Julian Alaphilippe will be looking to retain the yellow jersey today after soloing to victory on stage three of the Tour de France.
The Deceuninck-Quick Step rider attacked on the final categorised climb of the 215km stage from Binche to Epernay and raced clear to take the win 26 seconds ahead of the pack, which was led over the line by Team Sunweb’s Michael Matthews.
For Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas, the Team Ineos riders will be attempting to close the gap on Jumbo-Visma’s Steven Kruijswijk as stage four unfolds throughout the day. Follow the action below:
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“Julian Alaphilippe is ranked the world’s No 1 road racer, and on the day the 2019 Tour de France finally entered its homeland the brilliant Frenchman showed exactly why, storming to victory on stage three to claim the yellow jersey for the first time in his career…”
Look back over Lawrence Ostlere’s report from stage three of the Tour de France:
Here’s a reminder of what we’ve got in store today:
Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the fourth stage of the Tour de France.
Lawrence Ostlere will be bringing you all the latest updates once the race gets under way at 11.25am (BST).
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