Bernal puts in attacking ride on stage three

Egan Bernal and Thymen Arensman claimed top-20 finishes on stage three of the Tour de France as the race returned to French soil.

Bernal was full of riding in the stage's early going, attacking as part of multiple breakaway attempts, before finally going clear in a group of 19 riders with 120 kilometres to go. Sadly luck deserted the Colombian champion as he suffered a puncture just as the move was establishing itself. 

Filtering back into the peloton, Bernal and Arensman formed part of a reduced peloton which tackled a pair of late climbs, before accelerations stretched the group out late on.

Crossing the line 17th (Bernal) and 19th (Arensman) respectively, Arensman jumped up four places on the GC to 16th overall. Bernal sits five places further back in 21st.

Early on the team saw four riders go down as a crash occurred directly in front of them. Arensman, Josh Tarling, Tobias Foss and Michal Kwiatkowski were all able to quickly remount, but encountered a fractured race situation when they returned to the peloton.

At the line it was Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) who claimed the stage win with a late acceleration, and with it moved into the yellow jersey.