He Tour de France He lived a day of moving to French soil this Tuesday. After the arrival of the peloton on the French roads the day before, the cyclists faced a fourth stage calm until the last kilometer, where the emotion is focused on a dangerous final sprint. It was marked by several falls, but left the Belgian victory Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) for a day after that he retained his leadership without a problem Adam Yates (UAE Emirates).
Philipsen added his second straight victory to establish himself as the sprint king in the first batch of flat racing stages. The Alpecin-Deceuninck cyclist has already accumulated eight victories this season and extended his Tour de France records to four partial wins, as in addition to the winning days on Monday and Tuesday, he has already secured two stage wins last year.
The fourth stage featured a completely flat route in between Dax and Nogaro, with 181.8 kilometers. The fourth level of the category, Dému, twenty-seven kilometers from the end and with only two climbs seems to challenge the cyclists. So, they decided to take a day of transition while waiting for beginning of the high mountain this Wednesday in the fifth stage of the race.
On a windless day, with good roads and no great danger, the peloton has rolled for most of the day. Only the intermediate sprint in Labastide-D’Armagnac, some 89 kilometers from the finish, gave the peloton a slight shake-up. Philipsen He had already earned twenty points for the regularity classification from the beginning, but they were anthony delaplace (Arkéa Samsic) and Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën) who decided to keep the pace to gain a slight advantage over the pack.
This, where many teams let themselves be seen in front but without taking on the responsibility of increasing the pace, allowed the two escapees to take differences of between half a minute and a minute. however, the ascent of the Dému allowed them to be neutralized so that the teams began to organize themselves in what they had been waiting for all day, the end of the sprint.
Different formations of sprinters began to take up positions about fifteen kilometers from the finish line. Meanwhile, the men’s teams in general gave control of the race after a meaningless day for the candidates for the final victory, with one day left on the calendar waiting to take center stage in the coming days.
A poignant finale
Jumbo-Visma was seen working for Wout van Aert at the entrance to the Nogaro circuit. not loose Astanawith the Mark Cavendish as a good combat reference for sprint. Dangerous circuit curves are caused some falls in the last partwith the Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quick Step) as one of those affected and out of the fight for the stage.
The danger is not over. A close sprint to the finish line again knocked the other two men battling the sprint to the ground. Yes, he has found a place Jasper Phillipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who imposed his maximum speed head-on Caleb Evan (Lotto Dstny). Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious) was third, with Cavendish fifth.
In this way, Philipsen consolidates himself as the king of speed in the first block of sprint stages, with only two opportunities for sprinters in a French round to be marked by the mountains. For its part, the UAE Emirates has maintained the Adam Yates yellow jerseyknowing that the first great trial by fire is coming this Wednesday.
is waiting 162.7 kilometers between Pau and Larunswith three ports of maximum demand. Soudetin a special category in the middle of the stage and with more than fifteen kilometers of climbing, the force of the favorites will be measured before a final with ichère (third) and Marie Blanche (first, 7.7 kilometers at 8.6%). The great stars of the Tour are called to view afterwards a transfer day where Philipsen shines again.
Source: La Verdad

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