Ireland’s Sam Bennett comes home fourth; Tadej Pogacar retains race leader’s yellow jersey
Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen cycles to the finish line to win ahead of Germany's Phil Bauhaus on the 16th stage of the Tour de France between Gruissan and Nimes.
Alpecin-Deceuninck controlled the sprint as the riders moved up to the front to set up the victory for Philipsen and it worked to perfection as Mathieu van der Poel’s textbook lead-out allowed his Belgian team-mate to win comfortably.“I’m really happy after such a team effort. It’s always nice when you can win together and that’s what we did today, definitely,” Philipsen said.
“I was feeling good, I had a good rest day , my shape improved during the Tour. So I was confident if we could line it up good today, we could go for the win. It’s a difficult level, so three wins is good. We can be proud.” Ben Healy came home in 96th position and remains in 13th overall and fifth in the young rider classification.
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