won a sprint finish to take the third stage of the Paris-Nice.  Christophe Laporte of Jumbo kept hold of the leader's yellow jersey despite suffering a fall in the last few hundred metres in Dun-le-Palestel held off Frenchman Bryan Coquard and Wout van Aert from Belgium.  was dropped by the peloton led by Laporte's teammates 20 kilometres from the finish Wednesday's stage is a 13.4-kilometre time trial from Domerat to Montlucon culminating in a steep finish Get the most important Cycling stories delivered straight to your inbox