broke the Tour stage wins record<\/a> two weeks ago, crossed the line in 17th position in the final sprint stage of his Tour de France farewell before a mountainous conclusion to this years’ race.<\/p>\nTadej Pogacar retained the leader’s yellow jersey and protected his lead of three minutes nine seconds over two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard.<\/p>\n
Remco Evenepoel remains in third position, five minutes nine seconds off the overall lead.<\/p>\n
A relatively quiet stage 16 always looked destined to end in a bunch sprint, with a solo attack by Thomas Gachignard, of Total Energies, providing the only action at the front of the race until the French 23-year-old was caught with 25km remaining.<\/p>\n
With this the final opportunity for the sprinter\u2019s teams to claim victory before the race returns to the Alps, a frenetic finale unfolded.<\/p>\n
As Alpecin-Deceuninck raised the pace, Girmay’s misfortune left nobody able to challenge Philipsen as he added to his victories on stages 10 and 13.<\/p>\n
Girmay, who became the first black African to win a Tour de France stage with the first of his three successes on stage three, was escorted to the line by his Intermarche-Wanty team-mates.<\/p>\n
He must now aim to recover quickly as Philipsen challenges for the green jersey, which appeared to be out of reach before the start of the Tour’s final week.<\/p>\n
“I was feeling good. I had a good rest day and I feel like my shape has improved during this Tour de France. Every stage win is really hard to get, we can be proud,” Philipsen said.<\/p>\n
On the points competition, he added: “Everything is possible, but Biniam is climbing really well. I just hope he’s fine because he doesn’t deserve to lose like this.”<\/p>\n
Stage 17 on Wednesday is a 177.8km mountain stage from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Superdevoluy in the southern alps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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