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Summary American Tyler Farrar out sprinted the Tour de France peloton to win the third stage.
Farrar made a W sign on the finessing line in homage to his best friend, Wouter Weylandt, who died in a crash in the Giro dItalia in May.Weylandt died on May 9 after crashing in the Giros third stage and a grief-stricken Farrar retired from the race the following day.It was the first victory on the Tour for the 27-year-old Garmin-Cervelo rider, who has won stages on the other two big Tours, the Giro and the Spanish Vuelta.Farrars team mate Thor Hushovd of Norway retained the overall leaders yellow jersey he had taken on Sunday when Garmin-Cervelo won the team time trial in Les Essarts.Mark Cavendish, winner of 15 stages in the last three Tours, was Mondays pre-stage favourite but his HTC Highroad team mates were unable to organise themselves in the finale, leaving Farrars team mates to steal the show. The Briton had to be content with fifth place.
