The 3rd stage of the Tour de France was marked on Monday by many falls. Four runners abandoned the race, including the Jasper Philipsen green jersey.
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“Who will be the winner? A huge fall, a huge fall!” There are stages like this, where Radio Tour Seems to curl …“New falls into the peloton, new fall into the peloton as the sprint approaches”, Could we hear throughout the course, connecting Valenciennes in Dunkirk on this third day of the “Grande Boucle”. The infirmary posted full Monday July 7, due to a final marked by many falls. Even if Mathieu Van der Poel was still in yellow at the end of the third stage of the Tour de France, won in the sprint by the Belgian Tim Merlier, anger rises within the peloton.
Bryan Coquard, fell twice and on the verge of tears on arrival, knows something about it: “I was in pain everywhere, I really didn't want to do the final sprint, I moved back, and then new fall …” The French sprinter is the symbol of this day which turned to the game of massacre, since it was already involved in a first incident 60 kilometers from the finish.
“Jasper Philipsen, wearing the green jersey, was the victim of a fall”could we hear. At the origin of the abandonment of one of the big names of the peloton, Bryan Coquard: “To have the green jersey abandon, it is not happy. Even if it was not voluntary, I want to apologize to Philipsen, even if I am not a bad guy, it's never pleasant,” he said.
Result of the day: a dozen runners on the ground, and an anger that rises recognizes another French sprinter, Arnaud Demare: “Frankly, things are happening that are not necessarily very diplomats. So I hope that the commissioners will do their job.”
The first yellow cards were distributed on the evening of July 7, in an attempt to calm the game. In total, four runners were sanctioned, including Bryan Coquard for “irregular sprint” after struck Jasper Philipsen, forced to abandon. After the 174.2 kilometers of the fourth stage of the Tour, on July 8, cyclists will leave the north of France, to arrive in Normandy, in Rouen.
