Jasper Philipsen has taken his first win in the Tour de France after a brutal day in southern France. The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider has survived the day's attacks and splits, and in the end had the top speed in the final sprint.
The extreme heat and rolling terrain had a lot of tension early in the day, as many riders looked to get in the day's breakaway. A big battled ensured, but a trio went up the road with Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) present, joined by Nils Politt (Jumbo-Visma) and Mikkel Honoré (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team). As the peloton managed to restrict everyone else from riding up the road and chased hard, the green jersey waited for the peloton leaving two in front.
The duo never had much of a time gap, however they forced the peloton to ride hard all day long. In the final categorized climb of the day the duo were caught as Trek - Segafredo pushed the pace hard, seeing some sprinters dropped - definitely in the case of Fabio Jakobsen and Caleb Ewan.
Jumbo-Visma suffered some crashes, with Steven Kruijswijk forced to abandon and Jonas Vingegaard put under serious pressure at a certain point. Over the top of the climb there were some moves, with Benjamin Thomas and Alexis Gougeard getting a gap despite the hard pace, coming from Trek, Alpecin and BORA.
Risk of echelons as also present with INEOS trying twice to cause splits, however without success. The chase was furious, and necessary as Benjamin Thomas rode into the final 500 meters still at the head of the race, only to suffer a heartbreak in sight of the line.
Trek - Segafredo led the sprint out with Mads Pedersen in prime position, however in the technical final sprint it was Jasper Philipsen who carried the most speed, beating Wout van Aert and Pedersen to the line.
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- great analysis thanks! appreciate you posting this. I didn't realize CX had a different standard for deviation. this is even more egregious it seems.mij10-11-2026
- As he isn't currently with Red Bull, I guess if he want to race for one more year he needs to find a team. He's 37 so this will be his last year I would guess, unless he wants to race for almost nothing like Froome did.awp10-11-2026
- I think some are making much ado about nothing. Even though Jonas is getting older, before his crash in the Tour, he looked like a solid 2nd all the way home. No one can really climb with Tadej until this year, Eric Mas showed himself which I think was a one off year for him and Paul Seixas has been able to be pretty close to him. Whatever stage race Jonas enters as long as Tadej is not there he is a favorite to win.awp10-11-2026
- Giro or not Giro, he won't win the Tour!MajorPayne10-11-2026
- Very true.awp10-11-2026
- Ciccone had a very strong end of season. Consistently attacking and livening up races. Hope he makes that last leap in progress and starts notching some significant wins. Great rider to watch.Occam10-11-2026
- Me too!!!!!Occam10-11-2026
- they can sign any 100 of top riders today but Pogi will win over Remco any time at the TDF unless something goes wrongabstractengineer10-11-2026
- the time for a GC rider to retire is when they cannot win stages, or have a significant level drop like from winner/podium into top 5/10 consistently. Roglic is still competitive and Froome raced even though he became pack fodder.abstractengineer10-11-2026
- He should be in a different team. It was detrimental. For them it does not matter if he does not develop. He should have gone to a team where they need him to succeed.abstractengineer10-11-2026
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