Basque: Jasper Philipsen will be in the Nimes sprint, and will finish the stage in 2024 with Frantziako Tourrean

The Belgian cyclist of the team Alpecin-Deceuninck Jasper Philipsen ha cattle the Sixteenth stage of the 2024 Tour de Franceto the sprintin Nimes, and with this victory, he has already won three times in this 111th edition of the Tour. In parallel, in the general rankingthe Slovenian runner of the UAE Emirates Tadej Pogacar continues as leaderafter a day in which there have been no significant changes, as far as the top positions are concerned.

It was a quiet day, with the riders leaving the most interesting moments for the end; just before the sprint, the Frenchman’s escape from TotalEnergies Thomas Gachignardwho remained in the breakaway for 160 kilometres, always under the control of the peloton. In the decisive section, 1.4 kilometres from the finish line, the Fall of Biniam Girmay (Intermarché); the Eritrean, leader of the points classification and one of the main candidates for stage victory, was thus unable to enter the fight for victory.

Philipsen, who is going from strength to strength in this Tour, has taken full advantage of Girmay’s absence and has won brilliantly. The work of his team, especially Mathieu van der Poelhas been outstanding, and has bagged his third victory in this edition of the race, the ninth of his career in the Tour.

On Wednesday, the 111th Tour de France is scheduled to host its Stage 17, starting in Saint Paul Trois Châteaux and finishing at the Superdévoluy summit, category 3, after 177.8 kilometresIt is a mid-mountain day, with the ascent to Noyer, 1st class, in a difficult final stretch.

Stage classification

1 – PHILIPSEN Jasper (Alpecin) 4:11:27

2 – BAUHAUS Phil (Bahrain) mt

3 – KRISTOFF Alexander (Uno-X) mt

4 – BENNETT Sam (Decathlon) mt

5 – VAN AERT Wout (Visma) mt

6 – ACKERMANN Pascal (Israel) mt

7 – COQUARD Bryan (Cofidis) mt

8 – WAERENSKJOLD Soren (One-X) mt

9 – GIBBONS Ryan (Lidl) mt

10 – VAN POPPEL Danny (Red Bull) mt

General ranking

1 – POGACAR Tadej (UAE) 66:07:51

2 – VINGEGAARD ​​Jonas (Visma) + 3:09

3 – EVENEPOEL Remco (Soudal) + 5:19

4 – ALMEIDA Joao (UAE) + 10:54

5 – LANDA Mikel (Soudal) + 11:21

6 – RODRIGUEZ Carlos (INEOS) + 11:27

7 – YATES Adam (UAE) + 13:38

8 – CICCONE Giulio (Lidl) + 15:48

9 – GEE Derek (Israel) + 16:12

10 – BUITRAGO Santiago (Bahrain) + 16:32

Source: Eitb

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