Philipsen unleashed his burst in the first great sprint of the Tour de France

the amount announced 35th victory for Mark Cavendish, where the manx runner is not equal to the great Eddy Merckx the record 34 stage victory in Tour, you have to wait. Many eyes are on Monday in the legs and the last movement that the ‘Man’s Express’ can be carried out in the outcome of the third stage of ‘Big Boucle’the first with a favorable finish for the best sprinters in the peloton.

In the end, the veteran cyclist (38) from Astana had to settle for being a luxurious spectator of the great success achieved in the bayonne -the second time a Tour stage has finished in Bayonne in the last 50 years and the 12th-most finishes in the history of the Belgian Tour- Jasper Phillipsenwhich far surpasses all his rivals in the last meter.

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He ham rocket was found on the legs and on the pitcher Mathieu Van der Poel a life insurance. The Dutchman, for another day, showed himself as a rider who knows how to follow the orders of the team and who is as useful for great victories as he is for wearing overalls to work and putting of himself in the service of the cause, in this case under the command of Philipsenone of the favorites as the Tour arrives this Monday in Bayonne.

It was not an easy arrival for the peloton in the beautiful city in southwest France. after leaving Amorebieta-Etxanoand after two days of intense fighting, the platoon was easy, just Neilson Powlessthe king of the mountain, who seems to be indestructible, and Laurent Pichon they got ahead of the large group, which raised its foot and set a pace of travel. This situation became very tense in the last kilometers, where the teams of big favorites tried to protect their leaders from any incident and the teams of sprinters put out their elbows so that their fastest that men can fight for victory in the best conditions.

Crunch time: tension at the end

No one hid. Lotto, Soudal, Alpecin, DSM, Total Energies, Bora, Astana, Bahrain and even Uno-X and Intermarché they took a step forward, along with several other dangerous situations that fortunately came to nothing. After a small incline of less than a kilometer and after leaving a 180º turn that everyone had carefully negotiated, the sprinters spread their wings. And it was then a wonderful van der poel which was left at the post Philipsen and this one, anyway Bauhaus, Ewan or Jakobsen They tried to reach him, they did not succeed.

“I have this day marked”, said Philipsen before starting the stage, the only sprinter capable of repeating the victory in the last edition of the Tour. In this edition his success came very early, so he will have many more options to repeat himself, and while cavendishwho will retire this year, will share what his big day was.