Julian Alaphilippe takes magnificent solo victory and yellow jersey on stage three of the Tour de France 2019

The Frenchman attacked up the final climb and stole a march on the peloton

Julian Alaphilippe wins stage three of the Tour de France 2019 (Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images)

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Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) stormed to a magnificent victory on stage three of the Tour de France 2019 to claim the first yellow jersey for the French in five years.

Michael Matthews (Sunweb) finished second, leading the bunch over the line 26 seconds behind the Frenchman, with Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) third and Greg Van Avermaet (CCC) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) closing out the top five.

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