On the lighter side of stage 3 we have

15:02:29 CEST
Puncture for Nicolas Roche, but the Irishman
has two teammates back waiting with him and
he'll make it back on without any problems.
And no, John Gadret wasn't one of the two
assigned to come back and help out,
that was left to Blel Kadri and Sebastien Minard.

--
Old Fritz