(Bayonne) The Belgian Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin) won the third stage of the Tour de France in the sprint on Monday in Bayonne, ahead of the German Phil Bauhaus and the Australian Caleb Ewan.
Briton Adam Yates (UAE) retained the leader’s yellow jersey at the end of this first stage arriving in France, after two days in the Spanish Basque Country
This is the third stage victory for the 25-year-old Belgian in the Tour de France.
Ideally launched by his teammate Mathieu van der Poel, he won with a comfortable margin, his main competitor, Fabio Jakobsen, quickly admitting defeat.
Before confirming his victory, the marshals watched the end of the sprint in which Philipsen lightly crushed the Belgian Wout Van Aert against the barriers.
They judged that the maneuver was not illegal, to the great relief of Philipsen who was watching the slow motion images himself on a small screen in the company of… Tadej Pogacar with whom he is very good friends.
Briton Mark Cavendish missed his first opportunity to beat the record for victories on the Grande Boucle which he holds with Eddy Merckx (34 successes).
He will be able to try his luck again on Tuesday during the fourth stage which also promises to arrive in a sprint on the Nogaro racing circuit.
After two hotly contested stages in the Basque Country, where the best competed at the start, the peloton decided to spend a quiet day on Monday to reach France on a 193.5 km course.
The American Neilson Powless went on the attack immediately to consolidate his best climber’s polka dot jersey, accompanied by the Frenchman Laurent Pichon who continued the effort alone until 37 km from the finish.
Once the Frenchman was back, the peloton concentrated as planned on the finish in the sprint which materialized without a crash in the final.
General classification at the end of the 3e stage
1. Adam Yates (GBR/UAD) 1:52:33 p.m.
2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO / UAD) at 6.
3. Simon Yates (GBR/JAY) 6.
4. Victor Lafay (FRA/COF) 12.
5. Wout van Aert (BEL/TJV) 16.
6. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/TJV) 17.
7. Michael Woods (CAN/IPT) 22.
8. Jai Hindley (AUS/BOH) 22.
9. Carlos Rodriguez (ESP/IGD) 22.
10. Mattias Skjelmose (DEN/LTK) 22.
11. Mikel Landa (ESP/TBV) 22.
12. David Gaudu (FRA/GFC) 22.
13. Wilco Kelderman (NED/TJV) 22.
14. Romain Bardet (FRA/DSM) 43.
15. Thomas Pidcock (GBR/IGD) 43.
16. Steff Cras (BEL/TEN) 43.
17. Pello Bilbao (ESP/TBV) 43.
18. Egan Bernal (COL/IGD) 43.
19. Emanuel Buchmann (GER/BOH) 43.
20. Giulio Ciccone (ITA/LTK) 43.
21. Dylan Teuns (BEL/IPT) 43.
22. Louis Meintjes (RSA/ICW) 1:41.
23. Ben O’Connor (AUS/ACT) 1:41.
24. Guillaume Martin (FRA/COF) 1:41.
25. Harold Tejada (COL/AST) 1:41.
26. Sepp Kuss (USA/TJV) 1:41.
27. Rafal Majka (POL/UAD) 1:41.
28. Jack Haig (AUS/TBV) 2:15.
29. Thibaut Pinot (FRA / GFC) 2: 47.
30. Clement Berthet (FRA / ACT) 3: 08.
31. Valentin Madouas (FRA / GFC) 3: 08.
32. Matt Dinham (AUS/DSM) 3:08.
33. Tiesj Benoot (BEL/TJV) 3:23.
34. Alberto Bettiol (ITA/EFE) 3:48.
35. Alex Aranburu (ESP/MOV) 3:50.
36. Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP/IGD) 3:51.
37. Juan Pedro Lopez (ESP/LTK) 4:04.
38. Chris Harper (AUS/JAY) 4:29.
39. Tobias Johannessen (NOR/UXT) 4:40.
40. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA / SOQ) 5: 17.
41. Corbin Strong (NZL/IPT) 5:43.
42. Felix Gall (AUT/ACT) 5:43.
43. Victor Campenaerts (BEL/LTD) 8:11.
44. Gorka Izagirre (ESP/MOV) 8:23.
45. Bob Jungels (LUX/BOH) 8:47.
46. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/AST) 8:55.
47. Felix Grossschartner (AUT/UAD) 9:41.
48. Tony Gallopin (FRA / LTK) 10:09.
49. Dylan van Baarle (NED/TJV) 11:10.
50. Patrick Konrad (AUT/BOH) 11:41.
51. Neilson Powless (USA/EFE) 11:48.
52. Mathieu Burgaudeau (FRA / TEN) 11:55.
53. Matej Mohoric (SLO/TBV) 11:59.
54. Chris Hamilton (AUS/DSM) 12:03.
55. Ruben Guerreiro (POR/MOV) 12:17.
56. Daniel Martinez (COL/IGD) 12:32.
57. Matis Louvel (FRA / ARK) 13:09.
58. Dries Devenyns (BEL/SOQ) 13:44.
59. Esteban Chaves (COL/EFE) 14:16.
60. Quinten Hermans (BEL/ADC) 14:22.
61. Anthony Charmig (DEN/UXT) 14:40.
62. Mathieu van der Poel (NED/ADC) 14:53.
63. Maxim Van Gils (BEL/LTD) 15:11.
64. Anthony Delaplace (FRA / ARK) 15: 12.
65. Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA/ACT) 15:25.
66. Warren Barguil (FRA / ARK) 16: 18.
67. Ion Izagirre (ESP/COF) 16:26.
68. Rui Costa (POR/ICW) 16:33.
69. Antonio Pedrero (ESP/MOV) 16:50.
70. Nélson Oliveira (POR/MOV) 16:51.
71. Hugo Houle (CAN/IPT) 16:52.
72. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL/IGD) 16:57.
73. Lilian Calmejane (FRA/ICW) 17:39.
74. Nicholas Schultz (AUS/IPT) 18:10.
75. Stefan Küng (SUI / GFC) 18:13.
76. Clement Champoussin (FRA / ARK) 18: 16.
77. Gregor Mühlberger (AUT/MOV) 18:22.
78. Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ / AST) 18:41.
79. Jasper Philipsen (BEL/ADC) 18:53.
80. Anthony Turgis (FRA/TEN) 19:05.
81. Matteo Jorgenson (USA/MOV) 19:07.
82. Kevin Geniets (LUX/GFC) 19:12.
83. Simon Geschke (GER/COF) 19:19.
84. Nathan Van Hooydonck (BEL/TJV) 19:21.
85. Mads Pedersen (DEN/LTK) 19:26.
86. Georg Zimmerman (GER/ICW) 19:46.
87. Kasper Asgreen (DEN/SOQ) 19:56.
88. Marc Soler (ESP / UAD) 20: 29.
89. Michael Gogl (AUT/ADC) 20:57.
90. Biniam Girmay (ERI/ICW) 21:23.
91. Quentin Pacher (FRA/GFC) 21:34.
92. Rigoberto Uran (COL/EFE) 22:05.
93. David De la Cruz (ESP/AST) 22:12.
94. Pierre Latour (FRA/TEN) 22:26.
95. Anthony Perez (FRA/COF) 22:55.
96. Omar Fraile (ESP/IGD) 22:55.
97. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR/TEN) 24:02.
98. Daniel Oss (ITA/TEN) 24:24.
99. Krists Neilands (LAT/IPT) 24:24.
100. Torstein Træen (NOR/UXT) 24:56.
101. Nils Politt (GER/BOH) 24:57.
102. Pascal Eenkhoorn (NED/LTD) 24:59.
103. Wouter Poels (NED/TBV) 25:05.
104. Mike Teunissen (NED/ICW) 25:24.
105. Bryan Coquard (FRA / COF) 25: 45.
106. Alex Kirsch (LUX/LTK) 25:45.
107. Yenthe Biermans (BEL/ARK) 25:45.
108. James Shaw (GBR/EFE) 26:11.
109. Simon Clarke (AUS/IPT) 26:26.
110. Jasper Stuyven (BEL/LTK) 27:14.
111. Lars van den Berg (NED/GFC) 27:28.
112. Guillaume Boivin (CAN/IPT) 28:13.
113. Oliver Naesen (BEL/ACT) 28:13.
114. Nikias Arndt (GER/TBV) 28:13.
115. Jonas Rickaert (BEL/ADC) 28:13.
116. Marco Haller (AUT/BOH) 28:13.
117. Stan Dewulf (BEL/ACT) 28:13.
118. Soren Kragh Andersen (DEN/ADC) 28:13.
119. Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA/ACT) 28:13.
120. Lawson Craddock (USA/JAY) 28:13.
121. Luka Mezgec (SLO/JAY) 28:13.
122. Danny van Poppel (NED/BOH) 28:26.
123. Florian Vermeersch (BEL/LTD) 28:31.
124. Simon Guglielmi (FRA / ARK) 28: 35.
125. Rasmus Tiller (NOR/UXT) 28:35.
126. Magnus Cort (DEN/EFE) 28:39.
127. Caleb Ewan (AUS/LTD) 29:30.
128. Peter Sagan (SVK/TEN) 29:34.
129. Christophe Laporte (FRA/TJV) 29:38.
130. Tim Declercq (BEL/SOQ) 29:45.
131. Dion Smith (NZL/ICW) 30:16.
132. Kevin Vermaerke (USA/DSM) 30:16.
133. Ben Turner (GBR/IGD) 30:17.
134. Quinn Simmons (USA/LTK) 30:22.
135. Jonas Gregaard (DEN/UXT) 30:37.
136. Fred Wright (GBR/TBV) 30:49.
137. Christopher Juul-Jensen (DEN/JAY) 30:54.
138. Andrey Amador (CRC/EFE) 31:06.
139. Silvan Dillier (SUI/ADC) 31:10.
140. Frederik Frison (BEL/LTD) 32:12.
141. Rémi Cavagna (FRA / SOQ) 32: 14.
142. Axel Zingle (FRA/COF) 32:18.
143. Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR/UXT) 32:18.
144. Ramon Sinkeldam (NED/ADC) 32:18.
145. Nils Eekhoff (NED/DSM) 32:55.
146. Adrien Petit (FRA/ICW) 33:06.
147. Nans Peters (FRA/ACT) 33:20.
148. Vegard Laengen (NOR/UAD) 33:21.
149. Fabio Jakobsen (NED/SOQ) 33:39.
150. Dylan Groenewegen (NED/JAY) 33:39.
151. Michael Morkov (DEN/SOQ) 33:39.
152. Elmar Reinders (NED/JAY) 33:39.
153. Yves Lampaert (BEL/SOQ) 33:44.
154. Soren Waerenskjold (NOR/UXT) 34:09.
155. Matteo Trentino (ITA / UAD) 34:09.
156. Valentin Ferron (FRA / TEN) 34: 12.
157. Mikkel Bjerg (DEN/UAD) 34:47.
158. Sam Welsford (AUS/DSM) 35:16.
159. Alexander Kristoff (NOR/UXT) 35:16.
160. Luke Durbridge (AUS/JAY) 35:30.
161. Jordi Meeus (BEL/BOH) 35:42.
162. Luca Mozzato (ITA/ARK) 35:51.
163. John Degenkolb (GER/DSM) 36:18.
164. Alexander Edmondson (AUS/DSM) 37:07.
165. Laurent Pichon (FRA / ARK) 37: 25.
166. Olivier Le Gac (FRA/GFC) 38:39.
167. Phil Bauhaus (GER/TBV) 39:41.
168. Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA/LTD) 39:47.
169. Jasper DeBuyst (BEL/LTD) 40:24.
170. Alexis Renard (FRA / COF) 41: 07.
171. Mark Cavendish (GBR/AST) 41:38.
172. Cees Bol (NED/AST) 41:38.
173. Gianni Moscon (ITA/AST) 43:10.
174. Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ/AST) 44:34.