2023-07-12 17:43:38
The Belgian sprinter won a fourth stage victory by winning in the Allier. He beat Dylan Groenewegen and Phil Bauhaus.
The sprinters did not miss the opportunity that the Tour de France 2023 offered them this Wednesday, July 12. In Moulins, the racing cars of the peloton competed for the stage victory. And as with every battle of big thighs since leaving Bilbao, it was the Belgian Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) who won. He beat Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Alula) and Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious) to buy his fourth bouquet in ten days.
However, things didn’t quite go as usual. 3 km from the goal, a runner shone by his absence at the head of the peloton: Mathieu van der Poel, until then launcher of Philipsen, impressive in this role of pilot fish. Deprived of such a propellant, would the green jersey finally lose a sprint? No. Even when he has to fend for himself, he wins. And easily with that.
The start of the stage saw three riders take to their heels: Costa Rican Andrey Amador (EF Education-EsayPost), Frenchman Matis Louvel (Arkéa Samsic) and Italian Daniel Oss (TotalEnergies), the eternal fellow adventurer of Peter Sagan. According to the codes of classical ballet, the peloton gave the fugitives some television glory while keeping them at a safe distance. The difference has never been more than 3 minutes and a half. Then, when the time was right, the 338-wheeled moloch (for 169 runners still in the race) engulfed the breakaways: first Amador and Louvel, then Oss, who left for a last stand. The explanation between sprinters could take place in the streets of the last prefecture of France to have never been visited by the Tour.
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