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The jury are reviewing the sprint for now, as Philipsen could be relegated for a deviation in his sprint line. For now, here’s what runner-up on the road, Bauhaus had to say after the finish.
“It’s something special, we are here for GC but all those guys, they did their best. They did amazing. Matej [Mohorič], Fred [Wright], Nikias [Arndt], Pello [Bilbao], they are all amazing bike riders so it’s really a pleasure for me in my first Tour that they help me in the sprint.”
“I was confident, I felt really good and I knew I had to be more towards the front. It’s a really close battle and fortunately today ended up good for me. I believed for a few seconds that I could win, but Philipsen kept the speed, he was the strongest.”
“It’s a great result, I say in the future that I’ proud of that day, but to be honest as a sprinter you need to win. It’s my dream to win one stage.”
Here is today’s stage winner, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) celebrating his win in Bayonne on stage 3 of the Tour de France. His Alpecin-Deceuninck teammates came to the front under the flame rouge, where they launched their lead-out. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) did the final turn for his compatriot before Philipsen launched to the barriers and out-kicked Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) to take his third Tour de France stage victory.
Van der Poel did a tremendous job to launch Philipsen ahead of Van Aert. He closed to the barriers and put in another dig as Bauhaus and Ewan kicked out of the slipstream.
The Dutchman was able to hang on as he sprinted all the way to the line where he raised his arms aloft.
STAGE FINISH
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) wins stage 3 of the Tour de France! Jasper ‘Disaster’ is far from it, with a fine charge at the line to take the first bunch sprint of the 2023 Tour de France. What a sprint, what a lead-out.
Van Aert is sat in third wheel!
Alpecin suddenly hit the front with three riders! Philipsen looks fantastic, but will he time it right?
1KM TO GO
Girmay in great position! Cavendish, Ewan, Sagan, Philipsen, they are all here to fight for this first bunch sprint.
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