slovakian world champion peter sagan won stage three of the tour de france, after a 126—mile stage that started in belgium and finished at longwy in france. britain's geraint thomas finished eighth today to extend his race lead to 12 seconds, after the rest of the top six failed to finish in the main bunch. which means his team leader, chris froome, is up to second overall. and south africa will be without their captain faf du plessis for the opening test match against england at lords. he returned home for the birth of his first child and won't be back in time for the match which gets under way on thursday. in the last few minutes, formula 1's governing body has announced it is to ta ke governing body has announced it is to take no further action against sebastian vettel, before time —— the four—time winner collided with lewis hamilton at the grand he was given a penalty at the time.