Staying in the north of France, stage three is a 178km run from Valenciennes to Dunkerque, with the finish line near the Calais coast. It’s a largely flat day in the saddle but for the return of the category-four climb of Mont Cassel, so important to the Tour’s organisers that they’ve included it twice, on both stage one and three.

Tadej Pogacar is the odds-on favourite to win a fourth yellow jersey after winning the Tour in 2020, 2021 and last year, when he beat two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard by over six minutes. Slovenia's world champion Tadej Pogacar won a third Tour de France title in 2024 and lines up as the overwhelming favourite.

Stage 3 of the 2025 Tour de France featured a massive sprint to the end and a bad crash. Here's a look at results and standings after Monday's race:

Ben Healy of EF Education-Easypost won a furiously-contested stage six at the 2025 Tour de France Thursday, attacking from a group of eight riders with 41 kilometers remaining and soloing to the finish in Vire Normandie.

Tim Merlier edges out Jonathan Milan in photo finish, Jasper Philipsen crashes out of Tour while Evenepoel, Roglič also fall

If riders were hoping for a relaxing stage 2 to recuperate then they may be disappointed: today’s stage is the longest of the entire Tour, 209km from the small village of Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer on the northern coast of France.

Brent Bookwalter and Tejay Van Garderen preview the sprint-heavy Tour de France Stage 3 that favors Alpecin–Deceuninck's Jasper Philipsen and puts the Soudal-Quick Step team in a pinch.