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Kévin Vauquelin remains in white as best young rider. He leads Joseph Blackmore by 31 seconds.
Tim Wellens, meanwhile, is back in the polka dot jersey after a six-year wait. There are five classified climbs coming up on stage 4, however, so it may be his only day in the jersey.
Jonathan Milan is in the green jersey for the first time in his career, though he’ll be wanting a stage win to go with it at some point.
Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel remains in the race lead overnight. The Road to Rouen brings another possible chance for him tomorrow with plenty of hills packed into the closing 50km.
Stage 3 winner Tim Merlier celebrates his victory on the podium today. With only Belgian and Dutch stage winners so far, will another nation break the Low Countries’ supremacy on stage 4?
Alpecin-Deceuninck co-manager Philip Roodhooft has said that the team fears Jasper Philipsen suffered a broken shoulder in that intermediate sprint crash.
Davide Ballerini, Paul Penhoët, and Arnaud De Lie were all caught up in the crash on the penultimate sweeping bend.
Philipsen aside, a good day for Belgian racers as Merlier wins the stage and Wellens takes the polka dot jersey.
Stage winner Tim Merlier celebrates with teammate Remco Evenepoel after the stage.
Milan may have lost the stage, meanwhile, but he ascends to the green jersey as points classification leader.
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