HUY, Belgium — Joaquim Rodríguez of Spain won the crash-marred third stage of the Tour de France on Monday, while the British rider Chris Froome finished second and took the race leader's yellow jersey.
The crash happened with a little under 37 miles remaining, forcing the stage to be neutralized and then stopped altogether shortly after — for nearly 20 minutes — while organizers allowed those who fell to catch up.
With the race moving from neighboring Netherlands into Belgium, stage three was 99 miles from Antwerp to Huy.
The route featured four short and sharp climbs, but the crash took place before any of these climbs when William Bonnet of France went down and about 20 riders tumbled around him.