Jasper Philipsen took his second stage win in the 2024 Tour de France, in Pau, after a spate of failed attacks in the final kilometres
Alpecin-Deceuninck rider sprints to win in PauAfter a spate of failed attacks in the final kilometres paved the way for yet another dash to the line, the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider avoided a nasty crash in the final kilometre to hold off Wout Van Aert and Pascal Ackermann in Pau’s Place de Verdun.
Asked for his response to suggestions that he should be relegated, Philipsen said: “I don’t like this kind of question, no comment.”In the final stage before the Tour enters the Pyrénées for back-to-back summit finishes, at Pla d’Adet and Plateau de Beille, the sprinters and their teams had been expected to dominate the race.
But some of the lowlier members of the early breakaways were less than happy to have Pogacar’s UAE Emirates squad actively trying to force the pace in every attacking move. High speeds, incessant attacks and an undulating run-in to Pau put paid to the hopes of several of the leading sprinters, including Mark Cavendish, who was cut adrift in a small group.
After crashes on consecutive stages, Primoz Roglic, second overall in the 2020 Tour, did not start the Tour’s 13th stage. The Slovenian had slipped to sixth overall after crashing on Thursday.
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