Tour de France Tour de France 2025, Stage 3: Valenciennes – Dunkerque (173.8k)

[Tim Cahill]

Philipsen was in such great condition too, looked up for the fight on yesterdays difficult finish

 

[Didinho]

He did already slap and shout at him (as seen in the replay now)

Was another rider. You can recognize Mathieu in some yellow outfit.

 

[Lequack]

Feel bad for Philipsen. Hopefully the involved parties get a yellow card or a similar punishment, so that we don't have to see this every sprint. At least Alpecin already won two stages and two yellow jerseys, and they still have plenty of chances.

 

[jono]

He did already slap and shout at him (as seen in the replay now)

That was a different Alpecin rider.

MVDP is the one wearing yellow.

 

[noob]

He did already slap and shout at him (as seen in the replay now)

Not MvdP??? Wasn't it Rickaert?

 

[scribers]

Inappropriate observation: conquard made a nice save on his own bike

 

[QueenStagiaire]

To think that useless Cofidis had a better chance of winning the intermediate sprint by going into a break on a flat stage instead of betting all on the 15th or so best sprinter in this field

Yeah, but they can‘t transfer those points to Coquard after the fact.

 

[titan31]

Coquard should probably just be punished for that. No idea what he was doing and he's robbed the Tour of a better sprinter than he is

 

[Sciatic]

Aside from veering into the rider on his right (mistake #1), why did Coquard take both feet off his pedals in the middle of a sprint?! I'm sure it was a reaction to keep his balance after he bumped into the other rider, but a pro just can't do that with riders sprinting all around him.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Coquard should probably just be punished for that. No idea what he was doing and he's robbed the Tour of a better sprinter than he is

He forgot he was riding in a professional bike race and didn't hold his line.

 

[Unchained]

So if you a the chief referee, do you have a meeting about 2 high profile on the bike near fights!? Milan doing everything he could to downplay yesterday, saying everything is fine, shook hands.. Now this!!! From stage favorite to flat on the deck!!!

 

[moljoh]

MVDP paying Coquard a visit after the stage...

And now you're making me watch all those seasons back again. Sorry for Jasper of course

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The problem is also that there isn't a good way to sanction Coquard by the rules. Kicking him out of the race entirely is punishing for impact rather than offense, but a yellow card is too little and he didn't score any points at the intermediate sprint he can be stripped of either.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

It does kind of look like he steers right and goes for a gap that doesn’t exist, but things always look more intentional in slow-motion than they actually are.

But look who's coming up behind Coquard.
It's not that hard to get the larger picture...

 

[Sciatic]

Coquard should probably just be punished for that. No idea what he was doing and he's robbed the Tour of a better sprinter than he is

Agreed. At 1st it just seemed like another typical race incident, but watching the reply he was riding like he was drunk.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Mathieu will send his regards to Coquard later.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

What is the point of Cofidis? They bring very little to most races......and now Coquard takes out Philipsen...... #braindead

There should be a straight 'red card' for that type of thing.......

 

[ppanther92]

That was Rickaert...
MVDP is quite easy to recognise... he's the guy wearing yellow.

Haha, indeed, what a *** up from me - just saw tall Alpecin guy and still somewhere else with my head...

 

[Berniece]

The problem is also that there isn't a good way to sanction Coquard by the rules. Kicking him out of the race entirely is punishing for impact rather than offense, but a yellow card is too little and he didn't score any points at the intermediate sprint he can be stripped of either.

I'm not sure yellow card is too little. 2 yellow cards and you're out

 

[ppanther92]

That was a different Alpecin rider.

MVDP is the one wearing yellow.

Yes, yes. Indeed. Stupid by me.

 

[RedheadDane]

and he didn't score any points at the intermediate sprint he can be stripped of either.

Stripping riders from points, despite them not having any, has indeed happened.

 

[moljoh]

polish commentator jinxed this saying they should go for Groves now that Jasper is about to leave Alpecin

 

[nightowl]

Aside from veering into the rider on his right (mistake #1), why did Coquard take both feet off his pedals in the middle of a sprint?! I'm sure it was a reaction to keep his balance after he bumped into the other rider, but a pro just can't do that with riders sprinting all around him.

His bike bucked and went completely sideways after contact with the Intermarche rider. It’s a miracle he didn’t crash himself to be honest. Unclipping was definitely a result of the forces involved and/or an instinctual reaction to try and stop from crashing. You can blame him for the initial contact with the Intermarche rider but once that happened the rest isn’t really in his control.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Couldnt have happened to a nicer guy

Naw man, I can't stand the guy, but nobody deserves that. You shold delete this commennt.

 

[noob]

So now Alpecin won't control anymore. Why no one tries to go in the break??