This is the striking fact of this 3rd stage of Tour de France : The fall of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) during the intermediate sprint of Isbergues, 52 km from the finish, which caused its abandonment. The winner of the first step was indeed hit when launching his sprint by Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), himself struck by Laurenz Rex (Intermarché-Wanty). Even if the Frenchman appeared very moved after the arrival and apologized, he attracted the wrath of the lieutenants of Jasper Philipsennotably Jonas Rickaert which reproached him for his risk taking during this sprint.
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“Risping your life for 10 points is crazy”
After arrival, Jonas Rickaert appeared very reassembled against Bryan Coquardhe who had already reprimanded him after the sprint in question: “At the beginning, I was angry with him, I wanted to get my message across. He said he couldn't do anything about it, but it was not the first time that he has taken too many risks in an intermediate sprint. While he can only finish in about 6th place in this ranking. That he springs on arrival, still passes, it is for victory. But risking your life for 10 points is crazy. ” Even if some doubt about his guilt in this race incident, theUCI still attributed a yellow card to the French runner for a “Deviation of the chosen line”.
