Tour de France: Jasper Philipsen wins Bayonne sprint, round three results

As expected, the third leg of the Tour de France between Amorebieta and Bayonne on Monday was a sprint. And the first arrival of the massive peloton in this Grand Boucle was the Belgian Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix), who won in Basque City ahead of Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victory) and Caleb Evan (Lotto-Dstny). Worried about the day’s winner, Wout van Aert (Jambo-Visma) couldn’t fight for the win until the end after his second place the day before to France’s Victor Lafay and finished fourth. After viewing the commissioners, the victory of the Belgian was confirmed.

Prior to this explanation, on the streets of the sub-prefecture of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques, the peloton covered the kilometers separating it from Spain on its first laps in France at a very leisurely pace. After two busy stages before the launch of the Grande Boucle, the riders wanted to take a breather and it showed. Teams missed two daytime breaks, content to keep pace to keep Nilsson Paulless and Laurent Pichon from getting too far into the lead.

The EF Education-EasyPost American went on a tangent only to bolster his polka-dot jersey by taking the lead in four difficulties listed on Monday’s mountain classification. Adventurer Arkéa-Samsic, returning to the tournament after a five-year absence, wanted to show off the jersey. Encouraged by his wife wearing headphones, Pichon crossed the border alone before being swallowed up by the peloton after more than 150 kilometers in the lead and 37 kilometers to go.

Another opportunity for sprinters on Tuesday

The sprint teams then continued to keep up the pace, keeping their speed finishers warm. And in this game, it was Mathieu van der Poel’s Alpesin-Phoenix formation that turned out to be the strongest.

Stage four on Tuesday, between Dax (Landes) and Nogaro (Gers), is back on paper, promised to the sprinters. For 181.8 kilometers of the route of the day, there is only one ascent, classified in the fourth category.