page_title: 2013 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11
section_title: Stage 3
hierarchical_section_title: 2013 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11 / Stage 3
caption_attribution_description: English: Tour de France 2013 - Profile Stage No. 3
context_page_description: The 2013 Tour de France was the 100th Tour de France. It ran from 29 June 2013 to 21 July 2013, starting in the city of Porto-Vecchio in Corsica, with the island hosting the first three stages. Corsica was the only Metropolitan region, and Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse were the only Metropolitan departments, through which the Tour had never previously passed and the organisers wanted to combine the 100th edition of the Tour with the Tour's first ever visit to Corsica.
  The opening stage was a standard road stage rather than the more usual Individual time trial or "Prologue".
  To accommodate the tour entourage during their stay in Corsica, the organisers chartered the Mega Smeralda cruiseferry to house members of the organisation, media and others who work on the Tour and to host press conferences, although the riders stayed in hotels in and around Porto-Vecchio.
context_section_description: 1 July 2013 — Ajaccio to Calvi, 145.5 km (90.4 mi)
  The third and final day on Corsica saw the race return northwards again along the rugged west coast with several small climbs including the short but steep climb of the Category 2 Col de Marsolino (443 m (1,453 ft)), 13 km (8.1 mi) before the finish in Calvi. Simon Gerrans won the stage.
caption: Stage profile
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