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.

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.

Italian rider Jonathan Milan has timed his attack perfectly to win the eighth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish. Milan overtook Australian Kaden Groves on his left and held off