Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) claimed his third victory at this year’s Tour de France, cruising ahead of Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) and Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X) in Nîmes on stage 16. Despite a frustrating start to the race, winless in the first nine stages, the Belgian began the third week as he finished the second, with his arms in his air, celebrating at 70km/h.
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Tadej Pogacar put on a climbing exhibition on Bastille Day to complete back-to-back wins in the Pyrenees and put one foot on the final podium ahead of the second rest day. The Slovenian dropped his big rival Jonas Vingegaard with 5km to go of the final climb on Plateau de Beille, which he ascended in a record-breaking time to strengthen his grip on the yellow jersey.
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Jordi Meeus caused a monumental upset on Stage 21 of the Tour de France as he outsprinted Jasper Philipsen, Dylan Groenewegen and Mads Pedersen to win on the Champs-Elysees. The Belgian had not finished higher than sixth in the opening 20 stages, making Bora’s decision to pick him over Sam Bennett look questionable, but he came good at the last with a stunning sprint.
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Jonas Vingegaard all but secured a second Tour de France triumph as rival Tadej Pogacar ended his race on a high with victory in Stage 20 in the Vosges. Pogacar outkicked Felix Gall, Vingegaard and the Yates brothers in a five-up sprint after local legend Thibaut Pinot came close to the perfect Tour swansong. Italy’s Giulio Ciccone secured the polka dot jersey.
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Kasper Asgreen was denied a second straight win at the Tour de France as Matej Mohoric edged a photo finish after a thrilling sprint. Asgreen again found himself in the break and looked good to add to his victory on Thursday, but Mohoric swung past him with a last-gasp effort to take the spoils. Back in the bunch, Jonas Vingegaard cruised across the line to keep hold of the yellow jersey.
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