Euskaraz irakurri: Philipsen bigarrenez gailendu gives sprint, eroriko ugari izan dituen bukaeran stage

The team’s Belgian cyclist Alpecin-Deceuninck Jasper Philipsen ha cattle this Tuesday the fourth stage of the 2023 Tour de Francein Nogaro, in the sprint that has been held at the Paul Armagnac circuit in the French town. Philipsen has been faster than the Australian runner of the Lotto Dstny Caleb Ewan and that the German Bahrain – Victorious Phil Bauhausin an arrival marked by the falls recorded in the last 1500 meters of the race; Some of the sprinters who could enter the fight for the victory have been put out of action as a result of them.

the british of UAE Emirates Adam Yates He has not had difficulty maintaining his leadership in the general classification, in a day of the so-called transition. After three days in Euskal Herria, with a difficult route and the race at a thousand per hour, the participants have taken things more calmly, also taking into account that the Pyrenees begin on Wednesday’s stage. In this way, the interest of the day has been focused on the final stretch of the race, in which Philipsen has obtained his second victory in this Tour, after the one achieved in Baiona in the third stage.

The Belgian from Alpecin-Deceuninck He has achieved what, for example, no sprinter did in the last Giro d’Italia, in May: repeat victory. There are many fast men with a very high level on the Tour, but Philipsen seems to have arrived in peak form in July; it helps, too, to have a pitcher on the team like Mathieu van der Poel, perfect once again, as in Baiona, in that work. Van der Poel has led his teammate on the finish line, so that he could decide, and Philipsen has brilliantly finished off the work of the Dutchman.

initial calm

There have been no significant movements in the peloton until after the special sprint of the day, which came at kilometer 93 and in which Jasper Philipsen took first position; at that point, the French jumped out of the squad Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën) and Anthony Delaplace (Arkéa Samsic), and they have soon achieved a difference around the minute. Both have driven at the head of the race until there were 25 kilometers to go before the finish, without being able to increase their lead beyond just over 60 seconds.

a bumpy sprint

With Cosnefroy and Delaplace already back in the big group, the sprint seemed the most likely way to determine the stage winner, and there was no surprise in that regard. The peloton entered the Nogaro circuit, and the first crash was soon registered, in which the Dutchman from the Soudal Quick-Step Fabio Jakobsen he has gone to the ground and has lost any chance of victory. In the curves of the circuit, however, more riders have lost their balance; Jasper Philipsen has not done so, and has added, with that ability and his top speed, to confirm that he is, for the moment, the best sprinter on the 2023 Tour.

As has been said, the high mountains do not wait in this Tour, and it starts this Wednesday. The stage between pau and larunsof 162.7 kilometersincludes in its layout, among others, two mythical ports: the Soudetof special category, and the Marie Blanche, 1st, this less than 20 kilometers from the finish line. A good opportunity for the men who want to win the Tour to start trying to establish the first significant differences.

stage classification

1 – PHILIPSEN Jasper (Alpecin) 4:25:28

2 – EWAN Caleb (Lotto) mt

3 – BAUHAUS Phil (Bahrain) mt

4 – COQUARD Bryan (Cofidis) mt

5 – CAVENDISH Mark (Astana) mt

6 – VAN POPPEL Danny (BORA) mt

7 – KRISTOFF Alexander (One-X) mt

8 – MEZGEC Luka Team (Jayco) mt

9 – VAN AERT Wout (Jumbo) mt

10 – PEDERSEN Mads (Lidl) mt

General ranking

1 – YACHTS Adam (UAE) 18:18:01

2 – POGACAR Tadej (UAE) +0:06

3 – YACHTS Simon (Jayco) mt

4 – LAFAY Victor (Cofidis) +0:12

5 – VAN AERT Wout (Jumbo) +0:16

6 – VINGEGAARD ​​Jonas (Jumbo) +0:17

7 – HINDLEY Jai (BORA) +0:22

8 – WOODS Michael (Israel) mt

9 – SKJELMOSE Mattias (Lidl) mt

10 – RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) mt

12 – LANDA Mikel (Bahrain) mt

18 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) +0:43

Source: Eitb

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