page_title: 2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10
section_title: Stage 3
hierarchical_section_title: 2007 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10 / Stage 3
caption_attribution_description: Fabian Cancellara in his yellow jersey at the start of the 3rd stage in the Tour de France 2007 in Waregem.
context_page_description: These are the profiles for the individual stages in the 2007 Tour de France, with the Prologue on 7 July, Stage 1 on 8 July, and Stage 10 on 18 July.
context_section_description: 2007-07-10 — Waregem (Belgium) - Compiègne, 236 km
  At 236 km (147 mi), this is the longest stage in this year's Tour. After Flanders, the peloton returned to France along some of the roads used for the Paris–Roubaix race, to finish in the town where that race starts. Nicolas Vogondy and Mathieu Ladagnous broke away from the field within the first 10 km, and were joined after 42 km by Stephane Auge and Frederik Willems. By leading the breakaway group over the only classified climb of the day, the Cote de Blerancourt, Auge gained the polka dot shirt. The group was caught by race leader Fabian Cancellara, and by the rest of the peloton, some 500 meters from the finish. Cancellara held off the sprinters to win the stage and to gain time bonuses that extended his lead in the general classification.
caption: Fabian Cancellara in his yellow jersey and the peloton just after the start of the 3rd stage in Waregem, Belgium.
  Credit: Johan Vandamme
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