Stage 16
Philipsen's third win
- Tuesday 16 July 2024
- 190 km
- 1,165 m climbed
- Won by Jasper Philipsen
The road
At the start
The sprinters' last dance, to Nîmes
Plateau de Beille pushed the lead out to 3:09 over Jonas Vingegaard and 5:19 over Remco Evenepoel. After the rest day this is the fast men's last chance — 190 kilometres from the coast at Gruissan to Nîmes, essentially flat, on the day after two Pyrenean stages that several of them survived by under two minutes. The Mistral blows here in July, and the closing forty kilometres are exposed and full of turns.
How it was won
- 2 km to go
Girmay crashes in the final 2km
On the run into Nîmes green jersey Girmay hits the deck inside the last 2km, reopening the points battle he had seemed to have sewn up.
- At the line
Philipsen's third win
Van der Poel drops Philipsen off in the perfect spot and the Belgian eases to a dominant third stage win on the last flat day of the Tour.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin - Deceuninck | 4:11:27 |
| 2 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain - Victorious | +0:00 |
| 3 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | +0:00 |
The route on real terrain, every moment pinned to the kilometre it happened on — and the GPX to ride it yourself.