The Latest: Safety reasons led to Stage 3 interruption (The Associated Press)

Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme says he took the ”exceptional decision” to neutralize the race’s third stage to guarantee riders’ safety. The stage to the Mur de Huy climb was interrupted for about 10 minutes following two consecutive crashes involving dozens of cyclists. Prudhomme said that four ambulances and two medical cars treated the injured riders on the site of the crashes, which happened with less than 60 kilometers (37 miles) to go.