Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier took victory in Dunkirk after stage 3 of the Tour de France was marred by a series of crashes that ended Jasper Philipsen’s race.Soudal-QuickStep’s Merlier took his opportunity to pip Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) in a photo finish to secure the second stage victory of his career,

Soudal-QuickStep's Tim Merlier sprinted to victory on a crash-affected stage 3 of the Tour de France, just beating Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) in a photo finish as the pair were separated by only centimetres at the finish.

In the U.S., every stage of the Tour de France will stream on Peacock. NBC will also air coverage from Stage 1, 2, 15, 20 and 21. You can find NBC's coverage of the race on several platforms, including DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo and more.

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.