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July 7/25 15:32 pm - Tour de France: Stage 3


Posted by Editoress on 07/7/25
 

Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) took the revenge he was aiming for as he powered to victory in Dunkirk, on day 3. The Belgian sprinter edged out Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) right at the line, after a fast and tight sprint. Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) completed the podium.


Jasper Philipsen was forced to abandon after a high speed crash in the intermediate sprint. His teammate Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) survived the day to retain the Maillot Jaune. This is Merlier’s second win in the Tour. His first being in 2021, the day after Mathieu van der Poel took his first stage win.


Top Canadian on the stage was Guillaume Boivin (Israel-Premier Tech) in 43rd. Mike Woods is top Canadian in the over all in 144th.

Stage 3:   Valenciennes to Dunkerque  175.5 km
1 Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step 4:16:55
2 Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek
3 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious
4 Soren Waerenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
5 Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic-PostNL
6 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarche-Wanty
7 Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck
8 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Israel-Premier Tech
9 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-B&B Hotels
10 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling
11 Tobias Lund Andresen (Den) Picnic-PostNL
12 Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Decathlon-AG2R
13 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jayco-AlUla
14 Jake Stewart (GBr) Israel-Premier Tech
15 Damien Touze (Fra) Cofidis
16 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) XDS-Astana
17 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies
18 Niklas Markl (Ger) Picnic-PostNL
19 Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
20 Clement Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
21 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
22 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck
23 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Deceuninck
24 Samuel Watson (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers
25 Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
26 Clement Venturini (Fra) Arkea-B&B Hotels
27 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling
28 Simone Consonni (Ita) Lidl-Trek
29 Stian Fredheim (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
30 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain-Victorious
31 Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling
32 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost
33 Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic-PostNL
34 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Jayco-AlUla
35 Axel Laurance (Fra) INEOS Grenadiers
36 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-Bora
37 Vito Braet (Bel) Intermarche-Wanty
38 Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek
39 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Lidl-Trek
40 Jasper de Buyst (Bel) Lotto
41 Bert van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step
42 Hugo Page (Fra) Intermarche-Wanty
43 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
44 Tobias Foss (Nor) INEOS Grenadiers
45 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Jayco-AlUla
46 Matis Louvel (Fra) Israel-Premier Tech
47 Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious
48 Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek
49 Lewis Askey (GBr) Groupama-FDJ
50 Arnaud de Lie (Bel) Lotto
51 Oliver Naesen (Bel) Decathlon-AG2R
52 Brent van Moer (Bel) Lotto
53 Sean Flynn (GBr) Picnic-PostNL
54 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain-Victorious
55 Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Arkea-B&B Hotels
56 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
57 Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Lotto
58 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel-Premier Tech
59 Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
60 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Intermarche-Wanty
61 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Soudal-Quick Step
62 Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling
63 Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) INEOS Grenadiers
64 Joseph Blackmore (GBr) Israel-Premier Tech
65 Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost
66 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
67 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis
68 Cristian Rodríguez (Esp) Arkea-B&B Hotels
69 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
70 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike
71 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
72 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
73 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
74 Eduardo Sepúlveda (Arg) Lotto
75 Aurelien Paret-Peintre (Fra) Decathlon-AG2R
76 Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
77 Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain-Victorious
78 Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic-PostNL
79 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
80 Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Intermarche-Wanty
81 Oscar Onley (GBr) Picnic-PostNL
82 Raúl García (Esp) Arkea-B&B Hotels
83 Sebastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto
84 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Arkea-B&B Hotels
85 Louis Barre (Fra) Intermarche-Wanty
86 Kevin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-B&B Hotels
87 Steff Cras (Bel) TotalEnergies
88 Matej Mohoric (Clo) Bahrain-Victorious
89 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling
90 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike
91 Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto
92 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Red Bull-Bora
93 Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious
94 Jordan Jegat (Fra) TotalEnergies
95 Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost
96 Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
97 Thomas Gachignard (Fra) TotalEnergies
98 Alexandre Delettre (Fra) TotalEnergies
99 Marc Soler (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
100 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar
101 Joao Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
102 Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
103 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious
104 Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
105 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
106 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
107 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
108 Simon Yates (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike
109 Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
110 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
111 Mauro Schmid (Sui) Jayco-AlUla
112 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Cofidis
113 Clement Champoussin (Fra) XDS-Astana
114 Ewen Costiou (Fra) Arkea-B&B Hotels
115 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-Quick Step
116 Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon-AG2R
117 Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling
118 Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling
119 Ion Izagirre (Esp) Cofidis
120 Matteo Vercher (Fra) TotalEnergies
121 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Israel-Premier Tech
122 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar
123 Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
124 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek
125 Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek
126 Anders Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
127 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
128 Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek
129 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Jayco-AlUla
130 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
131 Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar
132 Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
133 Ivan García Cortina (Esp) Movistar
134 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck
135 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck
136 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost
137 Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck
138 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
139 William Barta (USA) Movistar
140 Silvan Dillier (Sui) Alpecin-Deceuninck
141 Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost
142 Valentin Paret-Peintre (Fra) Soudal-Quick Step
143 Michael Woods (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
144 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Uno-X Mobility
145 Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora
146 Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto
147 Marc Hirschi (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling
148 Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
149 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Red Bull-Bora
150 Mick Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora
151 Ivan Romeo (Esp) Movistar
152 Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar
153 Pablo Castrillo (Esp) Movistar
154 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies
155 Ilan van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step
156 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla
157 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Soudal-Quick Step
158 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step
159 Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS-Astana
160 Cees Bol (Ned) XDS-Astana
161 Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS-Astana
162 Harold Tejada (Col) XDS-Astana
163 Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS-Astana
164 Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS-Astana
165 Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon-AG2R
166 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-Bora
167 Alex Aranburu (Esp) Cofidis
168 Clement Berthet (Fra) Decathlon-AG2R
169 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Decathlon-AG2R
170 Tim Naberman (Ned) Picnic-PostNL
171 Geraint Thomas (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers
172 Thymen Arensman (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers
173 Connor Swift (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers
174 Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis
175 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
176 Paul Penhoët (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
177 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarche-Wanty
178 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Intermarche-Wanty
179 Laurence Pithie (Nzl) Red Bull-Bora
180 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora
181 Emilien Jeannière (Fra) TotalEnergies all s.t.
DNF Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck
 
GC
1 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Deceuninck 12:55:37
2 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates-XRG at 0:04
3 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike 0:06
4 Kevin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-B&B Hotels 0:10
5 Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
6 Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar both s.t.
7 Joseph Blackmore (GBr) Israel-Premier Tech 0:41
8 Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility s.t.
9 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla both s.t.
10 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Cofidis 0:49
11 Aurelien Paret-Peintre (Fra) Decathlon-AG2R
12 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost
13 Oscar Onley (GBr) Picnic-PostNL
14 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
15 Joao Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
16 Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain-Victorious
17 Jenno Berckmoes (Bel) Lotto
18 Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek
19 Alexandre Delettre (Fra) TotalEnergies
20 Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon-AG2R
21 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step
22 Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-Bora
23 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Red Bull-Bora
24 Marc Hirschi (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling all s.t.
25 Carlos Rodríguez (Esp) INEOS Grenadiers 1:20
26 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain-Victorious
27 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
28 Jordan Jegat (Fra) TotalEnergies
29 Steff Cras (Bel) TotalEnergies
30 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious
31 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Cofidis
32 Clement Berthet (Fra) Decathlon-AG2R
33 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
34 Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike
35 Geraint Thomas (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers all s.t.
36 Kaden Groves (Aus) Alpecin-Deceuninck 1:39
37 Samuel Watson (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers
38 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
39 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost all s.t.
40 Clement Venturini (Fra) Arkea-B&B Hotels 1:47
41 Ben Healy (Irl) EF Education-EasyPost 2:18
42 Jhonatan Narvaez (Ecu) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
43 Ilan van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step both s.t.
44 Tobias Lund Andresen (Den) Picnic-PostNL 2:23
45 Michael Valgren (Den) EF Education-EasyPost s.t.
46 Damien Touze (Fra) Cofidis 2:43
47 Tim Wellens (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG 3:08
48 Toms Skujins (Lat) Lidl-Trek 3:10
49 Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Decathlon-AG2R 3:22
50 Alex Aranburu (Esp) Cofidis s.t.
51 Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies 3:32
52 Kasper Asgreen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost
53 Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel-Premier Tech
54 Mike Teunissen (Ned) XDS-Astana
55 Paul Penhoët (Fra) Groupama-FDJ all s.t.
56 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck 3:34
57 Robert Stannard (Aus) Bahrain-Victorious 4:00
58 Thomas Gachignard (Fra) TotalEnergies 4:11
59 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike 4:18
60 Warren Barguil (Fra) Picnic-PostNL 4:38
61 Callum Scotson (Aus) Decathlon-AG2R 4:43
62 Pavel Bittner (Cze) Picnic-PostNL 4:56
63 Clement Russo (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 5:13
64 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling
65 Cyril Barthe (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
66 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Lidl-Trek all s.t.
67 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 5:28
68 Romain Gregoire (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
69 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Israel-Premier Tech both s.t.
70 Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarche-Wanty 5:29
71 Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek 5:37
72 Matis Louvel (Fra) Israel-Premier Tech 5:52
73 Oliver Naesen (Bel) Decathlon-AG2R
74 Tobias Foss (Nor) INEOS Grenadiers
75 Markus Hoelgaard (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
76 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck
77 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Soudal-Quick Step all s.t.
78 Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility 5:58
79 Cristian Rodríguez (Esp) Arkea-B&B Hotels 5:59
80 Harold Tejada (Col) XDS-Astana s.t.
81 Mauro Schmid (Sui) Jayco-AlUla 6:08
82 Hugo Page (Fra) Intermarche-Wanty 6:14
83 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Jayco-AlUla 6:38
84 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling 6:41
85 Simone Velasco (Ita) XDS-Astana s.t.
86 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Jayco-AlUla 6:49
87 Alex Baudin (Fra) EF Education-EasyPost 6:51
88 Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies 7:12
89 Axel Laurance (Fra) INEOS Grenadiers 7:26
90 Ion Izagirre (Esp) Cofidis 7:27
91 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-Bora s.t.
92 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost 7:28
93 Connor Swift (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers s.t.
94 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Soudal-Quick Step 7:33
95 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike 7:34
96 Marc Soler (Esp) UAE Team Emirates-XRG 7:39
97 Niklas Markl (Ger) Picnic-PostNL 7:59
98 Marius Mayrhofer (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling s.t.
99 Marijn van den Berg (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost both s.t.
100 Simon Yates (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike 8:10
101 Frank van den Broek (Ned) Picnic-PostNL 8:11
102 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck 8:12
103 Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarche-Wanty 8:21
104 Laurence Pithie (Nzl) Red Bull-Bora 8:22
105 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar 8:26
106 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-B&B Hotels 8:38
107 Jasper de Buyst (Bel) Lotto
108 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar
109 Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto
110 Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis all s.t.
111 Jake Stewart (GBr) Israel-Premier Tech 8:50
112 Raúl García (Esp) Arkea-B&B Hotels s.t.
113 Ewen Costiou (Fra) Arkea-B&B Hotels both s.t.
114 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Jayco-AlUla 9:05
115 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Red Bull-Bora s.t.
116 Matej Mohoric (Clo) Bahrain-Victorious both s.t.
117 Vito Braet (Bel) Intermarche-Wanty 9:25
118 Sean Flynn (GBr) Picnic-PostNL 9:37
119 Mick Van Dijke (Ned) Red Bull-Bora 10:13
120 Mathis Le Berre (Fra) Arkea-B&B Hotels 10:31
121 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
122 Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
123 Thymen Arensman (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers
124 Emilien Jeannière (Fra) TotalEnergies all s.t.
125 Valentin Paret-Peintre (Fra) Soudal-Quick Step 10:53
126 Soren Waerenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility 11:03
127 Quinn Simmons (USA) Lidl-Trek s.t.
128 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Israel-Premier Tech 11:07
129 Stian Fredheim (Nor) Uno-X Mobility s.t.
130 Ivan García Cortina (Esp) Movistar
131 Marco Haller (Aut) Tudor Pro Cycling all s.t.
132 Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike 11:32
133 Tim Merlier (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step 11:36
134 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious 11:42
135 Fabian Lienhard (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling 11:43
136 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Arkea-B&B Hotels s.t.
137 Brent van Moer (Bel) Lotto both s.t.
138 Louis Barre (Fra) Intermarche-Wanty 11:44
139 Michael Woods (Can) Israel-Premier Tech s.t.
140 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Tudor Pro Cycling 11:46
141 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Jayco-AlUla
142 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-Bora
143 Arnaud de Lie (Bel) Lotto
144 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel-Premier Tech
145 Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Lotto
146 Davide Ballerini (Ita) XDS-Astana
147 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Uno-X Mobility
148 Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora all s.t.
149 Simone Consonni (Ita) Lidl-Trek 12:05
150 Bert van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step 12:13
151 Lewis Askey (GBr) Groupama-FDJ 12:16
152 Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek 12:33
153 Anders Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility 12:50
154 Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG 13:17
155 Jonas Rutsch (Ger) Intermarche-Wanty
156 Eduardo Sepúlveda (Arg) Lotto
157 Sebastien Grignard (Bel) Lotto
158 Pavel Sivakov (Fra) UAE Team Emirates-XRG
159 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Decathlon-AG2R
160 Emiel Verstrynge (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck
161 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Intermarche-Wanty
162 Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS-Astana
163 Tim Naberman (Ned) Picnic-PostNL all s.t.
164 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla 13:20
165 Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain-Victorious 13:33
166 Lenny Martinez (Fra) Bahrain-Victorious 14:24
167 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Soudal-Quick Step 14:30
168 Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Intermarche-Wanty
169 Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek
170 Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla all s.t.
171 Matteo Vercher (Fra) TotalEnergies 15:29
172 Ivan Romeo (Esp) Movistar 15:43
173 Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling 15:50
174 Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar 16:22
175 Clement Champoussin (Fra) XDS-Astana 16:25
176 Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
177 Pablo Castrillo (Esp) Movistar both s.t.
178 Silvan Dillier (Sui) Alpecin-Deceuninck 17:35
179 Yevgeniy Fedorov (Kaz) XDS-Astana 17:38
180 William Barta (USA) Movistar s.t.
181 Cees Bol (Ned) XDS-Astana 17:57


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