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Demi Vollering (SD Worx) finished second, 3mins 30sec behind, with Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez) winning the sprint for third.
The 35-year-old Dutch rider edged out Marta Bastianelli and Lotte Kopecky in the sprint for the line.
Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Philipsen took his second victory of this Tour as he came around Dylan Groenewegen in the final few hundred metres.
The Dane only needs to cross the Champs-Elysees finish line in Paris on Sunday to guarantee the champion’s yellow jersey.
He became the first Frenchman to win on this year’s Tour de France.
The Dane showed class when he waited for defending champion after a fall before going on to beat Pogacar by over a minute.
The 37-year-old is now targeting the Vuelta a Espana in August.
Slovenian rider Pogacar now trails the Dane by two minutes and 18 seconds.
He became the first Canadian since Steve Bauer in 1988 to win a stage on the race.
As temperatures hit 40-degrees, Vingegaard overcame a fall to keep hold of his lead.
The Slovenian rider, who finished runner up in 2020, laid out his reasons on the Jumbo-Visma team Twitter account.
Australian Michael Matthews won the stage, a sizzling 192km run from Saint-Etienne.
Pederson became the third Dane to win a stage on this year’s Tour.
Tadej Pogacar lost almost three minutes in the race for the yellow jersey.
The Dane triumphed after a nail-biting cat-and-mouse struggle up the final section of the culminating 20km climb.
Tadej Pogacar made a late burst for the line as the two-time defending champion further tightened his grip on the overall lead with a fifth-place finish.
The Belgian rider won on a late incline ahead of Australia’s pre-stage favourite Michael Matthews.
Geofrrey Bouchard of the AG2R team Vegard Stake Laengen have withdrawn from the Tour.
Pogacar overtook his key rival Jonas Vingegaard in a last-gasp burst.
Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Emirates team launched a blistering attack on a late climb to triumph.
The Belgian made a late solo break to triumph today.
The Belgian will wear the overall leader’s jersey tomorrow.
The police reportedly found nothing suspicious in their two-hour search.
The 37-year-old has struggled for form since suffering career-threatening injuries in June 2019.
The 31-year-old French woman, who went into hiding for four days after the incident, has told prosecutors of being ashamed at her ‘stupidity’.
“I feel that the time is right to move on as I want to achieve so many other things in life,” said Martin.
Jumbo’s Belgian rider Van Aert stormed past Briton Mark Cavendish to take the 21st stage.
Wout van Aert won Saturday’s time trial as the peloton heads for the Champs-Elysees on Sunday.
The Slovenian gave Bahrain Victorious their third win of the race just two days after their team hotel was searched by police as part of an anti-doping investigation.
The defending champion claimed his second consecutive stage win on summit finishes by racing clear up Luz Ardiden.
Pogacar was followed over the line by Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz on stage 17.
Meanwhile, Tadej Pogacar retains the overall Tour de France lead.
Tadej Pogacar hangs onto the yellow jersey.
Today’s win at Carcassonne was the British sprinter’s fourth so far in the 2021 edition of the race.
Tadej Pogacar retained his five-minute lead over his yellow jersey rivals.
‘It’s a tough decision but an easy decision’, said Sagan.
Cavendish keeps a firm grip on the green jersey.
Tadej Pogacar strengthened his grip on the yellow jersey on the final climb to Tignes.
‘It doesn’t make sense to continue,’ Roglic said ahead of Sunday’s ninth stage.
Today’s Alpine stage was won by Belgian Dylan Teuns.
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