The third stage of Francia Tour It was marked by the hard fall of Jasper Philipsenwhich had to abandon as a result of it. In the intermediate sprint, Philipsen It was beaten by Bryan Coquard And he went to the ground violently.
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At the end of the stage, the Cofidis cyclist attended the media, visibly excited, to apologize. “It was not my intention to cause a fall or take risks. I was on the wheel of Milan and when I started I did not feel that I touched anything. I lost my balance, the cove and almost the shoe,” Coquard explained, who admitted that “it was not intentional, I want to apologize to Philipsen and his team.”
The judges reviewed the action and sanctioned the French corridor with 500 Swiss francs, 13 penalty points in the points classification and a yellow card. The same sanction was imposed on Edward Theuns, from Lidl-Trek. In case of receiving another card, they would be automatically disqualified from the Tour. It was not a good day for the sprinter of the Cofidisthat on the final arrival it was immersed in one of the two montoneras that occurred.
