Philipsen achieves his third victory in the 2023 Tour after beating Cavendish in the sprint of the 7th stage
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Jasper Phillipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) confirmed himself as the strongest “sprinter” in the Tour de France to the sign his third victory in Bordeaux in as many massive arrivalsahead of the British Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan Team), who came close to signing his 35th victory and beating the Belgian Eddy Merckx.
The Belgian, launched for the green jersey, avoided the record of Mark Cavendish (Astana)who desperately seeks his 35th stage victory to break the tie with Eddy Merckx As the rider with the most stages in the Tour. He was second, and the Eritrean third Biniam Girmay (Intermarché).
The general did not move at all. The favorites began to gather their strength for the next mountain battle at the Puy de Dôme on Sunday. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo) is the skipper of the Tour25 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar (UAE) and with 1:34 minutes of rent compared to the Australian Jai Hindley (Bora).
After the hectic stages in the Pyrenees, the Tour descended to the lands of Las Landes to face two sweet days for sprinters. A day without a great story, in which the peloton arrived grouped after several stages without much of a margin.
The Frenchman should have considered having a day of glory Simon Guglielmi (Arkea), turned into a Quixote who decided to shoot solo. Condemned beforehand, he rode alone, defying his own condemnation, the peloton and the heat that hit the roads of Aquitaine.
came to have 7 minute rentalbut it was all a mirage. At 73 km from the finish line, his compatriots joined Peters and latourwho endured as a duo maintained by the peloton until the final shelving with 4.5 km to go.
With the peloton in a block, the men from Soudal tried to organize the “train” for Philipsen, but the fight for position was spread to all the teams with sprint hopefuls.
Astana took Cavendish to the top positions, but in the Tour there is an irresistible rider when it comes to launching his candidate: Mathieu Van der Poel.
Following the wheel of the Dutchman gave Philipsen the victory to finish off with tremendous forcefulness. After raising arms Baiona and Nogarosigned another work of art in Bordeaux.
Source: Eitb
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