
The Etoile de Bessèges descended into chaos and protest early on stage 3, with several leading teams deciding to abandon the race due to dangerous conditions and cars driving on the course.
Soudal-QuickStep, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, EF Education-EasyPost and Uno-X Mobility all refused to race on but other teams raced on.