Tour de France, Jasper Philipsen drops the hat trick in Nimes
Tour de France, Jasper Philipsen scores hat trick in Nimes
Jasper Philipsen also makes his own the sixteenth stage of the Tour de France 2024, 118.6 kilometers long, from Gruissan to Nimes and with only one GPM. After the successes in the tenth stage in Saint-Amand-Montrond and in the thirteenth stage in Pau, the Belgian rider è repeated himself one more time, crossing the finish line in Nimes ahead of everyone.
Launched perfectly by world champion Mathieu Van der Poel, the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider triumphed in a sprint ahead of German Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), second, and Norwegian Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X), on the lowest step of the podium. To be reported a bad fall of Biniam Girmay a kilometer and a half from the finish.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) remains in the yellow jersey of general classification leader, 3'09" ahead of Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) and 5'19" ahead of Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike).
The 111th edition of the Grande Boucle continues on Wednesday with the 17th stage, which runs from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Superdévoluy, 177.8 kilometers long and with three GPMs in the finale.
