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110. Tour de France Etappe 8 Daten

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2: THE SECOND FOR PEDERSEN
Second win at the Tour for Mads Pedersen after Saint-Etienne last year.
This is his 4th win of the season, the first after 58 days, the previous one being the Napoli stage at the Giro d’Italia.
…and it’s as well a win in his last 4 Grand Tours run after 3 stages in the Vuelta 2022, and the aforementioned wins at the Tour 2022 and Giro 2023, for a total of 6.
He needs to go to the Vuelta to match Alessandro Petacchi’s victories in five Grand Tours in a row from Vuelta 2002 until Giro 2004.

34: GOODBYE MARK!
Mark Cavendish leaves the Tour for the 7th time in 14 participations.
According to NTT Data, he crashed at 44.9 km/h with 63km to go. At 38 years old, the Manx missile announced he will retire at the end of the season. He will thus go down in history as the most successful sprinter in the Tour.
Since his first participation in 2007, Cavendish completed 206 Tour stages, won 34 of those (16.5%) and finished in the top-3 43 times (20.9%). He took his first stage win in Châteauroux (stage 5 of the Tour 2008) and the last one in Carcassonne (stage 13 of the Tour 2021).
This sadly happens on the eve of the anniversaries of his first (9th of July 2008) and last (9th of July 2021) wins at the Tour.

62+62: DENMARK GOES IN PAIRS
After today’s stage, Denmark counts 62 Grand Tour stage wins and 62 leaders’ jersey.
This is the breakdown of this curious pair:
• Stages: 26 at the Tour, 14 at the Giro, 22 at the Vuelta.
• Jerseys: 57 at the Tour, 5 at the Vuelta.

47: THE TOUR SPEEDS UP!
After passing the 45 km/h mark yesterday (45,013 km/h), the Tour today recorded 47,704 km/h.
Last year the Tour sped up in the 5th and 6th stages, with 48,661 km/h and 49,376 km/h, the latter being the highest value in road stages of the last edition.

15: AIMING AT THE TOP
15th stage podium at the Tour for Jasper Philipsen: 5 wins, 6 second places, 4 third places.
Since last year’s Gooikse Pijl, Philipsen has a remarkable record when finishing in the top-10: 11 wins, 6 second places and just one 4th place.

20: VAN AERT MAKES IT 20
20th stage podium for Wout van Aert at the Tour: 9 wins, 7 second places, 4 third places.
Going from 19 to 20 is no easy feat: among this Tour’s starters only two riders count more stage podiums: Peter Sagan (47) and retired Mark Cavendish (43).
No less than three riders are at 19: Alexander Kristoff, Edvald Boasson Hagen and Tadej Pogacar.

1266: TURGIS’ HIGHS AND LOWS
Before today, Anthony Turgis had conquered one KOM at the Tour de France: Col de Peyresourde (17th stage, 2021). He went on to tame three categorised climbs at much lower altitudes:

• Côte de Champs-Romain (303m)
• Côte de Masmont (353m)
• Côte de Condat-sur-Vienne (289m)

These three climbs together would amount to an altitude of 945m… That’s still 324m lower than Peyresourde.

6: (NOT) ALL IN
The Tour was heading for a low record of 4 abandons in the first 8 stages, until all-time joint record holder of stage wins, Mark Cavendish, crashed, becoming the 5th retirement this year, with Steff Cras being the 6th.
The all-time record low was set in 2016, when Michael Morkov was the first retirement, in stage 8.

110. Tour de France Etappe8

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Libourne – Limoges – 201 Km

1 PEDERSEN Mads DEN LIDL – TREK 04:12:26
2 PHILIPSEN Jasper BEL ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:00
3 VAN AERT Wout BEL JUMBO-VISMA 00:00
4 GROENEWEGEN Dylan NED TEAM JAYCO ALULA 00:00
5 EEKHOFF Nils NED TEAM DSM – FIRMENICH 00:00
6 COQUARD Bryan FRA COFIDIS 00:00
7 DE BUYST Jasper BEL LOTTO DSTNY 00:00
8 TILLER Rasmus NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
9 STRONG Corbin NZL ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 00:00
10 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:00
11 LOUVEL Matis FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 00:00
12 ARANBURU DEBA Alex ESP MOVISTAR TEAM 00:00
13 WRIGHT Fred GBR BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:00
14 BOL Cees NED ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:00
15 BARDET Romain FRA TEAM DSM – FIRMENICH 00:00
16 SAGAN Peter SVK TOTALENERGIES 00:00

Gesamt:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 34:09:38
2 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:25
3 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA – HANSGROHE 01:34
4 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 03:30
5 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 03:40
6 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 04:01
7 GAUDU David FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 04:03
8 BARDET Romain FRA TEAM DSM – FIRMENICH 04:43
9 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 04:43
10 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 05:28
11 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROEN TEAM 06:10
12 BILBAO LOPEZ Pello ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 06:10
13 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER BORA – HANSGROHE 06:32
14 LANDA Mikel ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 06:36
15 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY 06:52

Jai Hindley weiter auf Rang drei der Gesamtwertung nach hektischem Finale auf der 8. Etappe der Tour de France

Am Papier war die 8. Etappe der Tour de France nicht die schwierigste, allerdings konnte auf einem sehr welligen Schlussteil ein hektisches Finale in Limoges erwartet werden. Drei Fahrer bildeten die Gruppe des Tages, doch auf den letzten 30 km drückte vor allem Jumbo-Visma im Feld auf das Tempo. Der letzte Ausreißer wurde etwa 8 km vor dem Ziel gestellt, während auch das Feld durch die zahlreichen Anstiege immer kleiner wurde. BORA – hansgrohe arbeitete hart, um Jai Hindley in guter Position und aus alles Schwierigkeiten herauszuhalten. Am Ende holte M. Pedersen den Tagessieg, während Jai Hindley das Ziel in der ersten Gruppe erreichte.

Von der Ziellinie
“Der Beginn der Etappe war extrem hart, denn viele Fahrer wollten in einer Fluchtgruppe ihre Chance suchen. Als die drei Fahrer dann weg waren, hat man schnell gemerkt, wer das Rennen kontrollieren will. Es war dann organisierter, aber im Finale dennoch sehr hart und hektisch. Die Jungs haben einen tollen Job gemacht, Jai immer vorne zu halten. Wir sind gut durchgekommen, das war heute unser Ziel. Wir können also zufrieden sein.” – Rolf Aldag, Sportlicher Leiter

Pedersen powers to second Tour de France victory

On the sad farewell day of Mark Cavendish who crashed out, Mads Pedersen powered to his second Tour de France victory in Limoges one year after he opened his account in Saint-Etienne. Jasper Philipsen and Wout van Aert settled down for second and third. Jonas Vingegaard retained the yellow jersey.

DECLERCQ, DELAPLACE AND TURGIS AT THE FRONT

The start proper of stage 8 was given at 12.43 to 172 riders. Lots of skirmishes took place in the first 20km but they were unsuccessful until Tim Declercq (Soudal-Quick Step) managed to go clear. He was joined at km 22 by Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) and Anthony Delaplace (Arkea-Samsic). A maximum time difference of 5’15’’ was record before the intermediate sprint at Tocane-Saint-Apre (km 79). Delaplace outsprinted Turgis and Philipsen proved once again to be the fastest as he fulfilled his green jersey ambitions by winning the sprint of the peloton for fourth place. His team-mate Mathieu van der Poel tried to surprise the field as he attacked right after the intermediate sprint. Philipsen, Mark Cavendish, Bryan Coquard and Biniam Girmay were among the fifteen riders who accompanied him. It forced Jumbo-Visma to chase hard as Wout van Aert had made no secret on his stage win ambitions in Limoges. It was back together after a couple of kilometres.

CAVENDISH OUT OF HIS LAST TOUR DE FRANCE

Lidl-Trek started to make the race harder at the head of the peloton with one and half hour remaining. Cavendish crashed out with 64km to go. Cofidis came in help to pace the peloton that was timed 2’30’’ adrift before the last hour of racing. Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-Quick Step) attacked from the pack with 36km remaining. He stayed in between for 14 kilometres. The deficit of the peloton was one minute at the 20-km to go mark. Turgis rode away solo in the côte de Masmont 16km before the end.

SKJELMOSE PUTS PEDERSEN INTO ORBIT

Declercq tried to make it back to the front but was swallowed by the pack 10km before the end. Turgis was reeled with 8km remaining. His team-mate Steff Cras crashed with 6km to go while Simon Yates and Mikel Landa also went down and reached the finish line with a 47’’ deficit. The Belgian, 13th overall, was forced to pull out. Mattias Skjelmose strongly seized the command of the peloton at the entrance of Limoges. The Danish champion put his team-mate and compatriot Mads Pedersen into orbit but the competition was fierce in the uphill stretch. The former world champion looked to have it when he passed Van Aert who was led out by Christophe Laporte but Van der Poel took Philipsen to the front and Pedersen had to jump to the finish line to fend off the green jersey holder. This is the 26th Danish stage win at the Tour de France, the second for Pedersen himself who already bagged a Giro d’Italia stage victory in Naples this year.

110. Tour de France Etappe 7 Daten

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TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 7
MONT-DE-MARSAN – BORDEAUX

3X7: A WINNER’S WEEK
Jasper Philipsen is the first Belgian who wins 3 stages in the first 7 days of a Tour since 1976: Freddy Maertens (prologue, Angers, Le Touquet); plus, Maertens made it four winning on the 8th day, in Mulhouse. Those were 2 time trials and 2 road stages.
The last Belgian with 3 road wins in the first 7 days was Eric Leman in 1971 (2 half-stages, stage 7).
Excluding half-stages and time trials, no Belgian had ever achieved Philipsen’s feat in the Tour de France.
Louis Mottiat won 4 of the first 7 stages in 1921 but across a timespan of 12 days.

74,7: CAV’ MEANS SPEED
Mark Cavendish hit the highest top speed in Bordeaux with a kick at 74.7km/h with 300 metres to go. The Manx missile was already the fastest in the finale of stage 3, when he did 73.3km/h in Bayonne (6th).

5&4: NAILING THE WINS
This was the 5th win at the Tour for Jasper Philipsen, but, considering only the Bunch sprints, it was his 4th in a row.

3: THE SPRINTER’S WEEK
Winning 3 Sprints in the first week is something that wasn’t recorded since 2017. These are the last riders who managed this feat before Jasper Philipsen:
• Alessandro Petacchi (2003)
• Robbie McEwen (2006)
• Peter Sagan (2012)
• Marcel Kittel (2014, 2017)
• Mark Cavendish (2016)
The last rider with four wins in the first week is Mario Cipollini in 1999.

3: A PODIUM FOR ERITREA
Biniam Girmay is the first athlete from Eritrea that scores a podium placement in a Tour stage. Up to now the best Eritrean result had been a 7th place by Daniel Teklehaimanot (Gap 2015, Chalet Reynard 2016).

43: CAVENDISH JOINS KELLY
43rd stage podium for Mark Cavendish: 34 wins, 4 second places, 5 third places. Matches Sean Kelly at the 7th all-time spot. The record belongs to Eddy Merckx: 63 stage podiums.
This is the first stage podium for Cavendish since his 3rd place in Paris, back in 2021.

13: TOP-50 FOR VINGEGAARD
13th stage in the lead at the Tour for Jonas Vingegaard, the same of Tour winners René Pottier, Gustave Garrigou and Goerges Speicher. Among these, only the last one wore the Maillot Jaune, the others were leaders, and winners, before the jersey was introduced (1906, 1911).
Vingegaard now enters the all-time top-50, placing at the 49th spot in this statistic. All-time leader is Eddy Merckx with 111 stages in the lead.

45,013: THE FASTEST ONE
At 45,013 kph this has been the fastest stage in this Tour, and the fastest, among road stages, since Cahors 2022, run at 48,684 kph.
And there’s more: after covering the first 20 kms at 33,1 kph, the riders made up for that riding the last 20 kms at the astonishing speed of 58,8 kph!

40: A NOBLE FEAT FOR GUGLIELMI
Simon Guglielmi covered 97km at 40.8 kph before he was joined by Nans Peters and Pierre Latour at the front of the race. He rapidly opened a maximum gap of 7’16“, at km 18, but the sprint teams reacted to control his 2nd breakaway attempt in the Tour 2023.

148: THE REST OF THE WARRIOR
After his two days on the move in the Pyrenees, Wout van Aert finished 148th in Bordeaux. He finished further behind in the standings on two occasions only in the Tour de France (82 stages completed): 164th of stage 12 in 2019 and 168th of stage 3 in 2020.

110. Tour de France Etappe7

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Mont-de-Marsan – Bordeaux – 170 Km

1 PHILIPSEN Jasper BEL ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 03:46:28
2 CAVENDISH Mark GBR ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:00
3 GIRMAY Biniam ERI INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY 00:00
4 MOZZATO Luca ITA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 00:00
5 GROENEWEGEN Dylan NED TEAM JAYCO ALULA 00:00
6 MEEUS Jordi BEL BORA – HANSGROHE 00:00
7 BAUHAUS Phil GER BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:00
8 COQUARD Bryan FRA COFIDIS 00:00
9 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
10 PEDERSEN Mads DEN LIDL – TREK 00:00
11 LOUVEL Matis FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 00:00
12 TEUNISSEN Mike NED INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY 00:00
13 WELSFORD Sam AUS TEAM DSM – FIRMENICH 00:00
14 ABRAHAMSEN Jonas NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
15 JAKOBSEN Fabio NED SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 00:00
16 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 00:00
17 SAGAN Peter SVK TOTALENERGIES 00:00
18 WÆRENSKJOLD Søren NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
19 DILLIER Silvan SUI ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:00
20 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 00:00

Gesamt:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 29:57:12
2 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:25
3 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA – HANSGROHE 01:34
4 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 03:14
5 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 03:30
6 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 03:40
7 GAUDU David FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 04:03
8 BARDET Romain FRA TEAM DSM – FIRMENICH 04:43
9 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 04:43
10 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 05:28
11 LANDA Mikel ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 05:49
12 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROEN TEAM 06:10
13 CRAS Steff BEL TOTALENERGIES 06:10
14 BILBAO LOPEZ Pello ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 06:10
15 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER BORA – HANSGROHE 06:32

Erneut Top Ten für Jordi Meeus auf der 7. Etappe der Tour de France

Nach den beiden schweren Pyrenäen-Etappen hatten heute die Sprinter wieder eine Chance auf der 7. Etappe der Tour de France nach Bordeaux. Ein Solist prägte das Rennen über weite Strecken, bevor ein Duo nach dem Zwischensprint des Tages zur Spitze aufschließen konnte. Die beiden frischen Fahrer konnten den ursprünglichen Ausreißer dann auch schnell abhängen, aber auch sie hatten gegen ein heranstürmendes Feld am Ende keine Chance. Es kam zum erwarteten Massensprint und Danny Van Poppel setzten sich mit Jordi Meeus auf dem letzten Kilometer an die Spitze. Allerdings war Jordi am Ende beim dritten Etappensieg von J. Philipsen leider etwas eingebaut und erreicht am Ende Rang sechs.

Von der Ziellinie
„Unser Timing war heute nahezu perfekt. Danny hat mich perfekt auf dem letzten Kilometer nach vorne gebracht, aber als er sich zurückfallen ließ, habe ich von links eine Welle bekommen und musste bremsen. Bei so einem Sprint ist es fast unmöglich, dann wieder Tempo aufzunehmen und so hat es nur für Rang sechs gereicht. Ich bin etwas enttäuscht, denn heute war definitiv mehr drin.“ – Jordi Meeus

“Nach den harten Bergetappen wollte heute jeder erst einmal etwas kraft sparen. Die Jungs haben einen tollen Job für Jai gemacht und mit ihm sind wir heute sehr gut und ohne Probleme durchgekommen. Was den Sprint betrifft, da haben wir viel richtig gemacht, hatten aber etwas Pech. Danny war mit Jordi zum richtigen Zeitpunkt vorne, aber Jordi hat dann eine Welle bekommen und hat seinen ganzen Speed verloren. Da war das Rennen gelaufen. Philipsen wäre schwer zu schlagen gewesen, aber die Top drei wären heute möglich gewesen.” – Rolf Aldag, Sportlicher Leiter

Unstoppable Philipsen

Jasper Philipsen won the third bunch sprint of the 110th Tour de France, making it three out of three as he deprived Mark Cavendish from the record-breaking 35th stage victory of his career. It’s his fifth win in two years. The Belgian is definitely the current dominating sprinter. He also extended his lead in the points classification whereas Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead.

GUGLIELMI, POOR LONESOME COWBOY

The start of stage 7 was given to 172 riders at 13.23. Simon Guglielmi (Arkea-Samsic) was first on the attack right after flag off. Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) and Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) caught up with him but gave up one after each other, leaving the Frenchman alone in the lead at km 4. Guglielmi’s maximum advantage was 7’15’’ at km 18, after which Alpecin-Deceunink and Lotto-Dstny got organised at the helm of the peloton. Guglielmi won the intermediate sprint, followed in that order by Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Bryan Coquard (Cofidis).

LATOUR AND PETERS TAKE OVER

79km before the end, Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) and Nans Peters (AG2R-Citroën) attacked from the bunch. Five kilometres further, they caught up with the lone leader. The time difference with the peloton was 50’’ with 50km to go. Guglielmi couldn’t hold the pace in the côte de Béguey (cat. 4) where Latour passed first with 39km remaining. Guglielmi was logically awarded the combativity prize. Latour and Peters forged on until they got reeled in the streets of Bordeaux, Peters with 6km to go and Latour 3.5km before the finish line.

PHILIPSEN PIPS CAVENDISH ON THE LINE

Alpecin-Deceuninck gave Philipsen a very good lead out in the last 2km. Mark Cavendish (Astana) tried his luck by launching from far out but the Belgian wasn’t impressed and had enough left in the tank for a last kick that makes him a triple stage winner this year. Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) rounded out the podium as he reached the top 3 for the first time at the Tour de France.

110. Tour de France Etappe 6 Daten

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TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 6
TARBES – CAUTERETS-CAMBASQUE 145km

10: AT THE AGE OF POGACAR
Tadej Pogacar is 24 years 9 months and 15 days old, and counts 10 stage wins, the fourth youngest with such a score. Bernard Hinault and Mark Cavendish had equally 10 wins at this age. Only one rider won more at this early age: François Faber (15 stage wins from 1908 to 1911).

45’11”: VINGEGAARD FLIES OVER THE TOURMALET
With Jumbo-Visma upping the ante on the Col du Tourmalet, Jonas Vingegaard flew towards an altitude of 2,115m. NTT Data recorded a time of ascent of 45’11’’ for the Danish winner of the Tour 2022. The Strava KOM had been set by David Gaudu in the Tour 2021: 47’35’’, more than 2 minutes away from Vingegaard’s performance.

11: THE HABIT OF WINNING
Tadej Pogacar wins after 11 days (Slovenian National Championship). Excluding the period that followed his injury in Liège-Bastogne-Liège (23rd of April), this year he has never gone more than 3 weeks/21 days (*) without winning.
Considering only the race days, the first 5 stages of this Tour have been the longest he has stayed off the top-step of the podium in 2023.
(*) From Paris-Nice GC to Ronde Van Vlaanderen (12th of March-2nd of April).

1-2: THE (PERFECT) COUPLE
Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard occupy the first 2 positions in the General Classification: it happened 19 times out of 48 since their first Tour together (2021). That’s nearly 40% (39,5%).
When they raced together in the professional field, they finished 13 times 1-2: 10 times on the road and 3 times in final general classifications.
At the moment, Pogacar leads this duel 10-3.
The last time Vingegaard won directly with Pogacar in 2nd was in the final general classification of the Tour last year.

60: FOREVER YOUNG
Tadej Pogacar improves on his all-time record, taking his 60th White Jersey, a classification that he has led for the last 57 stages.

2015: FROM PETER TO WOUT
Wout van Aert is the first rider to win the most aggressive rider award two days in a row since Peter Sagan in stages 15 & 16 of the Tour 2015.
That makes it 5 most aggressive rider awards in the Tour for Van Aert.

1: A FIRST FOR NORWAY!
86 climbs of the Tourmalet in history, and only one Norwegian first at the top: Tobias Johannesen. He is also the second Norwegian to conquer a Hors Catégorie climb since Dag-Otto Lauritzen in Luz Ardiden, 1987.

1-2-1: SHORT LEADS
Jay Hindley in the lead of a Grand Tour:
• 1 stage Giro 2020 (final time trial)
• 2 stages Giro 2022 (taken after the penultimate stage, final time trial)
• 1 stage Tour 2023

10: ANOTHER 10
If Tadej Pogacar scored his 10th stage win, Jonas Vingegaard posted his 10th stage podium: 2 wins, 6 second places, 2 third places.

11/12: WRITTEN IN THE NUMBERS
Jonas Vingegaard is back in yellow after 11 months and 12 days, and goes from 11 to 12 yellow jerseys…

110. Tour de France Etappe6

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Tarbes – Cauterets-Cambasque 145km

1. Tadej Pogacar (SLO, UAE Team Emirates) 3:54:27
2. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN, Jumbo-Visma) 0:24
3. Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR, Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) 1:22
4. Ruben Guerreiro (POR, Movistar Team) 2:06
5. James Shaw (GBR, EF Education-EasyPost) 2:15
6. Jai Hindley (AUS, BORA – hansgrohe) 2:39
7. Carlos Rodríguez (ESP, INEOS Grenadiers) 2:39
8. Simon Yates (GBR, Team Jayco AlUla) 2:39
9. Adam Yates (GBR, UAE Team Emirates) 3:11
10. Romain Bardet (FRA, Team dsm – firmenich) 3:12
11. Neilson Powless (USA, EF Education-EasyPost) 3:12
12. Thomas Pidcock (GBR, INEOS Grenadiers) 3:12
13. David Gaudu (FRA, Groupama – FDJ) 3:12
14. Sepp Kuss (USA, Jumbo-Visma) 3:18
15. Felix Gall (AUT, AG2R Citroën Team) 3:22
16. Louis Meintjes (RSA, Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) 3:25
17. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL, INEOS Grenadiers) 3:34
18. Ben O’Connor (AUS, AG2R Citroën Team) 3:41
19. Steff Cras (BEL, TotalEnergies) 3:41
20. Thibaut Pinot (FRA, Groupama – FDJ) 3:41

Gesamt:

1. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN, Jumbo-Visma) 26:10:44
2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO, UAE Team Emirates) 0:25
3. Jai Hindley (AUS, BORA – hansgrohe) 1:34
4. Simon Yates (GBR, Team Jayco AlUla) 3:14
5. Carlos Rodríguez (ESP, INEOS Grenadiers) 3:30
6. Adam Yates (GBR, UAE Team Emirates) 3:40
7. David Gaudu (FRA, Groupama – FDJ) 4:03
8. Romain Bardet (FRA, Team dsm – firmenich) 4:43
9. Thomas Pidcock (GBR, INEOS Grenadiers) 4:43
10. Sepp Kuss (USA, Jumbo-Visma) 5:28
11. Mikel Landa (ESP, Bahrain – Victorious) 5:49
12. Ben O’Connor (AUS, AG2R Citroën Team) 6:10
13. Pello Bilbao (ESP, Bahrain – Victorious) 6:10
14. Steff Cras (BEL, TotalEnergies) 6:10
15. Emanuel Buchmann (GER, BORA – hansgrohe) 6:32
16. Louis Meintjes (RSA, Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) 6:52
17. Guillaume Martin (FRA, Cofidis) 7:08
18. Thibaut Pinot (FRA, Groupama – FDJ) 7:16
19. Wilco Kelderman (NED, Jumbo-Visma) 7:58
20. Felix Gall (AUT, AG2R Citroën Team) 8:19

Jai Hindley fällt zurück auf Rang drei der Gesamtwertung auf der zweiten Pyrenäen-Etappe der Tour de France

Mit dem Tourmalet und einer Bergankunft in Cauterets-Cambasque war auch die zweite Pyrenäen-Etappe eine Herausforderung für die Favoriten in der Gesamtwertung. Nachdem Jai Hindley heute das Gelbe Trikot auf seinen Schultern tragen durfte, übernahm BORA – hansgrohe sofort Verantwortung im Feld, als sich abermals eine große Spitzengruppe bilden konnte. Auf dem Col d’Aspin schien die Situation unter Kontrolle zu sein, denn der Vorsprung zur Spitze lag konstant bei etwa vier Minuten. Doch am Col de Tourmalet blies Jumbo-Visma zum Angriff und fuhr das Feld völlig auseinander. Zuerst sah es zwar aus, als ob Jai mit Vingegaard und Pogacar mitfahren könnte, doch 4 Kilometer vor der Bergwertung musste er abreißen lassen und fiel in die erste Verfolgergruppe zurück. Vorne konnten Vingegaard und Pogacar zur verbliebenen Spitzengruppe aufschließen, während in der Verfolgergruppe nun Emanuel Buchmann das Tempo machte. Emu gelang es auch, den Vorsprung nach der Abfahrt bis 10 km vor dem Ziel bei 2:30 zu stabilisieren. Im Finale konnte Pogacar sich entscheidend absetzen und holte den Etappensieg, Jai erreichte mit Rodriguez und S. Yates das Ziel 2:39 hinter Pogacar und liegt damit nach den Pyrenäen auf Rang drei der Gesamtwertung.

Von der Ziellinie
„Es war ein epischer Tag für mich. Das Trikot zu tragen hat irrsinnigen Spaß gemacht. Ich wollte heute mein eigenes Rennen fahren, also klar habe ich versucht, bei den beiden Großen dranzubleiben, aber als ich gesehen habe, dass das unmöglich ist, wollte ich auch nicht überziehen. Das Trikot war dann eigentlich am Tourmalet schon weg. Aber die Jungs haben in jedem Fall einen tollen Job gemacht, um das Trikot zu verteidigen und besonders Emu hat am Ende noch alles versucht. Es hat halt nicht gereicht, aber meine Beine waren auch heute wieder ganz gut, und ich war am Ende sozusagen „Best of the rest“. Von da her sind wir voll im Plan und diesen Tag in Gelb werde ich nie vergessen.“ – Jai Hindley

“Natürlich wollten wir das Trikot verteidigen, aber ich denke, wir haben vielleicht schon etwas zu früh Kräfte investiert. Ich weiß, mit dem Trikot auf den Schultern und wenn man Mal vorne fährt, dann ist man schnell im Tunnel. Aber wir hätten etwas länger zuwarten und Kräfte sparen können. In jedem Fall waren alle voll motiviert und jeder einzelne hat einen guten Job gemacht. Als Jumbo am Tourmalet All-in ging, war Jai zuerst dran, musste dann aber abreißen lassen. Danach war es gut, Emu bei ihm zu haben und er hat wirklich absolut alles gegeben. Wir haben das Trikot verloren, aber eigentlich wussten wir ja, dass wir hier nicht um den Toursieg fahren. Unser Ziel ist das Podium und ich denke, auch heute sind wir diesem Ziel wieder einen Schritt nähergekommen. Es ist noch weit bis Paris und wir müssen voll fokussiert bleiben, dürfen keine Fehler machen, aber im Augenblick sind wir in einer sehr guten Position.” – Rolf Aldag, Sportlicher Leiter

Pogacar bounces back

The day after losing his first battle, Tadej Pogacar bounced back to claim a solo victory at Cauterets-Cambasque, his 15th of the 2023 season and his 10th stage at the Tour de France while defending champion Jonas Vingegaard took over from Jai Hindley in the overall ranking. The Dane exits the Pyrénées in the yellow jersey.

VAN AERT AND VAN DER POEL IN A 20-MAN LEADING GROUP

The start proper of stage 6 was given at 13.26 to 172 riders. Wout van Aert attacked from the gun, followed straight away by Julian Alaphilippe. A group of 20 leaders was formed at km 20 in three waves: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates), Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), Neilson Powless, James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost), Kasper Asgreen, Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step), Nikias Arndt (Bahrain Victorious), Benoît Cosnefroy, Oliver Naesen (Ag2r-Citröen), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Bryan Coquard, Anthony Perez (Cofidis), Gorka Izagirre, Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar), Krists Neilands (Israel-PremierTech), Chris Juul-Jensen (Jayco-AlUla), Matîs Louvel (Arkéa-Samsic), Tobias Halland Johannessen and Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X). Coquard passed first at the intermediate sprint of Sarrancolin (km 49.2), before Van Aert, while the peloton led by Bora-Hansgrohe was timed 3’20’’ behind.

POWLESS FIRST AT ASPIN, JOHANNESSEN FIRST AT TOURMALET

Powless crested col d’Aspin in the lead, which put him back in the situation of claiming his polka dot jersey back as Felix Gall was nowhere near the front of the race. The group with Guerreiro in second position was reduced to 14 riders. More action took place in the ascent to the Tourmalet. Alaphilippe sped up 11.5km before the summit and Shaw followed him but Van Aert, pacing the group steadily, brought them back one kilometre further. The breakaway group split up and it was action-packed in the main peloton as well. Jumbo-Visma put the hammer down so Hindley wasn’t able to follow Sepp Kuss, Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar at the exit of La Mongie with 6km of climbing remaining. Vingegaard and Pogacar were timed 1’15’’ behind the five leaders 1km before the top. Johannessen became the first Norwegian to pass the Tourmalet in first position with Guerreiro second again. Van Aert waited for his team’s leader and it made a front group of eight riders in the downhill: Kwiatkowski, Guerreiro, TH Johannessen, Van Aert, Vingegaard, Pogacar, Powless and Shaw. The yellow jersey group was two minutes adrift.

POGACAR SOLOES IN THE LAST 3KM

Powless was first to surrender in the final ascent to Cauterets-Cambasque. Van Aert stopped pulling and sat up 4.5km before the end, leaving a leading trio at the front but Kwiatkowski couldn’t take part in the finale as it went down to the expected duel between Vingegaard and Pogacar. The Slovenian attacked 2.7km before the finish. Caught by surprise, the Dane didn’t manage to make it across as the leader of UAE Team Emirates continued to increase his advantage to cross the line 24 seconds ahead of his rival. Tour de France neophyte Johannessen rounded out the stage podium. Hindley reached the finish in sixth position 2’39’’ after Pogacar. Vingegaard exited the Pyrenees with the yellow jersey and an advantage of 25’’ over Pogacar and 1’34’’ over Hindley.

110. Tour de France Etappe 5 Daten

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TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 5
PAU – LARUNS

39: AUSTRALIA WINS

Jai Hindley records the 39th Australian win at the Tour. The former Australian winner had been Michael Matthews in Mende last year.
Australia has won at least a stage in the last 5 years, something that has been recorded only by Belgium and France.

20’57”: VINGEGAARD FASTER THAN THE POGACAR OF… 2020
Not only was Jonas Vingegaard the fastest on the ascent of Col de Marie Blanque, he also beat the Strava KOM set by Tadej Pogacar when the Slovenian took his maiden Tour de France victory in Laruns, in 2020.
The winner of the Tours 2020 and 2021 covered the ascent in 22’24’’… NTT Data recorded a time of 20’57’’ for the defending champion over the same segment, almost a minute and half faster than his Slovenian rival.

105,2 KPH!: MEINTJES SPEEDS DOWN
The highest speed recorded today by NTT Data belongs to Louis Meintjes: he recorded no less than 105,2 kph!

6: PAIRING THE COLOURS
Jai Hindley joins the list of Australian riders that wore the pink jersey at the Giro d’Italia and the yellow jersey at the Tour.
They are: Robbie McEwen, Bradley McGee, Cadel Evans, Simon Gerrans, Rohan Dennis and Jai Hindley.
Curiously:
– in the 2020 Giro Hindley wore the pink jersey only in the 19 minutes of the final TT stage, to be stripped by Tao Geoghegan Hart for the final win.
– in the 2022 Giro he conquered the pink jersey only at the penultimate stage, and wore it in the race only in the final TT…for 22 minutes!

38/40: SLIPPING BACK
Slovenian Tadej Pogacar was in the top-3 of the General Classification in 38 of the last 40 stages at the Tour, but not in Laruns, as he is standing 6th.
Something unusual in this town, that so far had seen only Slovenian wins (2018 Roglic, 2020 Pogacar).
Instead, Tadej Pogacar, in the town where he took his maiden Tour de France win, suffers a setback, and is not only out of the top-3, but out of the top-5 of the General Classification for the first time since the 4th stage of 2021 (Fougères: a streak of 42 stages in the top-5 followed until yesterday).


6’18”: AUSTRIAN CONNECTIONS

Winner of L’Étape du Tour 2022 and Gran Fondo world champion Stefan Kirchmair never made it to the professional ranks but he’s turned into a fierce KOM hunter. Until today, he had the best time on the Strava segment for the climb up Col de Soudet: 47’04’’.
His time held since 2015… But it didn’t resist the passing of the Tour de France, with his Austrian compatriot Felix Gall leading the charge on the climb. The NTT Data sensors recorded him covering the ascent with a time of 40’46’’, i.e. 6’18’’ faster than Kirchmair!

10: BORA MAKES IT A 10
10th Tour de France win for the Bora team: the first was Peter Sagan in Longwy, 2017.
Hindley is the 6th winner for Bora, after:
• Maciej Bodnar
• Lennard Kamna
• Patrick Konrad
• Nils Politt
• Peter Sagan (only multiple winner for the team, with 6 wins)

2015: AUSTRALIA IN YELLOW
Jai Hindley is the 8th Australian in yellow and the first in this decade: the previous one had been Rohan Dennis in Utrecht, 2015.

69: ITALY’S DROUGHT
2nd stage podium for Giulio Ciccone after another 2nd place, in La Planche des Belles Filles in 2019. Italy’s wins drought, 69 stages long, thus continues.
The last winner for Italy was Vincenzo Nibali, Val-Thorens, 20th stage of the 2019 edition.

64: DOWN TO THE SECOND?
A curious coincidence in the last two Pyrénées stages, Hautacam 2022, Laruns 2023. In both Jonas Vingegaard distanced Tadej Pogacar. But how much? The same gap: 64 seconds last year, 64 seconds this year.

110. Tour de France Etappe5

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Pau – Laruns 163 km

1. Jai Hindley (AUS, BORA – hansgrohe) 3:57:07
2. Giulio Ciccone (ITA, Lidl – Trek) 0:32
3. Felix Gall (AUT, AG2R Citroën Team) 0:32
4. Emanuel Buchmann (GER, BORA – hansgrohe) 0:32
5. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN, Jumbo-Visma) 0:34
6. Mattias Skjelmose (DEN, Lidl – Trek) 1:38
7. Daniel Felipe Martínez (COL, INEOS Grenadiers) 1:38
8. Tadej Pogacar (SLO, UAE Team Emirates) 1:38
9. David Gaudu (FRA, Groupama – FDJ) 1:38
10. Carlos Rodríguez (ESP, INEOS Grenadiers) 1:38
11. Jack Haig (AUS, Bahrain – Victorious) 1:38
12. Sepp Kuss (USA, Jumbo-Visma) 1:38
13. Simon Yates (GBR, Team Jayco AlUla) 1:38
14. Valentin Madouas (FRA, Groupama – FDJ) 1:38
15. Adam Yates (GBR, UAE Team Emirates) 1:38
16. Ben O’Connor (AUS, AG2R Citroën Team) 1:57
17. Thomas Pidcock (GBR, INEOS Grenadiers) 1:57
18. Romain Bardet (FRA, Team dsm – firmenich) 1:57
19. Michael Woods (CAN, Israel – Premier Tech) 1:57
20. Thibaut Pinot (FRA, Groupama – FDJ) 1:57

Gesamt:

1. Jai Hindley (AUS, BORA – hansgrohe) 22:15:12
2. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN, Jumbo-Visma) 0:47
3. Giulio Ciccone (ITA, Lidl – Trek) 1:03
4. Emanuel Buchmann (GER, BORA – hansgrohe) 1:11
5. Adam Yates (GBR, UAE Team Emirates) 1:34
6. Tadej Pogacar (SLO, UAE Team Emirates) 1:40
7. Simon Yates (GBR, Team Jayco AlUla) 1:40
8. Mattias Skjelmose (DEN, Lidl – Trek) 1:56
9. Carlos Rodríguez (ESP, INEOS Grenadiers) 1:56
10. David Gaudu (FRA, Groupama – FDJ) 1:56
11. Michael Woods (CAN, Israel – Premier Tech) 2:15
12. Romain Bardet (FRA, Team dsm – firmenich) 2:36
13. Thomas Pidcock (GBR, INEOS Grenadiers) 2:36
14. Mikel Landa (ESP, Bahrain – Victorious) 3:13
15. Wilco Kelderman (NED, Jumbo-Visma) 3:13
16. Sepp Kuss (USA, Jumbo-Visma) 3:15
17. Ben O’Connor (AUS, AG2R Citroën Team) 3:34
18. Pello Bilbao (ESP, Bahrain – Victorious) 3:34
19. Steff Cras (BEL, TotalEnergies) 3:34
20. Egan Bernal (COL, INEOS Grenadiers) 4:00

BORA – hansgrohe dominiert erste Pyrenäen-Etappe bei der Tour: Jai Hindley holt Etappensieg und Gelbes Trikot

Die erste Pyrenäen-Etappe bot heute gleich mehrere Möglichkeiten für Ausreißversuche und entsprechend hatten sich einige Teams eine offensive Taktik zurechtgelegt. Auch BORA – hansgrohe war von Beginn an aktiv, und als sich 36 Fahrer absetzten konnten, hatte man mit Jai Hindely, Emanuel Buchmann und Patrick Konrad gleich drei Fahrer an der Spitze. Obwohl sich zwischenzeitlich ein Trio aus dieser Gruppe attackierte, sorgte vor allem Patrick Konrad dafür, dass am Col de Soudet das Rennen an der Spitze wieder zusammenlief. Als F. Gall angriff, konnte nur Jai folgen, während Emu in der ersten Verfolgergruppe fuhr. Im Feld distanzierte nun J. Vingegaard alle Konkurrenten und schloss noch vor der Bergwertung zur Gruppe um Buchmann auf. In der Abfahrt wurde auch Gall gestellt, doch Jai war heute nicht zu stoppen. Am Ende fuhr der Australier in Diensten von BORA – hansgrohe einen überragenden Solosieg ein und krönte eine famose Teamleistung mit der Führung in der Gesamtwertung. Damit geht Hindley morgen im Gelben Trikot an den Start der 6. Etappe.

Von der Ziellinie
„Ich bin sprachlos, ich kann nicht glauben, was gerade passiert ist. Ich war überrascht, als ich in der Gruppe war und im Feld niemand so richtig reagiert hat. Wir sind dann gefahren und wollten vorne einfach Spaß haben. Eigentlich wollte ich nur ein Polster auf die anderen GC-Fahrer für das Finale herausfahren, aber am Col de Soudet habe ich auch begonnen, über den Etappensieg nachzudenken. Unten sind auch meine Eltern gestanden und das war natürlich sehr emotional. Als ich dann attackiert habe, ging alles ganz schnell. Ich wusste, dass ich eine gute Chance hatte, aber so richtig dran geglaubt habe ich erst auf der Zielgeraden. Es ist irgendwie immer noch surreal, dass ich jetzt das Gelbe Trikot auf meinen Schultern trage.“ – Jai Hindley

“Wir wollten offensiv fahren und unser Plan war auch, Koni und Emu in der Gruppe zu haben, aber zu behaupten Jai sollte auch so früh vorne sein, wäre gelogen. Er fährt immer eine sehr gute Position und irgendwie war er dann einfach dabei. Es war auch verwirrend, denn vorne hat man nicht richtig zusammengearbeitet, aber im Feld wollte zuerst auch niemand fahren. Der entscheidende Mann für uns war heute Koni. Ohne ihn wäre das Rennen völlig anders gelaufen. Natürlich war auch Emu wichtig, und Jai hatte am Ende die Beine, aber ohne Koni wären wir nie in diese Ausgangslage gekommen. Ich habe keine Ahnung, was morgen passieren wird, nach so einem verrückten Tag wie heute, aber es ist mir auch egal. Jetzt genießen wir einfach den Moment und ich möchte dem gesamten Team, den Jungs und Staff, für den Einsatz und die Leidenschaft danken. Wir können stolz sein, was uns heute gelungen ist. Es ist immer besonders, das Gelbe Trikot zu tragen und ohne dem Team hinter Jai wäre das nicht möglich gewesen.” – Rolf Aldag, Sportlicher Leiter

With Jai Hindley, it’s Aussie rules again!

After Phil Anderson, Stuart O’Grady, Bradley McGee, Robbie McEwen, Simon Gerrans, Cadel Evans and Rohan Dennis, Jai Hindley became the eighth Australian in the yellow jersey as he soloed to victory in Laruns after making a smart move in a numerous breakaway from far out on his Tour de France debut! Jonas Vingegaard bettered arch-rival Tadej Pogecar in the first Pyrenean stage.

PIERRE LATOUR FIRST IN ACTION

The start proper of stage 5 was given at 13.24 to 172 riders. Non-starters: Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana) and Jacopo Guarnieri (Lotto-Dstny). Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) was the first rider to go clear at km 3. He was brought back at km 19 as the peloton remained very active with many breakaway attempts. 36 riders gathered at the front at km 28: Tiesj Benoot, Christophe Laporte, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Felix Grossschartner, Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates), Omar Fraile, Daniel Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers), Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Esteban Chaves, Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost), Julian Alaphilippe, Kasper Asgreen, Rémi Cavagna (Soudal-Quick Step), Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious), Jai Hindley, Emanuel Buchmann, Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe), Giulio Ciccone, Juan Pedro Lopez, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Clément Berthet, Felix Gall, Aurélien Paret Peintre (Ag2r-Citröen), Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), Matteo Jorgenson, Gregor Mühlberger (Movistar), Chris Hamilton (Dsm-firmenich), Hugo Houle, Krists Neilands (Israel-PremierTech), Chris Juul Jensen (Jayco-AlUla), Anthony Delaplace (Arkéa-Samsic), Victor Campenaerts, Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny), Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan), Torstein Traeen (Uno-X), Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies). This group was formed after Cavagna and Mühlberger broke away at km 24.

THE STRONG SHOWING OF PEDERSEN, VAN AERT AND CAMPENAERTS BEFORE COL DU SOUDET

Four riders escaped from that group at km 45: Coquard, Pedersen, Van Aert and Campenaerts. Coquard won the intermediate sprint at km 48 and sat up, leaving a trio at the front while UAE Team Emirates seized the reins of the peloton, two minutes behind. At the beginning of the ascent to col du Soudet, the first HC climb of the 110th Tour de France, Pedersen let Van Aert and Campenaerts at the front while Lopez was pulling the chasing group at the service of Ciccone. The Belgian duo got reeled in 2.5km before the summit. Gall attacked one kilometre further. He reached the top alone in the lead while Martinez outsprinted Ciccone for the second place. 17 riders gathered together at the front when Neilands rode away solo with 53.5km to go.

HINDLEY BY HIMSELF WITH 20KM TO GO

Alaphilippe and Van Aert caught up with Neilands at col d’Ichère (cat. 3) with 38km remaining. At the bottom of Marie-Blanque, the second major climb of the day, the deficit of the peloton was 3 minutes. Van Aert, Alaphilippe and Neilands were reeled in with 24km to go. 4km before the summit, Hindley attacked with Gall. Hindley went solo 20km before the finish. Vingegaard also attacked 1km before the summit and Pogacar could go with him. Hindley crested Marie-Blanque alone in the lead and kept going till he crossed the finish alone with a great emotion. Vingegaard recovered enough time to reach the line 34’’ after the Australian who has 47 seconds lead over the defending champion in the overall ranking while Pogacar is 1’40’’ adrift.

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TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 4
DAX – NOGARO

3+1: NAILING THEM
4th stage win for Jasper Philipsen: he is the first rider with back-to-back wins at the Tour since Tadej Pogacar won the 6th and 7th stage last year.
The last rider to nail two wins in a row in bunch finishes had been Dylan Groenewegen in Chartres and Amiens, 7th and 8th stage of 2018.
Excluding consecutive stages, but considering only bunch finishes, Philipsen is at his 4th consecutive win, a streak last recorded in 2017 when Marcel Kittel won in Troyes, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Bergerac and Pau.
(Last year, the Cahors stage was also suited for the sprinters, but Christophe Laporte was able to anticipate them)

51: LET’S PICK UP THE SPEED!
Without attackers to lead the way, the peloton took it easy in the first 20km of the stage, covered with an average speed of 36.2km/h, according to the speeds recorded by NTT Data.
The pace increased when Benoît Cosnefroy and Anthony Delaplace set off after the intermediate sprint, covering the next 60km at 44.7km/h to try and resist the peloton.
But the sprinters were determined to battle it out, so much so that they covered the last 20km at 51.7 km/h – 15.5km/h faster than the first 20km!

3X4: POINTS CHANGES
Adam Yates, Victor Lafay, Jasper Philipsen: three different points leaders in the first four stages is more than for the whole Tours de France 2021 (2 leaders) and 2022 (2 leaders). And so much changes in the early days is unprecedented since 2017, when Geraint Thomas was in green after the first stage, Marcel Kittel in the 2nd and 3rd and Arnaud Demare in the fourth.

3&4: MEETING IN THE TOP-3
Yesterday’s finish: Philipsen, Bauhaus, Ewan. Today: Philipsen, Ewan, Bauhaus.
Before yesterday, these three had never shared a podium in a pro race, now they nail two in two days.

2005: THE BELGIAN SPRINTER WE MISSED
Excluding time trials, Jasper Philipsen is the first Belgian to import back-to-back stages since 2005 (Tom Boonen in Les Essarts and Tours).

2018: THE GERMAN SPRINTER WE MISSED
Phil Bauhaus is the first German sprinter with two top-3 finishes in a single Tour since 2018, when John Degenkolb nailed 3 (3rd in Amiens, winner in Roubaix, 2nd in Paris)

11: DELAPLACE 11 YEARS LATER
Anthony Delaplace conquered his first Tour de France climb in 11 years. The previous had been the Cote de Toussaint in the Abbeville-Rouen stage of 2012. That was on the 4th of July as well.

10: MAKING IT A 10
Bryan Coquard (4th) scored his 10th top-5 finish at the Tour, and he is still looking for his first win. José Rojas, among the active riders, scored 14 (5 3rd places, 4 4ths, 5 5ths), and the record belongs to Gilbert Desmet, with 25. The Frenchman will keep on trying, to add a Tour stage to his palmarès made of 51 pro wins so far. He took his first World Tour win this year at the Tour Down Under, so he is ready for his Grand Tour stage win!

5: A FIRST SINCE 2012?
Adam Yates took his tally of yellow jerseys in this Tour to 4. Tomorrow is out to be the first rider to nail at least 5 since 2012, when Fabian Cancellara was in Jaune for the first 7 stages.
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Dax – Nogaro 182 km)

1. Jasper Philipsen (BEL, Alpecin-Deceuninck) 4:25:28
2. Caleb Ewan (AUS, Lotto Dstny) 0:00
3. Phil Bauhaus (GER, Bahrain – Victorious) 0:00
4. Bryan Coquard (FRA, Cofidis) 0:00
5. Mark Cavendish (GBR, Astana Qazaqstan Team) 0:00
6. Danny Van Poppel (NED, BORA – hansgrohe) 0:00
7. Alexander Kristoff (NOR, Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) 0:00
8. Luka Mezgec (SLO, Team Jayco AlUla) 0:00
9. Wout Van Aert (BEL, Jumbo-Visma) 0:00
10. Mads Pedersen (DEN, Lidl – Trek) 0:00
11. Corbin Strong (NZL, Israel – Premier Tech) 0:00
12. Luca Mozzato (ITA, Team Arkéa Samsic) 0:00
13. Peter Sagan (SVK, TotalEnergies) 0:00
14. Dylan Groenewegen (NED, Team Jayco AlUla) 0:00
15. Jordi Meeus (BEL, BORA – hansgrohe) 0:00
16. Mathieu Van Der Poel (NED, Alpecin-Deceuninck) 0:00

Gesamt:

1. Adam Yates (GBR, UAE Team Emirates) 18:18:01
2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO, UAE Team Emirates) 0:06
3. Simon Yates (GBR, Team Jayco AlUla) 0:06
4. Victor Lafay (FRA, Cofidis) 0:12
5. Wout Van Aert (BEL, Jumbo-Visma) 0:16
6. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN, Jumbo-Visma) 0:17
7. Jai Hindley (AUS, BORA – hansgrohe) 0:22
8. Michael Woods (CAN, Israel – Premier Tech) 0:22
9. Mattias Skjelmose (DEN, Lidl – Trek) 0:22
10. Carlos Rodríguez (ESP, INEOS Grenadiers) 0:22
11. David Gaudu (FRA, Groupama – FDJ) 0:22
12. Mikel Landa (ESP, Bahrain – Victorious) 0:22
13. Wilco Kelderman (NED, Jumbo-Visma) 0:22
14. Romain Bardet (FRA, Team dsm – firmenich) 0:43
15. Thomas Pidcock (GBR, INEOS Grenadiers) 0:43
16. Emanuel Buchmann (GER, BORA – hansgrohe) 0:43

Sprintchaos in Nogaro: Danny Van Poppel bei zweitem Tour de France Massensprint auf Rang sechs

Auch auf der heutigen, vierten Etappe der Tour de France von Dax nach Nogaro wurde ein Massensprint erwartet. Die Sprinterteams ließen von Anfang an keinerlei Zweifel aufkommen, dass sie das Rennen auch heute kontrollieren würden. Es dauerte mehr als 60km, bevor sich zwei Fahrer absetzen konnten; ihr Vorsprung erreichte aber nie mehr als eine Minute. Es kam also zum erneuten Showdown der Sprinter. BORA – hansarohe setzte sich heute später als gestern an die Spitze des Feldes, allerdings kam es auf den letzten zwei Kilometern gleich zu mehreren Stürzen, die die Ordnung der Sprintzüge durcheinander brachten. Zum Glück kamen alle Fahrer der deutschen Mannschaft sicher ins Ziel, beim Sieg von J. Philipsen errang Danny Van Poppel am Ende Rang sechs.

Von der Ziellinie
„Heute war das Tempo wirklich ganz easy und bis zum Sprint ist nicht viel passiert. Dann auf der Rennstrecke kam es zum Sturz von Jacobsen. Ich hatte Glück, denn er ist nach rechts abgebogen, aber Jordi wurde behindert und wir haben uns an diesem Punkt verloren. Das Team hat mir dann gesagt, dass ich es versuchen soll. Ich habe versucht lange zu warten, denn es war auf der Zielgeraden Gegenwind. Rang sechs ist nicht schlecht, aber wir sind hier, um mit Jordi um einen Sieg zu kämpfen. Eigentlich war unser Timing heute auch schon viel besser, aber durch die Stürze war die gute Vorarbeit leider vergeblich.“ – Danny Van Poppel

„Das Wichtigste ist, dass wir ohne Sturz durchgekommen sind. Die Etappe war sehr einfach und das ist dann oft das Problem. Wenn am Ende ein Sprint wartet sind alle sehr frisch und jeder kann reinhalten. Es ist natürlich schade, wenn sich dann Fahrer verletzten. Jordi war leider genau in der Nähe als Jakobsen zu Boden ging, er ist wohl über das Rad gesprungen und hatte da sicher Glück. Wir haben zu Danny dann gesagt, dass er es versuchen soll und Rang sechs ist nicht schlecht. Mit Jordi am Rad wäre da heute viel möglich gewesen, aber wie gesagt, es hätte für Jordi auch schlimmer kommen können. Von daher nehmen wir den Tag gerne so wie er gelaufen ist.“ – Rolf Aldag, Sportlicher Leiter

Four in a row for Philipsen

From the start in Dax —home town of the legendary sprinter André Darrigade, who won 22 Tour de France stages— to the finish on the Circuit Paul-Armagnac race track in Nogaro, everything pointed to a sprinter taking the spoils in stage 4, sandwiched between three gruelling stages in the Basque Country and the race’s first foray into the Pyrenees. The super-speedsters did not let this golden opportunity go to waste. Barrelling down the flat roads of the Landes and Gers departments, the sprinters‘ teams kept a tight rein on a stage in which the breakaway took its sweet time to form. The Norman duo of Benoît Cosnefroy and Anthony Delaplace took off with 86 kilometres to go and added some excitement to the race before getting reeled in about half an hour before the finish. The European champion, Fabio Jakobsen, was among those who hit the tarmac in the crash-marred finale, leaving Jasper Philipsen to surge to his fourth Tour de France bunch sprint win on a trot, one day after raising his arms in triumph in Bayonne and a year after coming out on top in Carcassonne and on the Champs-Élysées. It was a double whammy for the Belgian rider, who cemented his status as the king of sprints and wrested the green jersey from Victor Lafay, while Adam Yates stayed in yellow.

The 174-strong peloton mustered under a cloudy sky in Place de la Fontaine-Chaude ahead of stage 4 on Tuesday. The start in Dax was an opportunity to pay tribute to André Darrigade, a 22-time Tour de France stage winner. Known as the „Landes Greyhound“, the 94-year-old former sprinter took the chance to pose with Victor Lafay, clad in the same green jersey that the former world champion claimed twice in his career (1959 and 1961). The official start came at 1:22 pm, following a 4.8 km neutralised section. The breakaway specialists, perhaps intimidated by the long odds, were conspicuous by their absence at the beginning.

Philipsen finds his bearings

The pack was eager to catch a breather following three leg-breaking stages and with the Pyrenees just 24 hours away. There were no real attacks in the first 95 kilometres, covered at a rather sluggish average speed of 37 km/h. The first move came 86 kilometres before the line, shortly after Jasper Philipsen clinched the intermediate sprint at Notre-Dame-des-Cyclistes. Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën) fired the opening salvo and Anthony Delaplace (Arkéa–Samsic) latched onto his wheel.

Two French riders spice up the finale

The Norman duo soon increased their advantage to one minute, but the sprinters‘ teams put their foot down straight away. 25 kilometres before the line, the pack swallowed the two Frenchmen right after the only categorised climb of the day, the category 4 Côte de Dému, where Delaplace had been first over the top. The juggernaut continued to pick up steam and no-one even attempted to frustrate the inevitable bunch sprint as the race blasted onto the Circuit Paul-Armagnac race track.

Philipsen keeps a resurgent Ewan at bay

Alexis Renard led Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) onto the home straight with 750 metres to go, but the French sprinter had to settle for fourth place, behind the unstoppable Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceuninck) and others. Once again, Mathieu van der Poel set up the perfect lead-out for the Belgian, but this time round, Philipsen had to dig deep to stay clear of Caleb Ewan (Lotto Dstny), who built on his third place yesterday to finish second today. Stage 4 was Philipsen’s second win in as many days, after his triumph in Bayonne, but also his fourth consecutive success in bunch sprints in the Tour de France, coming a year after he claimed victory in Carcassonne and on the Champs-Élysées.

110. Tour de France Etappe 3 Daten

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TOUR DE FRANCE 2023 – STAGE 3
AMOREBIETA-ETXANO – BAYONNE

1+1: HE IS *THE* SPRINTER!
Jasper Philipsen won the last sprint of the Tour 2022 (Champs-Élysées) and the first of the Tour 2023 (Bayonne), an unprecedented back-to-back since Marcel Kittel in 2013 (stage 21, Champs-Élysées) and 2014 (stage 1, Harrogate). This back to back led him to a very successful Tour with 4 wins in 2014.

73,3 KM/H: CAVENDISH FASTER THAN PHILIPSEN
Led by Mathieu van der Poel, Jasper Philipsen delivered a powerful sprint to the line with an average speed of 67.0km/h in the final kilometre and a maximum of 71.2km/h.
Sprint icon Mark Cavendish went even faster, hitting the maximum speed recorded by NTT Data in the last kilometre: 73.3km/h.
With these legs, the Manx missile is aiming for a record 35th stage win in the Tour…

50X150: A PELOTON OF ROUND NUMBERS
After Victor Lafay yesterday took the number of winners in this Tour at 50, today we didn’t have a new winner, but Jasper Philipsen took the total of stage wins of this peloton to 150.
The most successful are:
• Mark Cavendish 34 (joint all-time record with Eddy Merckx)
• Peter Sagan 12
• Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar 9
• Julian Alaphilippe 6

30: PHILIPSEN HITS 30
Jasper Philipsen posted his 3rd Tour win after Carcassonne and Paris last year.
Philipsen goes up to 30 professional wins, 14 of these being World Tour wins. This year he has won 7 times already: two Tirreno-Adriatico stages, plus the Classic Brugge-De Panne in March, the Scheldeprijs in April; the Elfstedenronde – Brugge and the 1st stage of the Belgium Tour in June.

80: GREEN LEADER
Victor Lafay holds on to the green jersey with 80 points, the same tally as Philipsen’s, and also the same tally as Julian Alaphilippe after the 3rd stage of the 2021 Tour, which was the last time a Frenchman led the points standings before Lafay this year.

3: A HAT-TRICK OF YELLOWS
Adam Yates is the first rider in Yellow in the first three stages since 2017 when his compatriot Geraint Thomas was the leader in the first four, before leaving it to another Briton, Chris Froome, after the 5th stage (La Planche Des Belles Filles).
Yates counts now 7 yellow jerseys. Among this Tour’s entrants, only three riders claimed more:
• Tadej Pogacar (21)
• Julian Alaphilippe (18)
• Jonas Vingegaard (11)

18: POWLESS AMASSING MOUNTAIN POINTS
Since the scale of the KOM standings changed in 2017, only one rider has amassed more points than Neilson Powless in the first 3 stages: Benoît Cosnefroy, 21 points in 2020.
It illustrates the American rider’s dominance in this competition and the toughness of these first 3 stages, featuring two cat-2 ascents.
Leaders of the KOM standings after 3 stages:
• 2017 – Nathan Brown, 3 pts
• 2018 – Dion Smith, 1 pt
• 2019 – Tim Wellens, 7 pts
• 2020 – Benoît Cosnefroy, 21 pts
• 2021 – Ide Schelling, 5 pts
• 2022 – Magnus Cort, 6 pts
• 2023 – Neilson Powless 18 pts

3: POWLESS CLAIMS THE RECORD!
Neilson Powless claims the U.S. record of polka-dot jerseys at the Tour: no one from the United States had been able to reach 3 polka-dot jerseys. Nathan Brown in 2017 stopped at 2.
The first polka-dot going to a U.S. rider was in the famous Alpe d’Huez stage of the 1986 Tour. After finishing 2nd, hand in hand with his team-mate Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond was the first American who conquered the polka-dot jersey…but didn’t take it to the race as he was in yellow the next day!
Then, a long wait ensued for the U.S. until Tejay Van Garderen claimed it in Super-Besse in 2011. Then Taylor Phinney (Liege 2017) and the aforementioned Brown.

11: EWAN BACK IN THE TOP-THREE
Caleb Ewan is at his 11th top-3 placement at the Tour: 5 wins, 2 second places, 4 third places. This is his first podium result since he won in Poitiers on the 9th of September, 2020.

2: EARLY FORM FOR GERMANY
Phil Bauhaus claims his first podium placement at the Tour: he is the first German in the top-3 since Nils Politt, winner in Nimes in 2021 (stage 12).
The last German sprinter to finish among the top-3 so early in the Tour had been Marcel Kittel, 3rd in the 1st stage of 2018.
Curiously, Bauhaus only other top-3 placement in a Grand Tour stage is another 2nd place, at the Giro d’Italia, in Cuneo last year.