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.

Saturday’s 171-km ride from Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Laval ended in an uphill drag that played to Milan’s strengths. The Italian sprinter surged clear after losing his lead-out train, freestyling it and grabbing onto Mathieu van der Poel’s wheel before outpacing Wout van Aert and Kaden Groves. It marked Italy’s first Tour stage win since 2019.

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: