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

[noob]

Did someone say Philipssen is leaving Alpecin? Where to?

 

[Peyroteo94]

So now UAE just dictates jersey among each other because why not. I hate this team.

They are thinking about his leader and his rest after stage.

 

[Rackham]

Makes you wonder what half the peloton is even doing in the Tour de France. It's just UAE doing whatever they want.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Pog has 3 points, Wellens will have 3 points. Pogacar is in front on GC. What is the rule?

Winning more higher category KOMs. 1-1 cat 3s and 1-0 cat 4s for Wellens

 

[moljoh]

So either it's double/uber trolling this time or serious

 

[Tommy Gun]

Some pretty disgusting comments here regarding the place of Conti team riders in the Tour: basically, "just be happy to be in TV breaks and let the real riders do the job".
Maybe some here would be better off watching "TikTok cycling", where we would only see the same A-class riders fighting with each other, in pure fake-wrestling style... Quite revealing of the sad state of the sport right now, and the type of spectators that ony live for yet another MvdP vs Pogi duel...

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Shouldn‘t wait here

 

[ppanther92]

Go on for fucks sake with two minutes...

 

[ice&fire]

Can someone explain how Wellens can get the jersey?

I hope he doesn't. I'd rather see the Belgian champ jersey in all its glory

 

[Peyroteo94]

I would love Wellens to go solo but they probably made a deal in the peloton.

 

[Jagartrott]

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.

This was a sprint for some green jersey points, which Coquard will never win. He should use his head a bit. Trying to squeeze into tiny gaps should not be done in a sprint of no importance. It was stupid, with bad consequences for someone who actually had the green jersey.

 

[Rou]

If the goal was the KOM only why didn't he do a 500 m sprint then? Jokers... lol

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pogacar will probably be in first tomorrow in the polka dot classification.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Go on give him 2 minutes, a little tempter, went way too far out but probably did it so some rando didn't see their name in the lights and take the points.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

I would love Wellens to go solo but they probably made a deal in the peloton.

Yes he talked to other teams in the front just before riding away. Must have promised to come back to be let go.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

This was a sprint for some green jersey points, which Coquard will never win. He should use his head a bit. Trying to squeeze into tiny gaps should not be done in a sprint of no importance. It was stupid, with bad consequences for someone who actually had the green jersey.

Ah, the „Let The big boys play, get out of the way“ approach

 

[Rou]

Pogi one step ahead again. The guy is Magnus Carlsen of cycling. Hehe

 

[scribers]

Wellens just airing out the kids

 

[Sciatic]

Imo, and experience when you get the plane of your bike changed dramatically the energy just counters like snow ski bindings and you just come out.. My own very, very personal opinion is Look Keo come disengaged easier than Shimano, and saying that I couldn't ever feel confident in Speedplay, but obviously personal because many heavy, heavy hitters, sprinters use the lollipop pedals with confidence.
When you get jarred like that it's like a mini high side, and he didn't crash just came unclipped..and suddenly instead of 5 possible points of contact, both feet gone, relying on hands and butt, until he clips back in.. Treacherous at that speed.. Yes Jasper beefed it, but decent save by French floundering fool!!!
Greg Lemond, Pedro Delgado Time pedals with Time shoes, white w red Velcro closures, didn't come unclipped often when you crashed!! Like old school leather buckle up snow ski boots and bindings that broke your leg or knee rather than detach!!

Good explanation and I understand it was a natural reaction at that point.

 

[proffate]

Go on for fucks sake with two minutes...

It would be doing the peloton a favor giving them something to chase

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Wellens can't believe how slow the Peleton has been going that they're still not in sight.

Nothing wrong from UAE to do this but overall bit of a joke how these stages are being approached by the majority of teams these days.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Peloton struggling to catch Wellens, who is...freewheeling on the flat.

 

[Unchained]

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

Jens Voigt in danger?
Jen's version of English makes Arnold Schwarzenegger sound like a diction coach!! Voigt version of English has a certain charm ..He is a cool feature on the back of the motorcycle!! Adds to the coverage

 

[scribers]

Because pogi is second he has to wear the Belgian kit

 

[Ilmaestro99]

This was a sprint for some green jersey points, which Coquard will never win. He should use his head a bit. Trying to squeeze into tiny gaps should not be done in a sprint of no importance. It was stupid, with bad consequences for someone who actually had the green jersey.

He wasn't squeezing into a tiny gap, and as I have already said, philepsen himself has numerous relegations for dirty moves and dangerous sprinting. So many sprinters do similar things in basically every sprint. I don't think coquard is without fault but people are attributing too much blame to something that happens in a split second, and now want to crucify the guy just because he's from a smaller team