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Tour de France 2024: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceninck) wins sprint on stage 10(Image credit: Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty Images)
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceaninck) punched the air with both fists to win Stage 10 ahead of Biniyam Girmay (Intermarche–Vanti). (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
Stage winner Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceninck), left, glides across the finish line in Saint-Amand-Montrond(Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
Stage winner Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin–Desuninck (left) accepts a tough sprint finish with runner-up and points leader Biniyam Girme of Intermarché–Vanti.(Image credit: Dario Bellingheri/Getty Images)
Race leader Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) crossed the finish safely in the group. (Image credit: Dario Bellingheri/Getty Images)
In the final 50 km of the stage, Remko Evenepoel (Soudal–QuickStep) rides in the yellow leader jersey with race leader Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) in the white Best Young Rider jersey, both staying in the peloton(Image credit: Dario Bellingheri/Getty Images)
Carlos Rodriguez in peloton, no rush to start stage 10(Image credit: Getty Images)
Sprinter Dylan Groenewegen rides in the Dutch champion’s jersey amid Jayco Alula teammates(Image credit: Dario Bellingheri/Getty Images)
Uno-X Mobility’s Jonas Abrahamsen rides in the polka dot mountain jersey (Image credit: Dario Bellingheri/Getty Images)
Intermarché-Vanti’s Kobe Goossens (left) and Lotto Dustany’s Harm Vanhoucke lead the intermediate sprint(Image credit: Dario Bellingheri/Getty Images)
Lidl-Trek’s Giulio Ciccone is interested in what Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Jay Hindle has to say.(Image credit: Dario Bellingheri/Getty Images)
Chris Juul-Jensen of Jaco Alula (left) rides at the front of the peloton with Stefan Kung of Groupama–FDJ(Image credit: Dario Bellingheri/Getty Images)
The trees standing in the background are typical of the landscape(Image credit: Getty Images)
The second half of the race week for the Tour de France begins in a strong headwind on the flat Stage 10 from Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond.(Image credit: Dario Bellingheri/Getty Images)
Fans come in all shapes, sizes and colors along the 187.3 km route of Saint-Amand-Montrond(Image credit: Dario Bellingheri/Getty Images)
Tadej Pogasar does an interview before stage 10(Image credit: Getty Images)
The teams paddock before the start of stage 10 in Orléans(Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
Stage 10 starts from Orleans(Image credit: Dario Bellingheri/Getty Images)
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceaninck) celebrates on the podium as stage 10 winner(Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
Biniyam Girmay (Intermarche–Vanti) retains the green sprint jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
Kobe Goossens (Intermarche–Vanti) receives the award as the most combative rider(Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
UAE Team Emirates’ Tadej Pogasar in the yellow leader jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
After all the controversy and disappointment of the first week, Jasper Philipsen took victory at the Tour de France on Stage 10, following a textbook lead from reigning world champion Mathieu Van der Poel and Alpecin-Deceaninck.
Ultimately victory went to the best sprinter of last year’s Tour, with him hitting the wind in the last few hundred meters and the difference in power so clear to second-place Biniyam Girmay (Intermarche-Vanti). Laine, who continued his fine form ahead of Pascal Ackerman (Israel-Premier Tech) in third place.