SISTERON, FRANCE — A basketball player weaving through the defense. A skier dancing between the gates. A soccer player dribbling zig-zag toward the goal.
Australian rider Caleb Ewan borrowed the playbook from other sports as he slalomed through a jam to win a sprint finish and claim the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday while Julian Alaphilippe held onto the yellow jersey that he claimed with a dramatic stage victory a day earlier.
With about 100 meters to go, Ewan trailed five other riders before slinging himself through a narrow slice of road near the advertising barriers on the right side of the street.