It was a relatively quiet 3rd step for the runners of 112nd Tour de France over the 178 kilometers between Valenciennes and Dunkirk … with the exception of final chaos and falls, including that of Jasper Philipsen (followed by his abandonment) during the intermediate sprint. At the end of a massive sprint, it is Tim Merlier (Sudal Quick-Step) which has ahead of nothing the Italian of the training Lidl-Trek, Jonathan Milan. Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious) completes the podium of the day. The training sprinter Groupama-FDJ, The countryfell violently at 400 meters with in particular Bryan Coquard (Team Cofis) and Emilien Jeannière (Totalenergies team). The 23 -year -old Frenchman joined the arrival on foot with his bicycle and seemed to have been rather well out when he expressed hot on the course of his fall.
VIDEO – Paul Penhoet when the 1st stage arrived!
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“I'm frustrated …”
Seventh of the first sprint in Lille, the team runner Groupama-FDJ fell in the final. After the arrival, he himself seemed not necessarily to understand too much how he had come there: “I don't know, I think it hits me from the back. It happened 400 meters from the line, I think. No one brakes, as usual. Afterwards, it remains a sprint of course, but on what happened, I can't tell you anything. Afterwards, I am frustrated, necessarily, because I was very well placed by guys, so yeah, I can feel it, Nothing”concludes a The country A bit defeatist on the arrival of this 3rd stage … but more or less unscathed.
