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

[postmanhat]

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

Milan had space to move into, he didn't affect Coquard's line. It was simply the latter trying to follow by 'nudging' Rex, who just held his line. Really stupid move for an inconsequential intermediate.

 

[Unchained]

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

That's great because they were not looking much at his upper body so no clavicle cracking!!

 

[ice&fire]

The remco-cam has shifted to the coquard-cam

I thought it was the Lenny Martinez cam

 

[Sciatic]

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.

I can see that. But he has to have some awareness that sticking his leg out at a 45 degree angle in a (reduced) bunch sprint is going to impact riders around him. But I'm sure self-preservation takes over at that point. He better apologize profusely.

 

[Sciatic]

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

It didn't look like that to me. Coquard slides to the right where there is another rider, then the contact results in him bouncing back to his left where he made contact with Phillipsen.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

The tour is going to hit some rural area in the mountains and announcers are going to say "hey, Coquard is missing, anyone see him?" and the peloton's going to be like

 

[scribers]

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?

Looking at the replays now where Milan is winding up. He didn’t really deviate too much and couldn’t see or be responsible for what happening behind him. Perhaps just a race incident

 

[Unchained]

If you want dangerous, nerves and ten+ abreast across the F-ing road!!

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Milan had space to move into, he didn't affect Coquard's line. It was simply the latter trying to follow by 'nudging' Rex, who just held his line. Really stupid move for an inconsequential intermediate.

You could, on the other hand, argue, that Rex comes from behind, Coquard is moving in that space slightly to the right and behind Milan, and then follows the flow of direction, while Rex want's to overtake him and while others to right, he want's to go straight, even tilts a little to the left. A second before Coquard touches him Rex isn't even next to him. I doubt he realised he was there and just followed the action. Totally normal things in sprints. They just usually don't end up in a bounce like that.

 

[AmRacer]

I can see that. But he has to have some awareness that sticking his leg out at a 45 degree angle in a (reduced) bunch sprint is going to impact riders around him. But I'm sure self-preservation takes over at that point. He better apologize profusely.

Or crashing the whole field, better trying to stay upright.

 

[Poursuivant]

Truly dull this.

 

[scribers]

Peloton’s got the 10 mile stare

 

[Tim Cahill]

Some random Frenchman lone attacker is about to get the biggest motodraft of all time.

 

[Sciatic]

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.

There is an overhead reply in slo-mo at 7:21 (of Belgian broadcast)

 

[scribers]

Camera bike might want to not get too close to coquard. Just saying

 

[RedheadDane]

WELLENS ATTACKS!

 

[VanBsr]

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.......

That's very rude. Should we just let UAE and Visma race alone because they're the most important?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

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.

Making an example of someone suggests that you want to put everyone else doing what he did.

To put people off being smaller than others?
Put them off trying to stay upright when in the middle of the road and at the front of the peloton?
Put them off trying to overtake other people in a sprint?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Well done Timothy.

 

[noob]

What now?

 

[Rou]

Wellens is a machine. Enough detraining for today.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Is Wellens going so Pogacar doesn't have to do KOM ceremonies?

Not a bad use to be fair, though if he has a minute I doubt he sits up after.

 

[nightowl]

Wellens attacking so Pogacar doesn’t have to wear the KOM jersey tomorrow. He wouldn’t want to risk getting his 100th win in polka dots instead of rainbow bands!

 

[Sciatic]

Wellens is a machine. Enough detraining for today.

He's got great legs right now, might as well take a flyer.

 

[RedheadDane]

To put people off being smaller than others?

Yeah, I don't think that should be against the rules...