Belgian rider Tim Merlier won the crash-marred third stage of the Tour de France in a photo finish and Mathieu Van der Poel ...

Belgian rider Tim Merlier won the third stage of the Tour de France in a photo finish and Mathieu Van der Poel kept the yellow jersey on Monday.

Tim Merlier has won the 178-kilometre flat leg via a sprint in Dunkerque . Mathieu van der Poel continues to wear the leader's yellow jersey. Laurence Pithie was 179th, finishing as part of the ...