Jasper Philipsen was with great pain and torn jersey on the side of the road, bleeding wounds formed on his back. The Belgian top sprinter had to be removed on a couch with a fragrance, the Tour de France was over for Philipsen after his brutal crash with several breaks during the third stage.
This means that Philipsen is the eighth leader of the sprint rating, which has been eliminated since the introduction of the green jerseys in 1953 on the tour of France.
This had not existed for eight years, in 2017 the German Marcel Kittel had to get out prematurely. Philipsen’s fall overshadowed the third section to Dunkirk, on which there were further violent accidents.
Philipsen suffered a fracture of the right -wing keybone, a rib is broken, possibly two. The stage winner of the opening in Lille is operated on at home.
In addition to Philipsen, his compatriot Remco Evenepoel, ex-winner Geraint Thomas or Jordi Meeus from the German Team Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.
“It was not feasible that everyone arrived,” said Rolf Aldag, sporting director at the Red Bull team. For Mathieu van der Poel, Philipsen’s teammate and carrier of the yellow jerseys, the loss is “very bitter. It was not our best day,” said the ex-world champion.