

Standings after Stage 3...(pasted right from Versus' site)

(Here's your top 50 - the numbers on the far right are the minutes and seconds the rider is behind Cancellara. For example, Millar is 41 seconds back and Boonen is 46 seconds back.)

Pos. No. Name Nat. Team Time Gap
1 033 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI CSC 15:12:08.000 00:00:00.000
2 196 KLÖDEN, Andréas GER AST 15:12:41.000 00:00:33.000
3 201 MILLAR, David GBR SDV 15:12:49.000 00:00:41.000
4 114 HINCAPIE, George USA DSC 15:12:51.000 00:00:43.000
5 149 WIGGINS, Bradley GBR COF 15:12:51.000 00:00:43.000
6 113 GUSEV, Vladimir RUS DSC 15:12:53.000 00:00:45.000
7 171 BOONEN, Tom BEL QSI 15:12:54.000 00:00:46.000
8 015 KARPETS, Vladimir RUS GCE 15:12:54.000 00:00:46.000
9 101 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR C.A 15:12:57.000 00:00:49.000
10 073 ASTARLOZA, Mikel ESP EUS 15:12:57.000 00:00:49.000
11 191 VINOKOUROV, Alexandre KAZ AST 15:12:58.000 00:00:50.000
12 054 DEKKER, Thomas NED RAB 15:12:59.000 00:00:51.000
13 157 QUINZIATO, Manuel ITA LIQ 15:13:00.000 00:00:52.000
14 169 VAUGRENARD, Benoît FRA FDJ 15:13:00.000 00:00:52.000
15 014 GUTIERREZ, José Ivan ESP GCE 15:13:01.000 00:00:53.000
16 184 GRIVKO, Andriy UKR MRM 15:13:01.000 00:00:53.000
17 151 POZZATO, Filippo ITA LIQ 15:13:03.000 00:00:55.000
18 112 CONTADOR, Alberto ESP DSC 15:13:03.000 00:00:55.000
19 195 KASHECHKIN, Andrey KAZ AST 15:13:03.000 00:00:55.000
20 041 EVANS, Cadel AUS PRL 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
21 102 BONNET, William FRA C.A 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
22 077 PEREZ, Ruben ESP EUS 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
23 141 CHAVANEL, Sylvain FRA COF 15:13:04.000 00:00:56.000
24 021 ROGERS, Michael AUS TMO 15:13:05.000 00:00:57.000
25 011 PEREIRO SIO, Oscar ESP GCE 15:13:05.000 00:00:57.000
26 181 ZABEL, Erik GER MRM 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
27 139 VOGONDY, Nicolas FRA AGR 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
28 025 GERDEMANN, Linus GER TMO 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
29 199 SAVOLDELLI, Paolo ITA AST 15:13:06.000 00:00:58.000
30 175 ROSSELER, Sébastien BEL QSI 15:13:07.000 00:00:59.000
31 148 VERBRUGGHE, Rik BEL COF 15:13:07.000 00:00:59.000
32 111 LEIPHEIMER, Levi USA DSC 15:13:08.000 00:01:00.000
33 051 MENCHOV, Denis RUS RAB 15:13:08.000 00:01:00.000
34 093 FOTHEN, Markus GER GST 15:13:11.000 00:01:03.000
35 018 VALVERDE, Alejandro ESP GCE 15:13:11.000 00:01:03.000
36 192 COLOM, Antonio ESP AST 15:13:11.000 00:01:03.000
37 095 KOHL, Bernhard AUT GST 15:13:12.000 00:01:04.000
38 176 STEEGMANS, Gert BEL QSI 15:13:12.000 00:01:04.000
39 117 PAULINHO, Sergio POR DSC 15:13:12.000 00:01:04.000
40 091 SCHUMACHER, Stefan GER GST 15:13:13.000 00:01:05.000
41 144 MORENI, Cristian ITA COF 15:13:13.000 00:01:05.000
42 097 SCHOLZ, Ronny GER GST 15:13:13.000 00:01:05.000
43 165 GILBERT, Philippe BEL FDJ 15:13:14.000 00:01:06.000
44 125 LEFEVRE, Laurent FRA BTL 15:13:14.000 00:01:06.000
45 215 GERAINT, Thomas GBR BAR 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
46 122 CLEMENT, Stef NED BTL 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
47 172 BARREDO, Carlos ESP QSI 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
48 115 MARTINEZ, Egoi ESP DSC 15:13:15.000 00:01:07.000
49 193 IGLINSKIY, Maxim KAZ AST 15:13:16.000 00:01:08.000
50 118 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR DSC 15:13:16.000 00:01:08.000