Philipsen takes second win on day marked by Roglic and Ayuso’s retirement
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The Belgian cyclist Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin) claimed his second victory in this edition of the Tour de France on Friday by winning a chaotic sprint in the 13th stage, contested between Agen and Pau over 165.3 kilometres, ahead of the Belgian Wout van Aert (Visma) and German Pascal Ackermann (Israel). The day was marked by the Primoz Roglic (Bora) and Juan Ayuso (UAE) have abandonedwhile Tadej Pogacar (UAE) arrives in the Pyrenees wearing the yellow jersey.
Philipsen was slow to make his mark, but he got into the swing of things in Saint Amand Montrond and in Pau he managed to get within one victory of the Eritrean Biniam Girmay. The winner of the Milan San Remo He grew in stature on the home straight and won with authorityahead of his compatriot Van Aert, who was left wanting more for the second day in a row.
Philipsen raised his arms to the sky with a time of 3 hours 23 minutes and 9 secondsat an astonishing average of 48.8 km/hour, one of the 10 fastest stages in historyGirmay finished fourth after his hat-trick, with leader Tadej Pogacar moving ahead in ninth place.
Pogacar and the men on the podium They did not have an easy day, but they maintained their positions. The Slovenian arrives at the Pyrenean mountain with a lead of 33 seconds over Evenepoel, 1.14 over Vingegaard, 4.20 behind Almeida, Carlos Rodríguez first Spaniard, fifth, 4.40 behind, and Mikel Landa sixth, 5.31 behind.
The stage was labeled as a “transition” stage, but the start could not have been more explosive. They did not appear at the start Roglicsixth overall, nor Jesus Herrada; the first, as a consequence of the fall suffered the previous day, and the second due to illness.
Already in the race, and after several days of weakness, the debutant went home Juan Ayusowho was currently ninth in the overall standings.
STAGE CLASSIFICATION:
1. PHILIPSEN Jasper (Alpecin) 3:23:09
2. VAN AERT Wout (Visma) mt
3. ACKERMANN Pascal (Israel) mt
4. GIRMAY Biniam (Intermarché) mt
5. ARNDT Nikias (Bahrain) mt
6. Stuyven Jasper (Lidl-Trek) mt
7. RUSSO Clement (Groupama) mt
8. COQUARD Bryan (Cofidis) mt
9. POGACAR Tadej (UAE) mt
10. WÆRENSKJOLD Søren (One-X) mt
Source: Eitb
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