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

[Eyeballs Out]

I don't see what Coquard did wrong. If anyone shifted line it was Milan which starts the chain reaction but really just a racing incident

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

I know it's a really bad crash, and it sucks for Philippsen to be out, but to me this looked like a normal sprint situation gone wrong. Hard to see why Coquard was kicked back so hard from Rex.

 

[Heston]

I don't see what Coquard did wrong. If anyone shifted line it was Milan which starts the chain reaction but really just a racing incident

Really? Coquard swerved into Rex when there was no space available to pass on the right.

This is 100 % Coquard's fault and it's worse than the one Sagan got DQ'ed for.

 

[Earns1985]

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

Because there is a headwind for the rest of the stage and all other sprinter teams are still complete?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

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

In the Giro, we had two yellow cards in the bunch sprints all race (both undeserved, IMO, but that's a separate discussion). The odds of Coquard getting another one in what little sprints we have are remote.

 

[scribers]

I don't see what Coquard did wrong. If anyone shifted line it was Milan which starts the chain reaction but really just a racing incident

I saw it as coquard pushed right to pass and the rider there didn’t budge

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

I don't see what Coquard did wrong. If anyone shifted line it was Milan which starts the chain reaction but really just a racing incident

Mostly yeah, Coquard was trying to squeeze into a very narrow space, but you see that in every sprint from someone...he just had more serious consequences this time.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Coquard moves right slightly and it's horrible to see pilipsen crash like that. But people saying cofidis shouldn't be in the race, coquard red etc, philepsen himself has done half a dozen moves like that in sprints. It's the game they all play

 

[titan31]

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.

Honestly I'd dq him. Maybe it's harsh and you are taking impact into account which you probably shouldn't but someone needs to be made an example of with the way some of these guys sprint and Coquard is useless anyway so why not him.

 

[yaco]

Punishment for Coquard? Not for crashing Philipsen directly, but for veering off his line into the Intermarché rider?

This is an example where the UCI has got the yellow card system wrong. You look at the Van Der Berg crash in stage one when he tried to push between two riders but no punishment. I've seen other crashes caused in both peletons by riders taking their eyes off the road, yet no yellow card. I'll also add this crash is not helped by the chase for UCI points which has seen reckless riding by coquard in two intermediate sprints.

 

[noob]

Broe had an idea of smaller teams for the tdf. I wish they did. 7 riders per team would lead to more breaks and less controlling

 

[ppanther92]

I don't see what Coquard did wrong. If anyone shifted line it was Milan which starts the chain reaction but really just a racing incident

While I don't call for Coquard to be DNFed, he did swerve into Rex quite strangely to the right (there was no space, and I wouldn't say Milan was the cause either).

 

[Faserr]

For me that was a race incident. You see things that are worse in every sprint, but luckily not everytime there is a bad crash.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Those hard TdF sprint stages where they ride at 40km/h...

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

I saw it as coquard pushed right to pass and the rider there didn’t budge

But doesn't he go right to avoid Milan who goes right and then, while still being ahead of Rex, swerves into him, not even that hard, and than bounces back spectacularly and by misfortune takes out Philippsen?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Jasper not moving his lower limbs, hope is deep road rub and nothing is broken, guy who crashed him, not clipped in with either foot!!wtf

He walked to the side of the road: no lower limb problem (except probably skinned and bruised)

 

[KOM]

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

Fine, it's just that he himself has hurt and endangered many riders and all he had was snarky comments when confronted, you're right regardless

 

[AnotherArmChair]

I don't see what Coquard did wrong. If anyone shifted line it was Milan which starts the chain reaction but really just a racing incident

This is true as Milan was the originator. Coquard reacted...but people here are very happy to be executioners

Coquard was probably trying to get points for Cofides to avoid regulation

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Really? Coquard swerved into Rex when there was no space available to pass on the right.

This is 100 % Coquard's fault and it's worse than the one Sagan got DQ'ed for.

All I can say is watch it again, in particular watch Milan's position in relation to the white line in the middle of the road. It would be a lot more obvious if the camera was overhead but even so it's pretty clear.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Actually, looking at it again, Coquard was ahead of Rex, and Rex from behind, didn't give him any room. Coquard isn't going to be looking over his shoulder in a sprint...Rex has just as much responsibility, if not more.

 

[TrekCyclist]

Milan shifted line. Coquard was already next to his backwheel, thus shifted even more (probably a bit too much) and bumped into other rider, then bumped back left and into Philipsen. Thats what I saw from the replay.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Coquard is getting the soap in the pillowcase treatment tonight.

 

[ice&fire]

That KOM sprint on day 1 set a nasty trend

 

[scribers]

The remco-cam has shifted to the coquard-cam

 

[Unchained]

Wow, did that crash really change the mood at the party!! Serious downer..