Belgian cyclist Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took his fourth victory at the 110th Tour de France this Wednesday, after winning the eleventh stage of more than 180km between Clermont-Ferrand and Moulins on a day of heavy rain. last kilometers

The Belgian had shot from teammate Mathieu Van der Poel in his previous three wins, but this time he had to do it alone, beating the Dutchman. Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco Alula) and German Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorius) in a controversial final sprint.

On a day marked in red on the sprinter’s calendar, few runners have attempted a suicidal escape, with Andrey Amador (EF Education-EasyPost), Daniel Oss (Total Energies) and Matis Ouvel (Arkea Samsic) succeeding in just a few kilometers. advantage.

As the peloton calmly made its way to the intermediate sprint, where Philipsen was fastest, the distance to leave was narrowing with just 75 minutes to go. the leading trio were thirty seconds ahead.

Shortly after Amador had followed him, French Ouvel was the first to fall and only Oss was ahead, taking advantage of the onset of rain to try the adventure alone for 30 seconds.

The peloton caught the Italian with 13 kilometers left and marched to the finish line where the great speed of the peloton prevailed, where Philipsen was victorious despite starting from the wrong position to get his fourth win in this ‘Grande Boucle’.

In the overall ranking, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) maintains his lead against Slovenia Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) finished fourth with a 17-second lead, while Spain’s Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers) and Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorius) finished fifth.

This Thursday, the 169km twelfth stage between Roanne and Belleville-en-beaujolais will serve as an appetizer for the trio and a perfect mid-mountain day for runners who move well on a breakaway or ‘broken’ terrain. Alps reaching the race from Friday.

General classification of the Tour de France

  • Jonas Vingegaard Rasmussen TJV 46:34:27

  • Tadej Pogacar UAD +0:17

  • Jai Hindley BOH +0:02:40

  • Carlos Rodriguez IGD +0:04:22

  • Peio Bilbao López de Armentia TBV +0:04:34

  • Adam Yates IAD +0:04:39

  • Simon Yates JAY +0:04:44

  • Thomas Pidcock IGD +0:05:26

  • David Gaudu GFC +0:06:01

  • Sepp Kuss TJV +0:06:45

  • Romain Bardet DSM +0:06:58

  • Louis Meintjes ICW +0:08:50

  • Emanuel Buchmann BOH +0:09:09

  • Mikel Landa Meana TBV +0:09:09

  • Thibaut Pinot GFC +0:09:36

  • Felix Gall ACT +0:09:46

  • Ben O’Connor ACT +0:11:07

  • Guillaume Martin COF +0:11:12

  • Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas IGD +0:16:33

  • Valentin Madouas GFC +0:18:56