Étoile de Bessèges (Stage 3) : The “Taureau (bull) de Lescheret” attack!

With more than 3000m elevation for 169.7 kilometers around Bessèges, the 3rd step was not necessarily favorable to sprinters. On the program, the 'Col des Brousses', a first category coast, to climb three times, the last time of which ten kilometers from the line.

Distancing in the bumps, Arnaud de Lie managed to return to the leading group 4 kilometers from the finish. Impatient, he then struck the charge 2 kilometers from the finish, in vain. Determined, the Belgian sprinter surprised his opponents and commentators by gushing to the best moments to win "easily". He finished 7th in this 53rd edition.

Arnaud de Lie has managed to return to the leading group. He even placed an unsuccessfull attack 2 km from the finish, but he easily won the sprint.