Tour de France 2021 Stage 3: Cyclocross, Road Rash & v02 max

ITV Cycling Podcast

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4.4 • 674 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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It’s days like this that serve as a reminder as to just how extraordinarily courageous and granite-hard you have to be to be a professional cyclist. The third stage of the Tour de France was won by Tim Merlier, but that doesn’t tell half the story. Geraint Thomas dislocated his shoulder early on - but still finished the stage in some sort of contention - there was yet another frightening pile-up towards the finish, and Caleb Ewen wiped out Peter Sagan during the sprint in what was an horrific incident just metres from the line. Ned Boulting, Matt Rendell and Pete Kennaugh are are quietly praying for an unventful outing on Tuesday. We also hear from Tom Steels, Mark Cavendish, Michael Morkov, Sepp Kuss and Tadej Pogacar - in interviews which landed after the podcast was recorded.

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1:01.2	Peter Sagan's now moved himself up into perfect position.
1:03.7	Just brushes aside, Kaysball, Peter Sagan.
1:04.9	He's on Tim Molle's wheel.
1:07.1	Malir being led out then by Jasper Philipson.
1:08.4	Philipson has to go deep here.
1:09.8	Just a couple of hundred metres left.
1:13.2	Philipson leading him out. There comes Caleb Ewan. Caleb Ewan picks the wheel.
1:20.0	And Ewan's down and he gets to take Sagan with him. That opens the door for Timberlear to write for victory.
1:20.5	Wow. For Alpers and Fedix to quiet his critics, a fantastic win, a second win on successive days for Alper and Phoenix, but look at that. Caleb Ewan went down so hard there. What a brutal, horrifying day at the Tour de France, frankly.
1:39.1	So, Pete, Ned, some of that was difficult to watch.
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