Dogged Dumoulin wins

SAMUEL DUMOULIN battled the conditions as well as his fellow riders to claim victory in the third stage of the Tour de France.

The Frenchman was part of an early four-man breakaway and held off his rivals in a sprint for the line to triumph in the 208km stage from Saint-Malo to Nantes.

The Confidis rider just edged America’s William Frischkorn (Garmin Chipotle) into second, with France’s Romain Feillu (Agritubel) third and Italy’s Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) fourth.