Jasper Philipper would have brought the fracture back to the clavicle or in any case to the right shoulder in the fall in the sprint for an intermediate goal of the third stage of the Tour de France. One of the managers of his team, the Alpecin Deceuninck, said it, speaking to the microphones of the Rai of the conditions of the unfortunate Belgian runner, forced to retire.
Philipsen was brought to the hospital where investigations and radiographic exams are underway to have a precise diagnosis. You will also have to evaluate the extent of a blow to the head that brought back to the ruinous fall, even if the sprinter has never lost consciousness.
The stage won … from another Belgian
As for the stage, the Belgian Tim Merlier (Soudal Quickstep) won the third stage of the Tour de France, the Valenciennes-Dunkerque, of 178.3 kilometers, beating the Italian Jonathan Milan for a few centimeters. The leader of the ranking remains the Dutch Mathieu van der Poel, from Alpecin-Deceuninck, the same team as Jasper Philipsen.