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could be out the race. Yaser can see just how much he’s done to his back here. As we always say, never speculate. Yasper though in a lot of pain as you can understand there has gone down very very heavy. The doctors are with him, his team boss as well, Kristoff there. Brian, absolute disaster here for him. Yeah, I’m just looking at it. Seems okay there. And it was the teammate. Yeah, unfortunately it was the lead out rider there from Inamar that caught Cockar which ricocheted back to to um Yasper. So it was a mistake of another that caused that problem there. So it was the inter Mar rider couldn’t quite see what happened there. Look you can just see gestulating at Kokar because they realized that Kokar um took out Philipsson but I don’t think it was entirely his fault there. I think it was something to do with the the Inter Marty rider, but definitely looks as if Philipsson unfortunately is out this tour. That is not what we want to see. And we uh yeah, got to feel for Yasper Phillips there. There’s our result that really is secondary to our concern for Yasper Phillips. We don’t never want to see that with someone in that anybody in the race. But Jonathan Milan takes the 20 points there. You can see the way Milan himself rolled across the line. But luckily as and as always, as we always say, the emergency team straight with Yasper Phillips and and you got a feel for clear as as you can understand. You can see the damage to his skin suit and and how he’s is his his back there that he’s in a lot of pain as Yasper. No, in fact, I’m just looking at it again there. That’s it. Here we go. Just having a look. It was Frank Kokar’s fault. I’m just looking at the the slow motion again. And what what happens is the inter marty rider starts coming up and Branco car goes to the right hand side and bangs into the intermarie rider which pushes him back into the the path of Yasper Phillips. And just watch it there. So he moved to come he moved to the right co car. He banged into the intermarie rider coming up alongside him which forced him into Yasper Philipsson and took him out the race. That’s why the Alphas riders were having a a go at Brian Cork and as you can see he’s totally stunned by it all and he would be going down at that speed as well and after a day of uh that was setting up for that intermediate sprint and yeah we got to send uh yeah big love out to Yasper Phillips there going down really heavy our green jersey and it just means as well. Just give a a pause moment just to collect ourselves after that. And it just as well, you know, at some point it’s kind of this you look at that run. I mean, these intermediate sprints for this green jersey are being run out as well. Almost like the finishes. Yeah. A lot. It’s that movement, the movement of Brian Kar. He just moves. He just moves into the um the right hand side. So he moves he’s not going to see from behind the intermarie rider coming up. So that’s that’s where the the kind of problem lies but he does move to the right hand side to move out just as the inter rider is coming and unfortunately that pushes him completely up against Jasper Philipsson. Yeah, it was just that ricochet and Philillipsson just had nowhere to go, did he? He comes down really heavy. Really, really heavy. So, the pelon 56.5 km to go now. You can see there’s just a a a collective regrouping now here at the front. Yeah, of course. When you get a major incident like that, um, you know, with Jasper Phillips and crashing, you still got obviously the the block headwind. Um, but that was a really nasty crash there. Uh, I can understand why Kokar had moved to the right hand side. What he went unknown was the intermarie rider was coming up in his right hand side, but he did move to the right and moved into the into the side of the intermarie rider, bounced off them and unfortunately bounced into Yasper Phillips and takes him out. So I’ll let the the commissers look at that. Um definitely not intentional, but there was definite movement from Brian Kokar in that sprint to to move to the right hand side. He he possibly didn’t feel didn’t even see the um interar rider coming up there. But even so banging into another rider like that a pole Mike Tunis on the front and in the right hand side there Ballerini on the wheel the left hand side we’re starting to see group FTH little trek in the red helmets. This is this major point now coming up. 1500 m to go. Get round here. Smaller pelaton. So easy around this corner. Then it just meanders all the way towards the finishing. Now it does indeed. Pavl bit now. He’s their protected rider for picnic pastel. Sam Watson for Inos Grenaders in the British Champions jersey is up there. Here come Le for Jonathan Milan. We’re going to snake in towards the finish as riders just fight for position. Here come Barahin victorious with Phil Bow House trying to move up towards the front. Sir Bath moves through. Pascal Akaman gets into position but it’s lead on the front now with one kilometer to go. This is all about the sprint for Jonathan Milan as they start trying to set this one up. You can see Tim Maler in that European Champions jersey. Serves his way up. He wants the wheel here of Jonathan Milan. Arno Dele in the red and black also moves up as they start to launch this one. Danny Van Ppple is there for the Red Bull Bora hands grow team. Here comes Pavl Bner and the picnic pastel team has Milan got the firepower to launch this one. He doesn’t want to go too early. The headwind finish bitner on the wheel of his teammate. Then you’ve got Jonathan Milan and Tim. Oh, huge crash behind as they run towards the line. It’s Bitner, Milan, Merier. Milan comes off the W. Here comes Tim Malier. The European champion comes through. It’s between Malier and Milan. Me and Milan are through to the line. It looks like Tim Malia takes it here in Dunkerk. But after a state stage, another big crash in towards the finish, but the victory. Timber Malia surfs it to perfection and takes the stage. He’s celebrated across the line, but it looks like the day belongs to quick step. Take us through the sprint, Brian. Oh, this is rather chaotic. I think we’re going to see sprint ballerini coming down there. Nasty one. But at the front there, it was almost perfect from picnic poster goes, but Milan goes, but on the way Phil B is there. Warren’s called Germay but I just think it’s the strength of Merly one of the favorites of the day up against Milan throw the bike gets it gets his first victory of this year’s Ty France second place going to Jonathan Milan B house in third Warren Bner in fifth place Germe in sixth Groves then Popo Akaman Capill and Dazy but what I think Arnold De being brought down there Berini just crashing there but I just think it’s those kind of B that’s I said to you before, you have to take the these sort of sprints on from the front. If you’re playing catchup, then unfortunately you take a big risk. But Merly have just saw any strength in this sprint holding and coming past Jonathan Milan. The throw there. Look at the throw to the line and he could see the effect. He could feel the effect of the headwind there on the face of Johnny. Such a short sprinter. He said Tim Mer taking nothing away from Jonathan Milan. It was good there from picnic post but that’s the difference at the end of the day. Tim takes it ahead of Jonathan Milan behind him. Bill Bhouse and Barn Gold Kaden Gro in the gray gay powerful B. What a lead out as well from Picnic Post now. Big respect to them. It was it was good. Um it’s just he had to start sprinting first ultimately kind of led out Milan, but Tim Meer, he doesn’t he doesn’t need anything. He he came up at one point on his own and he just searched up there with such speed. He was raring the goal and there’s still a lot of work to be done but um you know managed to come around to Jonathan Milan there not easily but we know what sort of sprinter Tim Miller is. He’s such a strong sprinter. I think that’s Paul Penn. He crashed with Berini and unfortunately Arnold Delete just within sight the finish but it’s those bends. If that would been a straight finish I don’t think we would have seen any crash. I know that you have to when you come into towns and things that you have to deal with, you know, the way the finish is, but these kind of bends the run into the to finish. The riders take the the closest way in. Evol finishes. He’s got the whole team here of um Aana finishing there. But um yeah, Tim Mer gets his first stage and Belgians are having such a great tour so far and to put he’s such a rare talent at this level to to be able to now in this modern era in the manner. He’s the perfect sprinter for this era given how the teams come together to be able to just surf off everyone else just gets brought up dropped on does the job. We’ve talked about this Marty that he’s probably you know one of the best at doing this. That’s the decision of Sudal quick step coming here with just one rider van to take it and these very tricky finishes especially when you get the power that Tim has got put yourself in that right place with a k to go l taken on from the front and then I think the mistake of picnic postell possibly should have just stayed but no Tobias Lond decided to go and he went um you know he went too early for bitner And Betnel had well I think he went almost from that corner 250 to go which was was too far to the finish. So far rider is uh is okay like had a confidence rider as well and went over the top like Brian Cockard just rolling in there. The beaches of Dunk Cook at the stage belongs to Tim Malier obviously down quick step ahead of Jonathan Milan Phil Bhouse Danny Pasc for the Belgian takes the stage victory the European champion takes it Dunker and with that we will hand you over to Jonathan Harris Bassy. We’ll take you through the podium Brian and I will see you tomorrow. Over to you John. Thank you very much Marty. Wow what a sprint finish that was. Such a narrow such a narrow margin of victory and Tim Malier was quite superb. We’ve got some battered and bruised riders coming across the line now. Two riders who went down from that Red Bull Bora Hangers grower team. Yordi Mess and Lawrence Piti. I think everyone has managed to get back up on their bikes and across the line which is of a great relief of course after what we saw with Yasper Philipser earlier today. Looking back at this sprint, Tim Millia just coming that much quicker. And what a remarkable record the Belgians have here. Any stage in the tour to France that has started or finished in Valencian has gone their way and that has been preserved today. Malanu that’s negotiated by him. Jonathan Milan was pushing as hard as he could but it was just not to be for the Italian. Victory for Tim Malier. First ever one at the tour of France. Let’s go and hear from him. Congratulations. four years after you do it again. You win stage three of the the to what a battle it was in those final moments. It was really a hard battle. Uh was difficult to be in position before the last corner. I must say the team did a incredible job to the last five and then uh the real car starts really difficult to find position was better then and I think in the last 2 km I fight back from the from behind to come back in position and I was like all the time in the wind and only with 500 to go from again a bit of slip stream and uh Yeah, I know. Uh next to me long always uh difficult to beat him, but I’m happy. Uh I can’t take today my second one in the two fronts. Did you know you had won? Ah, first I was sure. But then if you put the hands in the air and then then I was not sure anymore. So I was waiting until it was sure. What’s so specific about a sprint like this one with the headwinds? I had that really difficult. He can always come with no team can put it on my line and uh yeah, they can always come come back. So, you really need to yeah you you lose really a lot of energy to to be in position but I know uh already if I’m in position uh I can make it. I was walking around the Indian. I suppose you you must have been disappointed not to have conquered the yellow jersey 2 days ago in Leil. This is a a sweet revenge for you. I was coming over here to win the stage. Of course, uh I think the yellow jersey was a goal, but I am happy I have the stage. Thank you. Thank you very much. My pleasure.