Cancellara grabs stage-three honours

The 26-year-old Team CSC rider was on the fringes of the leading pack heading into the final kilometre but found space during the sprint finish to power into the lead.

The Swiss, who won the Tour's Prologue in London, held off a fast finish from Team Milram's German rider Erik Zabel and Italian Danilo Napolitano to keep the yellow jersey with a time of six hours 36 minutes 15 seconds.

Cancellara has extended his lead in the general classification to 33 seconds over Andreas Kloeden.