- Geraint Thomas dislocates shoulder on dramatic day
- Tim Merlier wins, Caleb Ewan abandons after late crash
All hell broke loose in the Tour de France as overall favourites and sprint contenders both hit the tarmac in a chaotic climax to the third stage, won in Pontivy by Tim Merlier, a fast-rising Belgian sprinter.
The defending champion, Tadej Pogacar, the 2018 winner, Geraint Thomas, the 2020 runner-up, Primoz Roglic, the Australian star Jack Haig and the sprinters Caleb Ewan, Peter Sagan and Arnaud Démare were among the many high-profile casualties on a day when the peloton tackled narrow winding roads on the fast approach to the finish.
Written by Jeremy Whittle in Pontivy
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jun/28/tour-de-france-crash-chaos-mars-stage-three-as-tim-merlier-wins-geraint-thomas-primoz-roglic-caleb-ewan under the title “Tour de France: Roglic and Thomas tumble in ‘deplorable’ stage three chaos”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
