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

[Tricycle Rider]

There's a jester quality to that KOM kit.

It looks funny because the rain jacket looks so oversized, and he's not even wearing polka dot socks! (I actually really like those, and if I had my choice of mirthful Tour casket like the ones posted upthread I'd pick the KOM one. )

 

[titan31]

This is why I love cycling. It's so poor and eternally relatable compared to other filthy rich sports.

I mean if someone in the peloton wants to treat himself to a PS5 Pro, now's the time to stand up and earn that combativity prize money.

I mean, depends really. You've one guy who's probably delighted with that and another with private plane sponsorships (and I doubt he's even the richest paid cyclist)

 

[fenns]

Adam Yates off the back of the peleton before the race even starts

 

[Lequack]

He looks like a mushroom

 

[Lequack]

Words from Cavendish

https://twitter.com/x/status/1942183024596295723

View: https://x.com/SBSSportau/status/1942183024596295723

 

[CyclistAbi]

Gotta hand it to Visma, pushing Pogi into KOM jersey, here it shows that Pogi tends to be overzealous at times and pays the price.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

He looks like a mushroom

He's just a fun guy

 

[Krzysztof_O]

He looks like a mushroom

@CyclistAbi With polka-dot shorts it's pyjamas indeed.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

No break, not unexpected

 

[RedheadDane]

Rickaert doesn't look too enthusiastic...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Jonas rickaert up the road, the peleton just got a lot safer!!!

 

[RobertCrawley]

Love to see a powerful breakaway give the sprinters something to worry about.

 

[CyclistAbi]

It's over for the stage, Moho bridged.

 

[peterfin]

This is why I love cycling. It's so poor and eternally relatable compared to other filthy rich sports.

I mean if someone in the peloton wants to treat himself to a PS5 Pro, now's the time to stand up and earn that combativity prize money.

He has to share it with the team so it will be second hand PS4.

 

[Peyroteo94]

No break, not unexpected

This stage has the potential to be really bad.
Rain
Headwind
No break

I believe the stage will be slow which increases the possibility of crashes (more riders unfocused).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He looks like a mushroom

So after Jonas has had a fake Danish champion's helmet, Pogi's now got a fake Japanese one.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

He looks like a mushroom

It's only 4:30am in my area and I'm still in bed, I want Pogi's jammies!

 

[RobertCrawley]

Monday morning club ride for coffee today.

 

[Red Rick]

Going for a solo break only to *** off once someone else joins you is a pathetic move

 

[Heston]

What a start to the stage as every rider in the peloton desperately fights to avoid being in the break.

 

[ingsve]

This is one issue with the shift to only have 1 big intermediate sprint per stage. Back in the Jean-Marie Leblanc days when these types of stages were common, at least there was 3 intermediate sprints per stage in addition to the odd cat 4 climb so there was something for a TV break to ride for and get a little price money. On this stage with the late intermediate sprint you just know that there will be nothing for a break to race for before they get brought back again before the intermediate sprint.

 

[Didinho]

Where is Guillaume Martin when you need him.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Monday morning club ride for coffee today.

Looks like lots of gossip is being shared today in the peloton seeing as they're all busy chatting...

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Where is Guillaume Martin when you need him.

Probably somewhere in the middle of the Peloton

 

[RobertCrawley]

Looks like lots of gossip is being shared today in the peloton seeing as they're all busy chatting...

They might arrive in Dunkerque sometime tomorrow afternoon.