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Cold, but sunny skies welcomed the pack for the start of the third stage that saw the second-category Becoup climb in the closing 25km that could serve as a trampoline for stage hunters.

HTC-Highroad’s Matthew Goss doubles at Paris-Nice, De Gendt slips to second 2011

The race continues Friday with the decisive, 179km mountaintop finish atop the second-category summit at Malhao.

HTC’s Degenkolb nips Tyler Farrar in Algarve 2011

The hilly stage features the second-category Cote de Bécoup that tops out at 600 meters with 12.5km to go.

Sky’s Greg Henderson wins 2011 Paris-Nice stage 2 2011

After 15 miles descending from Morzine, the field will face a trio of major climbs in rapid succession: the first-category Cols de la Colombière and des Saisies, and the second-category Col de l'Aravis.

Tour de France 2010: Stage nine - as it happened 2010

Halfway through the day the peloton had slowed dramatically on the densely wooded slopes of the second-category Col de Portet-d'Aspet, several riders raising their hands to acknowledge the fine marble memorial near the spot where the gifted young Italian rider Fabio Casartelli, a member of Lance Armstrong's Motorola team, crashed on the descent and died from head injuries on 18 July 1995.

Tour de France 2010: Alberto Contador snatches lead from Andy Schleck Richard Williams in Bagnères-de-Luchon 2010

With the second-category Coll de Boixols at 52km, a breakaway was sure to pull clear.

Mark Cavendish dashes to easy stage win at the Vuelta a Espana 2010

There are two climbs rated second-category, including the ascent to the finish above the town of Mende, up a steep hill named after Laurent Jalabert, who won a legendary finish here in 1995.

Tour de France 2010: Mark Cavendish wins but Mark Renshaw disqualified William Fotheringham in Bourg-les-Valence 2010

The stage rolls out of the Pyrénées, tackling a moderate second-category climb at 54. 3km before hitting the flats to Lleida.

Igor Anton wins mountaintop stage at Vuelta a España and retakes the lead 2010

You'll be much happier and more likely to sell your books to an editor if you are in the second-category.

The Publishometer: How to tell whether a manuscript will be acquired Editorial Anonymous 2009

The NCC was only planning to allow Chinese investment in second-category telecoms carriers, not first-category carriers, she said.

China Survelliance Net to Extend Across the Strait Michael Turton 2009