Asgreen beat fellow escapees Pascal Eenkhoorn and Jonas Abrahamsen to take his first career Tour stage win
KASPER ASGREEN OUTSPRINTED the chasing peloton to take victory from a breakaway on stage 18 of the Tour de France in Bourg-en-Bresse.
Jasper Philipsen, hoping to add to his four sprint stage wins in this first opportunity for the quick men in over a week, came home in fourth having failed to make the catch.There was perhaps some karma in that given the aggressive tactics Philipsen had used earlier in the stage when trying to block Eenkhoorn’s bid to join the breakaway.
This slightly lumpy stage offered up the prospect of a breakaway denying the quick men if enough riders could get up the road, although the sprinters who survived the mountains were desperate for their chance, with perhaps only the Champs-Elysees left after this. That short gap allowed Campernaerts’ team-mate Pascal Eenkhoorn to bridge over with 60km to go, despite being forced on to the verge by Philipsen as he tried to get away from the main bunch.
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