Tour de France: Simon Gerrans beats Peter Sagan in photo finish to claim stage-three win

Simon Gerrans beat Peter Sagan in a photo finish to claim victory on stage three of the Tour de France as Jan Bakelants retained the leader's yellow jersey.

Stage three result 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE 3:41:24
2 Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale, same time
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar, st
4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC, st
6 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Vacansoleil-DCM, st
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana, st
8 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Ag2rLa Mondiale, st
9 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun, st
10 Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, st
Selected others
28 Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky, st
29 David Millar (GB) Garmin-Sharp, st
51 Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo-Tinkoff, st
166 Mark Cavendish (GB) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +9:15
177 Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky, st General classification 1 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Leopard, 12:21:27
2 Julien Simon (Fra) Sojasun, +1sec
3 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEDGE, st
4 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky, st
6 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEDGE, st
7 David Millar (GB) Garmin-Sharp, st
8 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM, st
9 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC, st
10 Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
Selected others
15 Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky, st
60 Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo-Tinkoff, st Other jerseys - Green (points classification): Peetr Sagan (Svk) Cannondale
- Polka dot (mountains classification): Pierre Rolland (Fra) Europcar
- White (best young rider): Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step