The summary of the 3rd stage gleaned from Photo Finish by the Belgian Tim Merlier in front of Italian Jonathan Milan

It took nothing. Tim Merlier won the 3rd stage of the Tour de France in the sprint by dominating Italian Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) in the sprint after the photo-finish in Dunkirk, Monday, July 7. The Belgian runner of Sudal Quick-Step has ahead of the new green jersey carrier, that his compatriot Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), winner on Saturday in Lille, made abandonment on a violent fall. Like him, several men subsequently left the carpet in a nervous end, like Remco Evenepoel (Sudal Quick-Step).

Before that, the peloton had nevertheless remained grouped during almost all of the day. What allow Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates XRG) to go out alone in mind to get up once a point in the mountain gleaned at the top of Mont Cassel. A way of relieving your Tadej Pogacar leader from his polka dot tunic. In the general classification, the Slovenian still points four seconds from the Dutch yellow jersey Mathieu van der Poel, while the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease A Bike, at 6 “) completes the podium.