Boonen bis in Tours; Robbie relegated for argy-bargy

Zabriskie maintains maillot jaune, Tuesday team time test critical

Avenue de Grammont is the classic finishing straight of the sprinters' classic Paris-Tours and today's Stage 3 finish at the 92nd Tour De France had plenty of Fourth of July fireworks. But all that happened behind maillot vert Tom Boonen (Quick.Step), who blasted through a gap with 200m to go to go two out of three at this year's Tour De France. Boonen explained, "A sprint on the Tour is a sprint with 200 riders and that's always scary. Today's finish was also a long, large straight and I started my sprint with Robbie. Then I saw behind my shoulder that there was a bit of a "casino" [Italian for mess - ed.]... [laughs] - but I won and that's important."

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