Watch: On-board footage shows carnage of Tour de France stage three

Velon give us a view of what it would've been like avoiding the crashes on stage three

Robert Gesink crashes out of the Tour de France 2021
(Image credit: Getty Images)

The third stage of the 2021 Tour de France will likely be remembered for all the wrong reasons after the stage was marred with crashes.

Riding from Lorient to Pontivy, the Tour peloton had very changeable weather to contend with as well as very tight twisty roads with plenty of road furniture. Not to mention to right angle turns and downhill sections in the final two kilometres.

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