Tour de France 2021 Stage 3 Highlights | Brutal Crashes Strike Jumbo Visma & Team Ineos!

Who will come out on top as Peter Sagan, Caleb Ewan, Mark Cavendish and Tim Merlier look to win their first stage of the Tour de France 2021?
Stage 3 will see the spotlight switch from the puncheurs to the sprinters as they fight it out on a flat(ish) route from Lorient to Pontivy. The run into the line is far from simple, after an undulating section through Guern the riders will fly down a short descent to the outskirts of Pontivy where they’ll then be met with a series of 90° bends. Only in the final 1.5km does the road straighten out, giving the sprinters and their leadout men a brief window in which to organise their trains. He who marshals his troops best, before unleashing his sprint from pole position at 200m to go, should come out on top.
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[@DavidvdGulik]

The pronunciation of Schelling is so good I almost thought a Dutchman must've dubbed it, but it's actually the commentator. Great job!

[@kesavek11]

It’s quiet easy name to pronounce but have to admit this guy is master commentator in pronouncing names 👊🏼

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

@@kesavek11 It depends on your mother tongue, neither part of the 'sch' is easy for an English speaker, and putting the two together, well! Nice to see the commentator make such an effort, and it helps to understand who is who.

[@mscbijles1256]

It is an excellent pronunciation indeed! Same with Gesink.

[@jeffv103]

Ya ain't much if ya ain't Dutch!

[@pascal9760]

I was surprised by this as well, kudo's to the commentator! Awesome job

[@Confusedcat016]

such a crazy day. hope all riders are fine.

[@rebekacaserman2508]

They are not though. The one at the end suffered a broken collarbone. And the others quite a few scratches. Very unfortunate.

[@Confusedcat016]

@@rebekacaserman2508 even jack haig forced to quit . Hoping them speedy recovery

[@jranaboy]

Unfortunately not all. Ewan is now gone and Roglic lost a bit of time and Gesink

[@fanspeterpan2379]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZC1d4WwetGBftk

[@gregfisher9169]

Unreal, so many favorites are now behind and injured.

[@andrehof7876]

Pogacar is pretty unharmed

[@mocskillshi8150]

@@andrehof7876 more like carapaz he is the best placed favourite

[@ROKINKO11]

probably French trying to win TF for themselves so cutting down rivals 😜

[@andrehof7876]

@@mocskillshi8150 We will see after TT

[@maherabdu5358]

finally an interesting tour de france, those crashes make it much better. Cool stuff

[@fernandolemos2823]

Jesus... Can we have a day without crashes? It would be nice to see the favourites battling each other and not crashing before they get the chance.

[@timlombrana5313]

wasnt that yesterday?

[@pedalpatrol]

They did the supertuck glad they banned it...

[@narutoqweavatar]

@@pedalpatrol The supertuck doesn't cause crashes. None of the crashes today were b/c of the supertuck

[@molecularbiologycentralhea56]

I'm wondering.... in the days of rim brakes there were not that many crashes early in the tour. watch at 1:44.

[@Vanadium]

they should get gud before they enter.

[@twraia]

It's so painful to watch them crashed like that. I hope Roglic is okay and can still come back

[@SatrnOne]

Fairly gnarly road rash, but he seemed otherwise ok. Lost 1'22" though.

[@twraia]

@@SatrnOne Yeah, but also, I am not saying this to disagree with you, just to expand on the point a bit, that I think the severity of gnarly road rash and swelling should be seen in the context of both the extreme high level of the competition and the ridiculous toughness Tour de France puts its participants through nonstop for three weeks

[@SatrnOne]

@@twraia yeah, scrapes that large burn like the Dickens 😅 and he's surely got a couple of deep bruises. Just saying, in the context of injuries other rides have incurred in the last 3 days, and other falls he's taken this season, he's.... Relatively ok? Lol

[@maherabdu5358]

finally an interesting tour de france, those crashes make it much better. Cool stuff

[@AsianDrugGaming]

What

[@alexsandoval6303]

I don’t think the supertuck rule is preventing crashes.

[@whatwelearned]

Haha top comment

[@starkparker16]

Maybe theyll ban close quarters riding

[@vfnt]

@@starkparker16 From next year on time trial only. 30min between each rider, starting fastes to slowest, just to make sure they can’t take each other out.

[@ast3362]

@@vfnt we still have the team cars to take people out so lets ban them as well

[@ultramebiusman]

Should have practice social distancing 🤣🤣

[@nikolausschallhart8654]

Can anybody please help me to understand this? Today was stage 3 of the Tour de France 2021. The stage was designed to be a sprinters stage and because it was only stage 3 there still was a huge peloton with all the sprinters in it. Additionally, there was neither a prologue nor a ttt prior to this stage which would possibly have settled general classification till the mountain stages. Therefore, even the GC contenders would try to sprint for bonus seconds. All this information made it clear, that there would be a furious pace in the last 10 km and literally everybody in this big peloton would try to be as far at the front of the race as possible… And then you look at the last 10 km of the stage…WTF! On 80% of this last 10 km the road was even too narrow for 2 cars passing each other at normal speed and for sure too narrow for a whole peloton sprinting. There were no “run-off areas” like parking lots or something similar, roadsides containing grass or gravel and the penultimate km was fenced with the old dangerous barricades with their stands protrude into the street (still!!! in 2021!!!). To say severe crashes were expectable is quite an understatement. I’m just curious: Are there any reasonable rules of how the layout of the finale of a sprint stage should look like? And if yes, does the UCI care if these rules are adhered? Does the UCI really think it does a suffivcient job on riders safety when prohibiting “super tuck” and “puppy paws” because these positions are dangerous? Give me a break….

[@johnflanagan7870]

I think the parcours was wildly dangerous, but there were still some huge errors like Thomas and Ewan that can and should have been avoided. Not sure how to feel after this one…

[@1114gabby]

Have to agree!

[@SatrnOne]

Several 90° turns in the run up to the finish, as well. They all knew it was a technical finish and went all out anyway.

[@mongarcia01]

Fuel to the fire: Pontivy, where the stage finished, happens to be where UCI President David Lappartient was born... Hmmmm...

[@ladislavsom5096]

My question IS. If UCI jury disqualified Peter Sagan for unsport behavior because cavendish. Will be UCI jury responsible for crashes in this stage because IT was too dangerous?.

[@Mark-ox7bv]

They need to rename this the Crash de France.

[@fanspeterpan2379]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZC1d4WwetGBftk

[@sh4rkhappy]

Tour de CrashFranc xD

[@KaiLitzenberg]

Crashes really killing the excitement so far as well as putting the riders in danger. So Unfortunate to see the tour being decided by crashes in stages that should be inconsequential for GC-. -

[@mannekold]

Crashes affecting GC during the 1st week of TDF, has been going on since forever. I dont think I can remember a tour where it didnt happen.

[@FidAmic]

I disagree. No stage should be inconsequential for the GC. And no, the crashes didn’t kill the excitement, on the contrary. The GC is wide open right now, which should make it more exciting because there are more than just the usual favorites fighting for the yellow.

[@sjmclean0]

The opposite really, Roglic loosing over 1 minute means he can't just sit on a train and attack with 300m to go for time bonuses. This race might just be exciting.

[@FidAmic]

@G54 P18 nobody said that. The wide open GC is exciting, not the crashes.

[@mariop8101]

Remove sprinters from cycling. I hate this flat stages.

[@ConsciousBreaks]

Such a shame. It looked like Sagan could possibly have won the stage.

[@fanspeterpan2379]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZC1d4WwetGBftk

[@Wardawg-]

2 of my favorites Sagan and Ewan out geez. man get well soon Ewan.

[@PeterSdrolias]

Tour not even on tv in Canada!!! $150 to watch online. Brutal!

[@stevenvachon9745]

No shit. I'm down to watching highlights.

[@PeterSdrolias]

@@stevenvachon9745 I feel ya! What a total disgrace!!! No way that I'm paying to watch. They can kiss my butt.

[@alexraymont2052]

Cycling is getting as bad to watch as ski racing is with knee injuries. Hope they can stop the crash epidemic. I want to watch athletes compete and not get smashed up.

[@fanspeterpan2379]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZC1d4WwetGBftk

[@DH_5464]

1:42 Pogacar riding over another riders foot. Im sure that is something he would never do in normal circumstances which just shows what kind of pressure those riders are under in these situations.

[@danlev6927]

or just an asshole. Pretty abysmal show of sportsmanship. Kinda wish I hadn't seen that.

[@ryanmarshall6603]

Both of his feet were on the ground prior to going over the downed rider, I agree...it appears as though he ran over his foot at first glance, but I believe he stepped over him and lifted his bike.

[@Pandastico0]

@@danlev6927 idk. I think it looks worse than it is. full with adrenaline and stressed with the only goal to catch up and close the gap and no other way to go. And he tried to lift the wheels over instead of just riding over the foot.

[@lazpalmer3222]

@@Pandastico0 lifted the front but you can see from the foot moving that the back tire totally rode over it with weight on the bike. unfortunate

[@matoberry]

@@lazpalmer3222 I don’t see the foot moving. I guess no weight on the back wheel.

[@njm3211]

These guys are tough sob's.

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

Equal to horse Jockeys is my comparison. I've dislocated my shoulder several times its can be really painful , and to see Gerraint get back on his bike after a street reset well Good Lord ! And that's just a scratch compared to other injuries 😬

[@mennonl5733]

Something else than the euro’s soccer players isn’t it

[@ohshitnotanotherknob]

@Leo D'Arcy ah a keyboard pundit with callouses on his backside.

[@vincentnghiem9280]

@Leo D'Arcy wow ive found the pro 1/2 rider in the comments

[@fanspeterpan2379]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZC1d4WwetGBftk

[@marks3620]

Never seen as many crashes in the first 3 days it’s been complete carnage.

[@mrrodriguezHLP]

Riding with a dislocated shoulder you popped back in on the road, isn't too bad. It's when you get home and cool off that it really starts to hurt.

[@wss327]

Yep, been there, done that.

[@SteveNinetyski]

Geraint is hard as nails though. If he can continue, he will.

[@ntglf467]

G can also ride with a broken pelvis🥴

[@jeffv103]

And footballers writhe on ground in agony when they get an ear flick

[@Adurianman]

Biggest question is whether he can hold tt position with injured shoulder

[@theRealDavidn]

Bonkers stage.... Dont think ive ever seen so many favourites crash on the same stage. And as for MvdP? Clearly he doesnt think he's important enough to get out of leadout duty for his teammates!!! what a guy :-)

[@charliedillon1400]

Also, leading out a sprint in the yellow jersey for your teammate who goes onto win is legendary. Like when Wiggins led out Cav on the Champs, it'll be talked about for years.

[@mscbijles1256]

Is this commentator Dutch? Or has he lived there a long time? Excellent pronunciation of the CH/G sound! That’s so difficult for any non-native speaker!

[@reverendjimjones1043]

It's Robbie McEwen, he rode for Rabobank most of his career

[@1101grayzer]

@@reverendjimjones1043 This commentator's Rob Hatch. He's Welsh. Never rode bikes, but he did graduate with distinction in French, Italian and Spanish, so clearly he has a talent for languages. I suspect he works hard on correct pronunciation, which is admirable and unusual for a commentator...to that degree.

[@sinuosalice-1434]

The guy pretty much nail the italian's name also, he sure does his research for name pronunciation

[@PsyX99]

@@1101grayzer Yes I was surprise to ear the name in French, that explains it

[@whatwelearned]

@@1101grayzer Hatch is excellent and in fairness to Kirby he's a dab hand at a few languages too

[@matheusrsantos]

1:40 the guy is already down and then someone that wasn`t even involved comes and casually cycles on his foot

[@CaioAguida]

Looks like it was Pogačar running over his feet.

[@joeydirty6112]

As a racer, this is so hard to watch. I’ve had my share of road rash, but not at 30+mph. Glad I now only race cross country here in Michigan. 👊🏼

[@veganpotterthevegan]

Craziest first 3 days of a GT I've ever seen😂

[@williammarshall4277]

I think a lot of these crashes are the “MVDP affect.” He makes the GC contenders nervous because he can put the power down at anytime…even during a sprint stage. If you watch Primo’s crash it was just after Van Der Poel made an acceleration. It turned out to be nothing more than MVDP making some space but it got Primo’s attention and caused him to surge into a wheel. Likewise, he is making the lead out guys and the sprinters as nervous as hell because he can,(and did) shatter the traditional lead out structure by accelerating 1000 meters out. I mean the man performed the lead out for the winner of the stage while wearing the gold jersey! He’s playing by his own rules and it’s creating absolute mayhem. God, I admire that man.

[@jordimaxwell]

Such an unfortunate day. Hope all the riders are okay. Peter sagan my idol is not spared from the crash as well.

[@SatrnOne]

At least 3 had to abandon, I think. One Jumbo rider injured his hand in that early crash, and Ewan broken his collar bone...

[@jordimaxwell]

@@SatrnOne a bad way to start the tdf 2021. I hope they can redeem their selves.

[@SatrnOne]

@@jordimaxwell agreed, it's more nerve wracking than fun at this point

[@djconnel]

Ewan picked a line into a disappearing gap (the fencing bulged inward), tried to switch from right to left, and hit Merlier's wheel ahead of him. He then took out Sagan, who kept his hands on the bars, landing on his upper back, saving his collarbone. I suspect Ewan would have been relegated even if he'd avoided Merlier's wheel for abruptly changing line in the sprint, given Sagan was there.

[@pjgarcia2417]

You are absolutely correct. Ewan should still receive a fine or suspension for dangerous sprinting. Just because Peter saved his own neck shouldn't be a factor. This was at least as dangerous a move as Dylan's.

[@mscbijles1256]

@@pjgarcia2417 both Ewan and Sagan rode dangerously. Sagan gave at least five body checks before being taken out. And not just to Ewan, to many others as well.

[@nothanks800]

Thank you, I couldn't tell what happened with Ewan.

[@thomastaylor3299]

@@mscbijles1256 That, s Sagan all over remember Cav v Sagan just saying

[@SatrnOne]

Sagan also landed mostly on Ewan's bike, saving him from more severe road rash

[@perryroobay]

Sagan never takes his hands off his bars whilst crashing - today, flanders, tdf... 🙌 "ride them down" is what my coach used to say

[@SatrnOne]

You going down unexpectedly at 35-40mph and you don't always have time to let go. 😅

[@jayernster5627]

It is AWFUL seeing these superb riders hitting the asphalt! This year is an odd one, but will no doubt play out and be another EPIC one in the long and illustrious history of this great event. Wish I were there, I am in Arizona dreaming about the Tour.

[@NickHope]

My daily relaxing 5 mins watching the Tour is turning into a serial horror movie. Really feeling these crashes.

[@maherabdu5358]

i love myself the crashes, finally an interesting tour de france

[@hierismilan8614]

The Dutch names pronunciation is wonderful!

[@NimeshBassa666]

Sagan :( :( :(

[@ricric9521]

Ewan clipped Merlier and took out PS...ouch

[@rogue1996]

peter sagan such a sad moment for the great one. he could have the chance to win the stage.

[@fanspeterpan2379]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZC1d4WwetGBftk

[@robrockatansky5905]

The Cat 5's are all in for this year's tour!

[@dilbert250]

Anyone else see Schelling wink at the camera at 1:14?

[@oldiebutgoodie2638]

Hes been enjoying the cameras since stage 1.

[@danjo1967]

no sorry - missed it

[@SatrnOne]

I love that he always looks like he's having a great time

[@johnnysilverhand6045]

OUCH that was a fast crash. Must have slid a good 15 or 20 feet. Brutal.

[@davidw3565]

Valverde still racing Congratulations 👏🙌

[@johnwilmington631]

Ewan was too fast and caught the rear wheel of the rider at front of him throwing him out of balance taking Sagan down with him. Very unfortunate. This would be epic sprint battle.

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

Yes yer right I thought sagan had leaned in

[@Cyclonut96]

Ewan was switching from right to the left and clipped the front wheel with the rider ahead of him. He caused that crash and should be penalized. Instead, he should have slowed down enough to avoid that contact.

[@h3althpoints697]

this is the product of so much time our of racing the last year

[@unobark4170]

Thums up for Sagan. He held on to his bike and protected the following riders.

[@inlovewithgoats1092]

Damn, the amount of crashes in this tour is unreal. Hope these brave athletes will be able to have normal races from now on!

[@szem4301]

Caleb really messed that one up, boxed himself in with absoultley no hope of contesting the win. Sagan was in a great postion and would most likley take the win..

[@DominikNal]

You can just see how the rider in front stands up and of course bike moves back, caleb way too close and clips him, lucky caleb didn't take out more people...

[@prestachuck2867]

Ewan is reckless. The kid really ought to enroll in a bicycle skills clinic. He just does not know how to ride a bike in a straight line. Maybe he would be a better handler id he wasn’t so obsessed with trying to touch his front tire with his nose. But then, I suspect his problem is likely more attitude related.

[@georgehugh3455]

Sagan would most likely have taken 2nd, as usual. He's not the fastest on the flat (unless it's been "Classics hard").

[@mplsmark222]

Will there be any riders left that have not withdrawn or without road rash by the end? Crazy

[@fanspeterpan2379]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZC1d4WwetGBftk

[@philipb.1950]

I can't understand why they are not given the same time. I think the guys who crashed are already punished enought with the injury's.

[@ramonvc260799]

There's a rule in that if a rider crashes in the last KM (or Idk how many, but close to the finish line), they get the same time as the group they were in. If you look at Ewan's and Sagan's official times, they were given the same as the rest of their group. Though, there can't be such rule for the whole lenght of the stage. If a rider falls whilst in the peloton, what time will he be given? The peloton will eventually split up, which could then lead to inappropriate strategies from other teams (or the victim's team itself) to play with those time checks. Every sport has such rules that just cannot exist because they would kill the game.

[@guillermoavendanogarcia3101]

Only inside the last 3km, but maybe they should change It depending on the stage. If you want to engage for the bonus seconds, so be it. If not, you can have a safer ride

[@JimDenham]

I so miss hearing Rob Hatch on the GCN broadcast. All of the voices on GCN bury the Peacock streaming. Not that they're that bad, but Rob and the gang are that good.

[@Karollenart]

Omg can Roglic stop crashing...? What the hell :)

[@evasterle9590]

Colbrelli pushed him

[@andrejzupancic4036]

First time it was spectator fault, and this time, if you check the video you could see that Colbrelli pushed him/bodychecked him. It is true that Roglič had a late start to his cycling career and maybe he lacks in some technical parts of cycling, but he is a really good descender. Me and my brother rode with him many times here in Slovenia and even at the start of his cycling career he was a very good bike handler and descender. Even on training rides he went on "kamikaze mode* and it was almost impossible to follow him on descents. Though he became more carefull later in his career and when he signed for Lotto NL.

[@Karollenart]

@@andrejzupancic4036 yeah I saw that, but I am refering to Roglic bad luck overall. I still remember his crashes on Giro. And the show goes on :) he likes to risk, I agree, this is why I like him but it is also why I am always worried :)

[@SatrnOne]

@@evasterle9590 I think Cobrelli may have been pushed, too. He seemed pretty upset after Roglic went down. Or maybe he was just miffed that Roglic was crowding him?

[@jempanuncialman9361]

Such a crazy race. Can they race safe?

[@heinrichkleist3473]

Crashes are definitely not the kind of drama I like. It's disturbing. I only hope everyone is okay and that the rest of the race can be a safe, fair, and exciting one.

[@brianmessemer2973]

Gutted for Gesink 😔

[@Bicycle_ty]

Caleb caused that being to aggressive

[@h13h3]

I think its time UCI reconsiders about the number of riders per team. IMO this might help to make the races safer and more exciting as well.

[@tomclowes5874]

More or less???

[@nomdaploom]

Either that or they choose wider roads for the flat stages. The organisers need to change the size of the bucket or reduce the amount of water they want to put in it.

[@prestachuck2867]

Or they just start enforcing the rule that all riders HOLD THEIR LINE, and enforce it equally for all riders. It’s in the rule book.

[@allanvirimai7823]

Less flat stages please,

[@MDP1702]

@@tomclowes5874 Less obviously, honestly 6 or so would be a nice number, with maybe 3-5 less teams. Honestly why do we need 23 teams here? Most of them will not really be a significant addition to the tour, but increase the chances of crashes

[@adamarchie]

Captains of chaos, MVDP and Alaphilippe, come out on top again.

[@williammarshall4277]

Yep. They both have the ability to throw a wrench into the spokes of the peloton at any moment and they are doing just that. Personally, I love it.

[@filofilo8127]

Narrow roads are contributing to some of these unfortunate crashes.

[@galenkehler]

Alpicin: " Lather, Rinse, Repeat"

[@tjennecornil1151]

Why is the thumbnail a photo of the Baloise Belguim Tour :)?

[@MarkJonesisjustaman]

Was today a crash record?

[@ricecrash5225]

Does the UCI need to limit tire widths and pressures also ?

[@majky358]

look at that narrow streets, 60 km/h , i would be down even on 35mm + :D so many riders, stress at the end, they make new safety rules but no safety when planning routes

[@mariop8101]

There's no Pirelli tires.

[@charliedillon1400]

@@mariop8101 Bike Exchange rides Pirellis

[@atktheproducer6289]

It’s coming home🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@jimmy-vy8hy]

Finally they found a better commentator, which is involved in race👍, not like the voice from Giro who was read fairytales!!!

[@mongarcia01]

Great coverage. Terrible stage design. Roads/ course chosen too narrow.

[@isitrachelorj3953]

Maybe they should just race on major highways? The course is only as dangerous as the riders (speed, ability, agressiveness and weather considerations) and the fans (interference) make it.

[@basssorc]

At some point the riders have to take responsibility. It's not always the organiser's, UCI, or elses fault. It's a tour across a country and you have to be able to ride the local roads. How about we race only on closed newly paved airport runways? The Tour is just insane with every team trying to stay at the front with 8 riders, it cannot work out inspite of the route.

[@CapitalisingWithCam]

The route isn’t the problem

[@nama2594]

Great Coverage?! They dont even show or tell how behind Roglic and Thomas are. w/e

[@nomdaploom]

@@isitrachelorj3953 Wrong. The course is as dangerous as the organisers make it and it is madness to try to cram the number of riders currently in the Tour on such narrow and twisting roads on flat stages, when the peloton is together. It's different on mountain stages as the peloton is much reduced in size. But then lots of people get their rocks off watching riders get hurt. Are you one of them?

[@oliverhayesthecreator4988]

I really would’ve liked to have seen Sagan make it though the end

[@EtO124]

I think he would’ve made it today 😩

[@oliverhayesthecreator4988]

@@EtO124 definitely that’s why I was Pissed off lol

[@mscbijles1256]

Stage planners should be fired, but teams should also shout about dangerous routes much earlier and fiercer! This route was unacceptable at such high speeds that we all know will be there in the first days of the Tour.

[@alexandreboyenval3140]

It’s road cycling. Pro riders have disc brakes and the roadbook. It’s too easy to criticize the race designer. Sorry but they can slow down too, and say fuck off to their DS.

[@mscbijles1256]

@@alexandreboyenval3140 yeah, but in the heat of the moment that’s hard to expect. Stage designers can take this matter, and precautions, into their own hands. Why should the riders be the ones to solve this? You don’t ask the same of drivers out on the road, when the local council lays down a very bad road. The council than has to fix it!

[@laurenzetheok]

Ewans crash was pretty bad watching him slide was a pain to watch 😬

[@Pandastico0]

broken collarbone aside, his next nights will be terrible. Most likely has bad road rash on his entire back and it's almost impossible to sleep with this...been there before

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

I think Sagan leaned into him 🤔

[@81caasi]

@@Foxtrottangoabc no Ewan and Sagan fought for the wheel in front but there was no contact. Ewan got the wheel then was too close and touch of wheels.

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

@@81caasi yer right Ewan touch the rear wheel in front when looked again , I still think Sagan leaned in though 🙂

[@81caasi]

@@Foxtrottangoabc there was def some leaning, probably to keep balance as ewan was already just infront.

[@Juan0003]

Welcome to the Tour de Crash!

[@jessicaniemann492]

The crash at the end looks very much like an intended one. For sure it was the most avoidable in this stage.

[@SatrnOne]

Just unfortunate choices of lines. Ewan took the riskier inside route, ran out of room and clipped Merlier's back wheel.

[@ricric9521]

Ewan clipped Merlier and took out PS...ouch

[@Simon-Simon-Simon]

sagan is lucky not to have injured more tho he will be sore

[@seanhannagans]

I'm not sure I entirely agree about the course being to blame. The road was no narrower than those in half the classics that we all love. The body count suggests something isn't right, but G crashed before the "dangerous" downhill roads, Roglic crashed on the outside of the peloton, Ewan crashed in a section of near empty road by TdF sprint standards. It's right to look for improvements for rider safety, but sometimes it is just one of those things.

[@santiandres5177]

How does Roglic always go down :OOO

[@SatrnOne]

I know, right? Apparently Geraint Thomas has a tendency to get involved in crashes, too. I think we've seen him in 3 or 4 already.

[@EDPistons]

Damn I feel so bad for Sagan

[@grindsman22]

Geraint Thomas keeps crashing, what's wrong with him?

[@lewisjohn2597]

Watching Pogacar riding over some riders leg after that crash lol

[@CBMaster2]

Caleb Ewan is out with broken collarbone

[@zackreynolds7590]

Source?

[@tychoMX]

@@zackreynolds7590 team, as reported by CyclingTips and probably many others now.

[@CBMaster2]

@@zackreynolds7590 Lotto soudal twitter

[@zackreynolds7590]

@@CBMaster2 thank you

[@therandomerider]

Caleb...he did have spaces on his right and he can just avoid it. If it was a touch of wheels, he's just not careful enough since Sagan was not really pushing him to the barriers. Wrong wheel positioning since he was on the right of his opponent’s rear wheel (closer to the barrier)

[@ladislavsom5096]

He should use breaks. Stupid ewan sabotaged Sagan...

[@markdwelchforcongress4456]

WE all complained about all of the changes and damages of 2020. 2021, "Hey, hold my beer."

[@kathyerickson9402]

Bring on the "positive drama". I know I certainly need it.😉

[@freddysorangepill8123]

Overlapping wheels is not only a cat 5 thing...

[@hirooginsuza8579]

seems like injuries, crashes, cancellations are affected in across all sports this year. 2020 just keeps giving. we might get some normalcy again next year, but i fear the amount of stars getting knocked out of competition early will continue. excited to see who will survive to make it to paris.

[@m.r.4801]

Jesus how is this tour designed…it’s a disgrace way to many corners how could they not crash there…Jeezes I hope we won’t see anyone killed this year

[@EUK007]

Peter Sagan should have won that stage 😥

[@jacolovesbeer]

At this pace tour will be over after stage 8. No wonder so many take up gravel and xco racing. I crashed in a race I'm still buggered from 5 years ago. Crazy.

[@mr.adventure559]

What is going on? So many big crashes already this TDF. So many big names hitting the deck, crazy .

[@CYCLINGS_]

Little dirty ride by Ewan around barier

[@lunasmokezim1718]

I love biking racing, but this is getting ridiculous. Crashing at 40k+ is seriously dangerous. Something needs to change.

[@audieconrad8995]

For ANYONE who's been DOWN...the asphalt is soooo hard and completely unforgiving... 《😔》 You are correct - so dangerous at any speed but 40 mph??!! The human body is not designed to take anywhere near that sort of impact.

[@tedhorwitz430]

@@audieconrad8995 I promise you, in a flat sprint they are going more like 45mph. I can do 40 and I'm an average cat 1.

[@audieconrad8995]

@@tedhorwitz430 sorry I intended the 40k to be 40 mph...

[@audieconrad8995]

Ooops I did say mph I was looking at the original comment. In any event - 40 OR 45 mph... anything other than open side up is not pretty. Good luck with your racing. Bon cance.

[@francisling3196]

@@tedhorwitz430 i reckon they're probably pushing more than that on occasions

[@jaibhardwaj4886]

Did Colbrelli knock roglic out 👀

[@cdogensis6392]

Cobrelli was in front, apparently, so Roglic clipped him

[@FernandoLima-qc6ft]

Time for GC could be take 10km before finish line, living space for stage fight

[@markopodganjek845]

Roglic was pushed out. If cyclist just go down then fall in direction of ride. Here Roglic fall almost 90degree from the direction.

[@cryskabarchenowa3000]

It should be a stage win for sagan. :( but it just shows that he is back

[@ivanstrle346]

Roglič is out. Who will be tomorrow?

[@Bonrad261]

Hopefully the first and last time going into Pontivy like this! Absolutely crazy and not okay from UCI and ASO. Glad they banned the Supertuck and forearm positions for "safety" ...

[@ZanziBarroso]

Maybe they can try racing with a pair of stabilizers

[@MrDwightsimon]

Best Tour De France ever! 🤣🤣🤣

[@wss327]

The is the race of attrition.

[@iLucifer1999]

The high chance of crashes make the sport interesting. Victory or Death!

[@nbrdw2746]

Nairo top 10🐐

[@tjvanhousen3561]

With Roglic crashing and losing time, I think this tour will be a dominant victory for Pogacar. Frankly Carapaz is not on Tadej's level. The only way I see Pogacar losing the Tour is if he crashes again.

[@MDP1702]

could happen considering the amount of crashes so far, lets hope not, but we shouldn't think it is already done.

[@OnkelDoerte]

Carapaz may not be on the same level, but he's close. + Richard has a Team working for him^^

[@MDP1702]

@@OnkelDoerte Is Carapaz decent enough in a ITT though to go against someone like Pogacar?

[@sherwoody14]

Are there usually this many crashes? My first year really following TDF.

[@TheDionysiac]

This feels like more to me. Especially since some of the biggest names are getting taken out. Ewan, Thomas, Roglic, Haig - all contenders for top honors this year (albeit different colors).

[@czeslawpi]

No there are more crashes than normal. This is unusual.

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

Its been bad this year and only the third stage, more crashes than normal , will have my eyes shut when Cavendish challenges for the sprint days .

[@cvn6555]

No. These roads seem too narrow for the speed of the peloton.

[@alexandreboyenval3140]

@@cvn6555 the speed of the peloton is too high for these road. In fact.

[@ladislavsom5096]

Will be ewan disqualified?

[@brucemcpherson8832]

He has a broken collar bone - he's out of the race anyway

[@ladislavsom5096]

@@brucemcpherson8832 i have Seen that on live tv. I think it was unsport from ewan. But i hope he will be ok. Anyways he sabotaged Sagan. Fortunately not more cyclists. IT looks like he does not have breaks and took wheel on front of him. Than he wanted avoid barrier on right side and than crashed in front wheel and took Sagan Down

[@SatrnOne]

@@ladislavsom5096 yep, that's what happened.

[@srvaughan2502]

Kudos on pronouncing the Dutch names pretty damn good.

[@polidengdalawir3389]

I'm back again just to hear the commentator says Schelling 😎

[@v0ldy54]

Tour de France, battle royale edition