2025 Tour de France

112th edition: July 5 - July 27, 2025
Stage 3, Monday, July 7

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Monday, July 7: Stage 3, Valenciennes - Dunkerque, 175.5 km

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Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) just beat Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) for the stage win. Photo is by John Pierce/PhotoSport International UK, USA, Asia. ©

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Rated ascent:

• Km 147.4: Côte de Cassel, 2.4 km @ 3.8%. Cat. 4

Weather at the finish city of Dunkerque at 210 PM, local time: 18C (63F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 32 km/hr (19 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain. It was raining at the start.

Here's the race organizer's weather report: Right now, it's raining heavily on the outskirts of Valenciennes. Fortunately, the rain will ease off as the stage progresses... at the same time as the north wind picks up. It will blow sideways to the peloton until Lilliers (km 108.5). Then, it will be a headwind. Temperatures will range between 15º and 20ºC.

The stage: Tour boss Christian Prudhomme writes: The riders and team managers all become weather experts on the morning of this type of stage. There will be no need for panic as the stage passes Isbergues. However, following the climb of the Côte de Cassel, the final 35 kilometres will be exposed to the wind. Will it blow? And in which direction? The stage has been designed to encourage the formation of echelons, or, failing that, for a bunch finish near the Marcel-Tribut Stadium.

The race: 182 riders started stage three at 1:52 PM.

Here's the race organizer's stage three summary:

Out of the equation in the first sprint of the Tour de France 2025, Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) took the revenge the was aiming for as he powered to victory in Dunkirk, on day 3. The Belgian sprinter managed to edge Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) right on the line, after a fast and tight sprint. Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) completes the podium of the day after Jasper Philipsen was forced to retire after a high speed crash in the intermediate sprint. His teammate Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) survived the day to retain the Maillot Jaune. This is Merlier’s second win in the Tour. Back in 2021, he had already won stage 3 on the day after MVDP took his first stage win. At the time, they were teammates.

All 182 riders who finished the stage in Boulogne-sur-Mer are present at the start in Valenciennes. The day's route discourages the usual breakaway contenders.

Alpecin-Deceuninck in control
Without much conviction, Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Deceuninck) moves to the front, accompanied by Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious), but they end their breakaway themselves after less than 10 kilometres in the lead. Nils Politt and Tim Wellens (UAE Emirates XRG) also spent a few kilometres at the front in an equally unconvincing breakaway, which ended in the same way at km 21.

Early in the stage Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Deceuninck) & Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) tried to get away, but they both soon gave up, Here Matej Mohoric is about to be caught by the pack.

From then on, Mathieu Van der Poel's teammates took the lead of the peloton and maintained a modest pace, with the support of Max Schachmann (Soudal-Quick Step).

Philipsen on the ground
Van der Poel gets to enjoy his day as the race travels through places associated with Paris-Roubaix - Orchies, Templeuve, Mons-en-Pévèle - and with his father, Adrie Van der Poel, who took the Maillot Jaune in Béthune (km 95.3) in 1984.

The intensity picks up at the exit of Béthune, as the peloton reach wind-exposed sections and get close to the intermediate sprint in Isbergues (km 95.3). As Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) steps on his pedals to defend his green jersey, a contact with Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) sends him to the ground at high speed. The Belgian star, winner of stage 1, is forced to retire.

Jasper Philipsen is cared for after his crash.

Merlier edges Milan
Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) attacks ahead of Mont Cassel (summit at km 147.4) to chase the KOM point that would earn him the polka-dot jersey. Over the top, the gap to the bunch is up to 1’45’’. The Belgian national champion is then caught with 27-km to go.

As the peloton reaches Dunkirk, a fierce battle for the position unleashes against the headwind. Lidl-Trek take the reins for Jonathan Milan into the last kilometre. But Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) displays his pure speed to edge the Italian powerhouse and claim his second Tour win, four years after his maiden triumph in Pontivy.

Tim Merlier wins stage three. ASO photo

It was already stage 3, and it was on the day after Mathieu Van der Poel won stage 2 in Mûr-de-Bretagne. Merlier had also already won in Dunkirk, at the end of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque 2023.

Complete results:

Photos

175.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.986 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	4hr 16min 55sec
2	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
3	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
4	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
5	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
6	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
7	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
8	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Amaury Capiot	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
11	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
12	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
13	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
14	Dylan Groenewegen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
15	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
18	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
20	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
24	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
25	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
27	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
28	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
29	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
30	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
31	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
33	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
35	Elmar Reinders	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
36	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
38	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
39	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
40	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
41	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
42	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
43	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
44	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Luka Mezgec	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
46	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
49	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
51	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
52	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
53	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
54	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
55	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
56	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
58	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
59	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
60	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
61	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
63	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
66	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
67	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
69	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
71	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
72	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
75	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
76	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
78	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
79	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
80	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
81	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
82	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
83	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
84	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
85	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
86	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
87	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
88	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
89	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
91	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	s.t.
92	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
94	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
95	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
96	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
97	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
98	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
99	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
100	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
101	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
102	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
103	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
104	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
105	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
106	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
107	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
108	Simon Yates	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
109	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
110	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
111	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
112	Dylan Teuns	Cofidis	s.t.
113	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
114	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
115	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
116	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
117	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
118	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
119	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	s.t.
120	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
121	Alexey Lutsenko	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
122	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	s.t.
123	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
124	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
125	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
126	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
127	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
128	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
129	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
130	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
131	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
132	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
133	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
134	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
135	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
136	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
137	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
138	Matteo Jorgenson	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
139	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
140	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
141	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
142	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
143	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
144	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
145	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
146	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
147	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
148	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
149	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
150	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
151	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	s.t.
152	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	s.t.
153	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
154	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
155	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
156	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
157	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
158	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
159	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
160	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
161	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
162	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
163	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
164	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
165	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
166	Gianni Moscon	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
167	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
168	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
169	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
170	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
171	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
172	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
173	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
174	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
175	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
176	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
177	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
178	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
179	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
180	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
181	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Mountains classification leader: Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
• Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
• Best young rider: Kévin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels)
• Teams classification leader: Groupama-FDJ

569.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 55.055 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	12hr 55min 37sec
2	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 4sec
3	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:06
4	Kévin Vauquelin	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:10
5	Matteo Jorgenson	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Enric Mas	Movistar Team	s.t.
7	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	0:41
8	Tobias Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
9	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
10	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	0:49
11	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
12	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Oscar Onley	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
14	Guillaume Martin-Guyonnet	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
16	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	s.t.
18	Mattias Skjelmose	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
20	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
21	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
22	Florian Lipowitz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Primoz Roglic	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Marc Hirschi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Carlos Rodriguez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:20
26	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Jordan Jegat	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Steff Cras	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
30	Jack Haig	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
31	Dylan Teuns	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Clément Berthet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
33	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
35	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:39
37	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
39	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
40	Clément Venturini	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:47
41	Ben Healy	EF Education-EasyPost	2:18
42	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
43	Ilan Van Wilder	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	2:23
45	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	2:43
47	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	3:08
48	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	3:10
49	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	3:22
50	Alex Aranburu	Cofidis	s.t.
51	Anthony Turgis	Team TotalEnergies	3:32
52	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
55	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Xandro Meurisse	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:34
57	Robert Stannard	Bahrain Victorious	4:00
58	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	4:11
59	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	4:18
60	Warren Barguil	Team Picnic PostNL	4:38
61	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:43
62	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	4:56
63	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	5:13
64	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
65	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
67	Quentin Pacher	Groupama-FDJ	5:28
68	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Alexey Lutsenko	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
70	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	5:29
71	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	5:37
72	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	5:52
73	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
76	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
77	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
78	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	5:58
79	Cristian Rodriguez	Arkea-B&B Hotels	5:59
80	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
81	Mauro Schmid	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:08
82	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	6:14
83	Edward Dunbar	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:38
84	Julian Alaphilippe	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:41
85	Simone Velasco	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
86	Luka Mezgec	Team Jayco-AlUla	6:49
87	Alex Baudin	EF Education-EasyPost	6:51
88	Mathieu Burgaudeau	Team TotalEnergies	7:12
89	Axel Laurance	INEOS Grenadiers	7:26
90	Ion Izagirre	Cofidis	7:27
91	Gianni Moscon	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
92	Vincenzo Albanese	EF Education-EasyPost	7:28
93	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
94	Mattia Cattaneo	Soudal Quick-Step	7:33
95	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	7:34
96	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:39
97	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	7:59
98	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
100	Simon Yates	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:10
101	Frank van den Broek	Team Picnic PostNL	8:11
102	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	8:12
103	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	8:21
104	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	8:22
105	Gregor Mühlberger	Movistar Team	8:26
106	Amaury Capiot	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:38
107	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	s.t.
108	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar Team	s.t.
109	Lennert Van Eetvelt	Lotto	s.t.
110	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
111	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	8:50
112	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
113	Ewen Costiou	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
114	Elmar Reinders	Team Jayco-AlUla	9:05
115	Aleksandr Vlasov	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
116	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
117	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	9:25
118	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	9:37
119	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	10:13
120	Mathis Le Berre	Arkea-B&B Hotels	10:31
121	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	10:31
123	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
124	Emilien Jeannière	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
125	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Soudal Quick-Step	10:53
126	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X Mobility	11:03
127	Quinn Simmons	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
128	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	11:07
129	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
130	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
131	Marco Haller	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
132	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	11:32
133	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	11:36
134	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	11:42
135	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	11:43
136	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
137	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	s.t.
138	Louis Barré	Intermarché-Wanty	11:44
139	Michael Woods	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
140	Danny van Poppel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	11:46
141	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
142	Dylan Groenewegen	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
143	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto	s.t.
144	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
145	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto	s.t.
146	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
147	Magnus Cort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
148	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
149	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	12:05
150	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	12:13
151	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	12:16
152	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	12:33
153	Anders Halland Johannessen	Uno-X Mobility	12:50
154	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	13:17
155	Jonas Rutsch	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
156	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto	s.t.
157	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
158	Pavel Sivakov	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
159	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
160	Emiel Verstrynge	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
161	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
162	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
163	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
164	Luke Durbridge	Team Jayco-AlUla	13:20
165	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain Victorious	13:33
166	Lenny Martinez	Bahrain Victorious	14:24
167	Max Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	14:30
168	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
169	Thibau Nys	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
170	Lucas Plapp	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
171	Mattéo Vercher	Team TotalEnergies	15:29
172	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team	15:43
173	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:50
174	Einer Rubio	Movistar Team	16:22
175	Clément Champoussin	XDS Astana Team	16:25
176	Andreas Leknessund	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
177	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	s.t.
178	Silvan Dillier	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:35
179	Yevgeniy Fedorov	XDS Astana Team	17:38
180	William Barta	Movistar Team	s.t.
181	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	17:57

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile, with a single 4th category climb.

Stage three photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Mathieu van der Poel (GC leader) and Jasper Philipsen (points leader) introduced before the stage start.

Best young rider Kévin Vauquelin

Tim Merlier & Remco Evenepoel

Jonas Vingegaard in rain gear before the stage start.

Thor Hushovd (2010 World Champion, TDF points classification winner in 2005 & 2009 & lots more) was there. I believe his is currently the general manager of Team UNO-X Mobility.

Groupama-FDJ riders waiting for the race to start.

Tim Merlier narrowly beats Jonathan Milan for the stage win.

Tim Merlier celebrates his stage win.

Tim Merlier just after winning the stage.

2010 Tour winner Andy Schleck was there.

Stage winner Tim Merlier

Jonathan Milan is the new points classification leader

Mathieu van der Poel will start stage four in yellow.