Dan Martin's Tour de France priority is to attack for stage wins

Martin might have surprised fans who would have expected him to be marking his general classification rivals yesterday.

When Dan Martin sprinted for third place on stage three of the Tour de France yesterday it seemed he was back to his days of hunting stages rather than targeting the general classification.

The Irishman admitted he surprised himself with the fight he put up in finishing behind world champion Peter Sagan and Australian Michael Matthews in Longwy.