Philipsen wins Saint-Amand-Montrond sprint, taking first Tour de France win of 2024
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The Belgian cyclist of the team Alpecin-Deceuninck Jasper Philipsen ha cattle the 10th stage of the 2024 Tour de Franceto the sprintin Saint-Amand-Montrondthis Tuesday, on a day in which there have been no significant changes in the general rankingwhich continues, like this, led by the Slovenian corridor of UAE Emirates Tadej Pogacar.
In a quiet stage, in which the highlights came at the end, in the sprint, Philipsen has finished off the excellent work of its team in an unbeatable waywith a replacement from the world champion, Mathieu van der Poelalready in the last kilometer, which has been spectacular.
Philipsen has thus added, his first stage win in this edition of the Tour de Francein the fifth sprint this year, after claiming four victories and the points classification in 2023. Now, Biniam Girmayfrom Intermaché, wears the green jersey, and the Eritrean cyclist has strengthened his lead, with second place obtained on the tenth day of the race.
The eleventh stage of the 111th Tour de France will take place on Wednesday, starting in Evaux les Bains and finishing in Le Lioran.on an important day: that of Massif CentralThe cyclists will have to overcome six qualifying mountain passes, four of them in the last 60 of the 211 kilometres of the stage. It is a perfect day for battle, both in the fight for the stage win and in the fight for the overall.
Stage classification
1 – PHILIPSEN Jasper (Alpecin) 4:20:06
2 – GIRMAY Biniam (Intermarché) mt
3 – ACKERMANN Pascal (Israel) mt
4 – VAN AERT Wout (Visma) mt
5 – GAVIRIA Fernando (Movistar) mt
6 – BENNETT Sam (Decathlon) mt
7 – DEGENKOLB John (DSM) mt
8 – BAUHAUS Phil (Bahrain) mt
9 – GROENEWEGEN Dylan (Jayco) mt
10 – ZINGLE Axel (Cofidis) mt
General ranking
1 – POGACAR Tadej (UAE) 40:02:48
2 – EVENEPOEL Remco (Soudal) + 0:33
3 – VINGEGAARD Jonas (Visma) + 1:15
4 – ROGLIC Primož (BORA) + 1:36
5 – AYUSO Juan (UAE) + 2:16
6 – ALMEIDA João (UAE) + 2:17
7 – RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) + 2:31
8 – LANDA Mikel (Soudal) + 3:35
9 – GEE Derek (Israel) + 4:02
10 – JORGENSON Matteo (Visma) + 4:03
15 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) + 5:58
Source: Eitb
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