While training Alpecin-DECEUNINCK lived a beginning of Tour de France Perfect, everything changed in half a second this Monday, on this 3rd stage. Indeed, during the intermediate sprint located in the town of Isbergues, Jasper Philipsen was unfortunately mowed by the training runner Cofidis, Bryan Coquard. The Belgian immediately put himself on the aisle and signaled to his teammates that he would not leave. When this chaotic stage arrives, the father of the current yellow jersey, Adrie van der Poelspoke to our microphone Cyclism’Actu On the consequences of this terrible abandonment of the first leader of this 112nd Tour de France.
Video – Adrie van der Poel at the microphone of Cyclism'Actu
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“I think Mathieu is thinking more of Jasper than his yellow jerserer …”
The winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège In 1988 said: “I know it is in the hospital, that's all. No, there is no anger, it is a work accident, we can do nothing. The main problem is Jasper, how it will get out of it, it is the most important. It is the race: sometimes, it is happiness and sometimes it is bad luck. These are things that happen, unfortunately. That currently, Mathieu (Van der Poel) thinks more of Jasper (Philipsen) than his yellow jersey. concluded Adrie van der Poel to our microphone Cyclism’Actu After the arrival of this 3rd stage.
