Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 3 - Lorient to Pontivy - France - June 28, 2021 Alpecin–Fenix rider Tim Merlier of Belgium celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win stage 3 Pool via REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
PONTIVY, France (Reuters) -Belgian Tim Merlier won a crash-littered third stage of the Tour de France on Monday, a 182.9-km ride from Lorient to Pontivy, as two of the favourites to win the race, Geraint Thomas and Primoz Roglic, were left licking their wounds after coming down heavily in separate incidents.
Merlier of Alpecin-Fenix led a team one-two ahead of compatriot Jasper Philipsen in a sprint also marred by a crash in which pre-stage favourite Caleb Ewan hit the deck in the final metres and slid along the tarmac on his back.
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