After two virtually non stage finishes, today's third stage that included sections of pavé was certainly both exciting and shook up the overall classification. Cancellara got his yellow jersey back. Andy Schleck probably to many people's suprise picked up a lot of time on his rivals on a stage where he was probably expected to lose time. Unfortunately his brother, Frank, crashed out of the race.
Overall classification:
| 1. |  CANCELLARA Fabian | 13 | TEAM SAXO BANK | 14h 54' 00" | |
| 2. |  THOMAS Geraint | 39 | SKY PRO CYCLING | 14h 54' 23" | + 00' 23" |
| 3. |  EVANS Cadel | 121 | BMC RACING TEAM | 14h 54' 39" | + 00' 39" |
| 4. |  HESJEDAL Ryder | 54 | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 14h 54' 46" | + 00' 46" |
| 5. |  CHAVANEL Sylvain | 131 | QUICK STEP | 14h 55' 01" | + 01' 01" |
| 6. |  SCHLECK Andy | 11 | TEAM SAXO BANK | 14h 55' 09" | + 01' 09" |
| 7. |  HUSHOVD Thor | 95 | CERVELO TEST TEAM | 14h 55' 19" | + 01' 19" |
| 8. |  VINOKOUROV Alexandre | 9 | ASTANA | 14h 55' 31" | + 01' 31" |
| 9. |  CONTADOR Alberto | 1 | ASTANA | 14h 55' 40" | + 01' 40" |
| 10. |  VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen | 101 | OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO | 14h 55' 42" | + 01' 42" |
| 11. |  ROCHE Nicolas | 81 | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 14h 55' 42" | + 01' 42" |
| 12. | VAN SUMMEREN Johan | 58 | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 14h 55' 47" | + 01' 47" |
| 13. |  MENCHOV Denis | 191 | RABOBANK | 14h 55' 49" | + 01' 49" |
| 14. | WIGGINS Bradley | 31 | SKY PRO CYCLING | 14h 55' 49" | + 01' 49" |
| 15. | MILLAR David | 57 | GARMIN - TRANSITIONS | 14h 56' 06" | + 02' 06" |
| 16. |  KREUZIGER Roman | 44 | LIQUIGAS-DOIMO | 14h 56' 24" | + 02' 24" |
| 17. | SANCHEZ Luis-Leon | 161 | CAISSE D’EPARGNE | 14h 56' 25" | + 02' 25" |
| 18. |  ARMSTRONG Lance | 21 | TEAM RADIOSHACK | 14h 56' 30" | + 02' 30" |
| 19. |  LÖVKVIST Thomas | 37 | SKY PRO CYCLING | 14h 56' 34" | + 02' 34" |
| 20. | ROJAS Jose Joaquin | 169 | CAISSE D’EPARGNE | 14h 56' 35" | + 02' 35" |
| 21. |  MARTIN Tony | 115 | TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA | 14h 56' 35" | + 02' 35" |
