Tour de France: Jasper Philipsen holds on to stage three win after race jury scrutiny

Eventually, Philipsen’s win was confirmed. “It was tense, but it’s the Tour de France and there are no presents,” he said. “Everybody goes all in and I think I can be really happy with our team performance today.”

Philipsen was indebted to his team-mates and in particular to Mathieu van der Poel, whose virtuoso lead out paved the way for the Belgian’s success. “Mathieu did a fantastic job,” he said. “For sure he has the speed. You know that no other lead out will pass it.” Van Aert’s team-mate, Jonas Vingegaard, the Tour’s defending champion, was also criticised in the Belgian public and media for not supporting Van Aert more in the pursuit of Lafay in the closing moments of Sunday’s finale.

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