Tour de France peloton take to the sky into Nice

While staff members and equipment took the six-hour ferry trip from Corsica to Nice the peloton were given special 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France treatment abꦚoard their flight across to the mainland with a dedicated plane and for some like Peter Sagan, a tour of the .

of the outside of the plane prior to boarding.

Corsica claims two on the road to Calvi

Andrey Kashe♚chkin (Astana) became the first withdrawal of the 2013 Tour de France, with gastrointestinal distress forcing the Astana rider out of the race in the first hour of Stage 3 on Monday.

Yoann Bagot (Cofidis) also failed to finish, reportedly sufferiꦫng from food poisoning.

For Kashechkin, it had been a difficult 24 hours, as he had not been able to eat after Sunday's feed zone, and then could only manage a minimal amount at dinner. Forgoing breakfast before Stage 3﷽ and still unwell, it was repor꧅ted that he was left feeling very lethargic.

"I don't know what I have, bu🧸t I'm sick and there was no energy in my body. I will go for some tests at home to see if I can determine what 🌃the problem is, but I'm sorry to have to leave the Tour de France," Kashechkin said.

Omega Pharma-Quick-Step's TTT squad takes another blow

The OPQS squad has suffered its 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:fair share of injuries in the opening days on Corsica and with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Niki Terpstra the next to come to grief, today's te🌞am ti🔴me trial could be a difficult affair.

"I was there aไt the feed zone trying to take my musette. Suddenly there was a little swing in the peloton. I fell down and have some bruises on my left knee and on the chest from hitting the ground. It's probably nothing serious and I hop༺e this crash doesn't affect me tomorrow in the team time trial," said Terpstra.

The reigning UCI TTT world champions will line-up for the 25km combined effort with current individual world champ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tony Martin battered and bruised but with Michal Kwiatkowski in fourth-overall and Sylvain Chavanel on the same time - one second behind Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) - they will be givi𒈔ng it everything in the hope one of the two can pull on the yellow jersey at the end of the day.

De Gendt out of GC contention, ready to sacrifice in TTT

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Thomas De Gendt had signaled his intention to aim for the top-20 in the individual classification at this year's Tour de France along with a plan to attack on Stage 18 to Alpe d'Huez but after losing another 6:13 on the road to Calvi the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vacansoleil-DCM rider may have to reassess his condition. The Belgian 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:blamed stomach issues on his 🍰prior day's 🥂time loss and it appears he is yet to recover from the problem.

"I'm not saying I had a lot of strength in my legs after my stomach and intestinal problems from Sunday today, but it was all the better," said De Gendt to .

"At the end of the day I landed and driven at their own pace on Tuesday fresh out of the team time trial. At the start I will work 🔯with Westra me to sacrifice and pace in the squad must uphold. Himself as long as I am 165th in the rankings. This is disappointing, but my preparation was not 100%, so we knew this could happen.

RadioShack Leopard impressed by Schleck

After three days of racing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Andy Schleck lies in 45th-place, just one-second behind his teammate and current race leader Bakel꧒ants. It's a promising sign for the Luxembour🔴g rider who has struggled to return to his form of old since breaking his pelvis at the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2012.

While the race is yet to hit the real mountains Schleck has not only impressed his supporters but also his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:RadioShack Leopard teamma🐟tes who duly controlled the peloton on Stage 3♛ to protect the race lead.

"In the end every one of us worked for Jan, even Andy," said teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maxime Monfort on his . "I'm also seeing a very relaxed Andy Schleck. He is riding without pressure and looking forward ꦇto the last stages ofꦡ the Tour."

Prior to the start of the Grand Boucle Schleck had announced that he could be the "168澳洲5最新开奖结果:surprise of July" and with the r💖ace set for its first big mountain test on Stage 8 - after a testing Stage 7 - all eyes will be on the former Tour winner to make an impression.