That’s all for today. As predicted, stage three ended in a bunch sprint, and the favourite for the win, SD Worx-Protime’s Lorena Wiebes, took the victory. But there were also unexpected developments. A four-rider breakaway spiced up the day, with punchy moves from EF Education-Oatly’s Alison Jackson, Arkéa-B&B Hotels’ Clémence Latimier, Movistar’s Sara Martín and Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi’s Catalina Soto Campos. In fact, Latimier – the only rider to be making her debut at the Tour this year and a professional for less than three months – was awarded the stage’s most combative rider.
There was also a dose of chaos, with a big crash at about 3.5km before the finish, which took down Demi Vollering. Looking very sore, she had to be helped up and pushed by her FDJ-Suez teammates towards the finish line.
Thank you for reading today’s live blog. There will be full race report from Jeremy Whittle posted here soon.
QOM classification: top five after stage three
Elise Chabbey (FDJ-Suez), 10pts
Silke Smulders (Liv AlUla Jayco), 6pts
Alison Jackson (EF Education-Oatly), 2pts
Mavi García (Liv AlUla Jayco), 2pts
Maud Rijnbeek (VolkerWessels Women’s Pro Cycling Team), 2pts
