Stage 3 finished a short while ago. It ended with Merlier pipping Milan in a photo finish – winning ‘distance’, probably a centimetre; two at most.
Yesterday’s yellow jersey, who was today wearing the green jersey (top sprinter) was wiped out by a couple of muppets who were trying to make a name for themselves at the intermediate sprint.
Philipsen suffered a suspected broken collar bone in the crash and is now out of the Tour.
There was another crash with about 3.5km to go and a third one on the final turn in to the finishing straight.
So, I lost Philipsen in the first crash and another of my riders, Remco Evenepoel was brought down in the second crash.
A low scoring points day for me today in the ‘fantasy tour’ due to the carnage.
I’ve dropped down to 1,056 in the world from yesterday’s ranking of 196 in the world.
A disaster of a day for me.
Wishing Jasper Philipsen a speedy & complete recovery. He must be absolutely gutted – as he looked to be on fire and a massive contender this year.
