Terrible ! While training Alpecin-DECEUNINCK lived a beginning of Tour de France Perfect, everything changed in half a second this Monday on this 3rd stage, however without history and run on a very quiet pace … until the disaster. 60 kilometers from the finish, during the intermediate sprint of Isbergues, the green jersey Jasper Philipsen was the victim of a very heavy fall, which forced him to abandon.
VIDEO – MVDP after Philipsen's victory over the 1st stage on Saturday
An extremely violent fall
While the sprint go be launched, less than 300 meters from the passage under the banner of the intermediate sprint, Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) and Laurenz Rex (Intermarché-Wanty) hung on. On the verge of falling, the Frenchman miraculously managed to stay on his bike, but made a big gap on his left, where was Philipsen. Helpless, the Belgian hit the bitumen at full speed. His right shoulder violently typed the floor first, before he made a “convertible”. Immediately supported by the medical service, the fate of Philipsen did not make any doubt from the start. His shoulder was immobilized and his abandonment was announced in the process.
#TDF2025 / The terrible fall of ?? Jasper Philipsen (ADC)… Hard blow for Alpecin Deceuninck who loses the green jersey there. He is bruised all over his back and is touched at the head.
pic.twitter.com/2tL1lSeHmE– Renaud Breban (@Renaudb31) July 7, 2025
A big blow for the one who has already raised their arms 10 times on the Tour de Franceespecially since he had perfectly started this 112nd edition with a victory on the 1st stage and that he seemed to bring a second green jersey to Paris (after the glanned in 2023). For its part, the team Alpecin-DECEUNINCK should reorganize on the sprints, around the yellow jersey Mathieu van der Poelbut more probably around the Australian Kaden Groves.
