JULY 8 • NYTIMES.COM
VALENCIENNES
Tour de France stage three: Tim Merlier victorious on crash-marred day as green jersey Philipsen abandons Analysis of the third stage of the 2025 Tour de France, which took the riders from Valenciennes to Dunkerque
Tour de France: Belgian rider Merlier wins third stage but Philipsen abandons
Belgian rider Tim Merlier has won the crash-marred third stage of the Tour de France in a photo finish and Mathieu Van der Poel has kept the yellow jerseyJULY 7 • Associated Press
