The number: 4
The sprint expected in Sisteron took place.
And the packaging was less hectic than during the 1st stage arriving in Nice (victory for Kristoff, ahead of Pedersen and Bol).
This year, the teams built around the leaders of the general classification have not planned any particular device for sprinters.
So the best get by.
At this little game, the Australian Caleb Ewan was the most skillful in Sisteron.
He crossed the width of the road, slalomed from right to left to sign a 4th stage victory on the Tour (after three hitches during his first participation in 2019).
In front of Sam Bennett, Giacomo Nizzolo and Hugo Hofstetter.
The breakaway
Jérôme Cousin (Total Direct Energie) is the first in action, Anthony Perez (Cofidis), Benoît Cosnefroy and Oliver Naesen (AG2R-La Mondiale) are accompanying him in the first shot of the day, starting from the start.
The Belgian quickly rejoined the peloton.
Cousin extended his effort alone from the 71st km.
He has a 4'18 '' lead at the 116th km, continues his solitary adventure before being joined 16 km from the finish, after 3:45 in the lead.
Cousin awarded the Antargaz prize for combativeness.
Goodwill leader of a stage that took the time to dawdle after a demanding opening weekend.
The falls
Anthony Perez.
Following a puncture, trying to regain his place in the peloton, there was a brake application from a car in front of him that he could not avoid.
He suffers from a rib fracture with possible pneumothorax.
Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R-La Mondiale), already fallen during the 1st stage, and Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) fell 5 km from the finish.
Jumbo-Visma who records at least one fall every day (George Bennett during the 1st stage), Tom Dumoulin (2nd), before Van Aert.
The yellow jersey
At the head of the peloton less than 3 km from the finish to participate in the preparation of Sam Bennett's sprint, Julian Alaphilippe held all the roles, leader, then teammate.
The Frenchman keeps his yellow jersey which he will defend on Tuesday when he first arrives at the top, at Orcières-Merlette.
Weather
The announced storm washed down the peloton, launching the traditional K-way ball.
An episode always spectacular but of short duration.
The public
Present in the climbs of the 2nd stage, the spectators have, in places, posed to accompany the 3rd stage.
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