In the third bunch sprint of the 2023 Tour de France it was Jasper Philipsen who took the win, edging out Mark Cavendish in a thrilling finale.
Stage 7 of the Tour de France sees the riders leave the Pyrenees and start heading north. The metropolitan area of Bordeaux receives the Tour de France back, for a stage that will be perfectly suited to the fast men. The first true transition day as the riders steer away from the mountains.
Although four riders initially went clear and formed a breakaway, three of them were soon told to sit up, leaving poor Simon Guglielmi of Team Arkéa Samsic all on his lonesome up front.
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At the intermediate sprint, Guglielmi took maximum points. Behind him though, it was Biniam Girmay who proved strongest as the time-gap between the lone leader and the peloton dropped to just 40 seconds.
Following the intermediate sprint, Nans Peters and Pierre Latour decided to attack from the peloton and give Guglielmi some company.
With around 40km to go though, Guglielmi began to feel the effects of having spent so long out in the wind. Having lost the wheel of his two compatriots, he was caught by the peloton.
With 10km to go the leading duo maintained an advantage of 28 seconds over the bunch and with 5km to go that gap was just 6 seconds.
All the GC riders were safely through the 3.6km mark as it had been extended to for today's stage as the break was caught.
Then, it was all about the sprint. Van der Poel lead out Jasper Philipsen once again but as Mark Cavendish came around, history was in his sights. Philipsen turned heartbreaker though with a brilliant finish.
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- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- Yeah man...PogiSloFans07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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🥇 @JasperPhilipsen wins in @Bordeaux! 🥇 @JasperPhilipsen gagne à @Bordeaux ! #TDF2023
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