Tour de France: Belgian Jasper Philipsen fastest in Pau

no Stelvio due to avalanche risk

The Tour de France peloton set off for the 13th stage this Friday, July 12 without Primoz Roglic, who forfeited, between Agen and Pau with 165 km on the program of a flat stage, once again favorable to the sprinters. Jasper Philipsen won in the southwest of France to sign his second victory in this 111th edition. The podium of the day is completed by Wout van Aert and Pascal Ackermann. Slovenian Tadej Pogacar remains the leader in the general classification. This weekend, with the Tourmalet, the Pla d’Adet, the Plateau de Beille, the Pyrenees and its legendary passes promise to be the first great arbiter of the Tour de France with two stages likely to wreak havoc.

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