TARARE, France — Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway won the third stage of the Criterium du Dauphine in a bunch sprint Tuesday as David Veilleux of Canada kept the overall lead. The Norwegian rider held off Michael Matthews of Australia and Gianni Meersman of Belgium, completing the 167km trek from Amberieu-en-Bugey to Tarare in 4 hours, 3 minutes, 32 seconds. Fumiyuki Beppu of Japan, Sander Cordeel of Belgium, Jacob Rathe of the US and Juan-Antonio Flecha of Spain escaped in the opening kilometer, building a lead that reached nearly seven minutes. But they were reeled in by the chasing pack 13 kilometers from the finish. Veilleux is 1:56 ahead of Meersman. — AP