Alpecin-Deceuninck

A wild day at the Tour de France ended with Jasper Philipsen taking his second win. Visma-Lease a Bike were tested after Adam Yates, the team-mate of race leader Tadej Pogacar, managed to get in the break, prompting a fierce chase in crosswinds. After the race came back together, Biniam Girmay set his team to work in pursuit of a fourth win, but ultimately it was Philipsen who won the day.

Primoz Roglic’s hopes of finishing on the podium at the Tour de France, let alone claiming the yellow jersey, are in disarray after another crash saw him leak time on a day that was not meant to produce any gaps in the general classification. Ahead, Biniam Girmay landed a brilliant third win on Stage 12 ahead of Wout van Aert and Pascal Ackermann to take a giant step towards the green jersey.

A fiendish stage through the mountains of the Massif Central at the Tour de France bore witness to yet another mano-a-mano classic between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. After Pogacar had distanced the Dane – and everyone else – with a rasping attack on the Puy Mary, Vingegaard dug deep into his well of reserves to claw his way back on terms, before beating the Slovenian on the line.

A hotly-contested sprint saw Jasper Philipsen charge to victory on Stage 10 of the Tour de France. It’s been a difficult, winless Tour to date for the Belgian, but he found his best to down the in-form Biniam Girmay, while Mark Cavendish finished down the field. With the rest of the bunch crossing the line together, the GC standings remained the same heading into Wednesday’s Massif Central test.