Tour de France 2023 – Jury rejects objection: Jasper Philipsen can keep victory in Bordeaux

“I can imagine some teams are protesting against Phillipsen today anyway. He didn’t hold me back but he came from left to right,” Cavendish said into the microphone of the British channel “ITV Sport”. But he did not want to go into details: “It is not up to me to discuss the matter.”

The situation was also critical EurosportExpert Bernhard Eisel im bike club in his analysis of the race. “Mark Cavendish pulls to the right and Jasper Phillipsen follows him, but at the moment Beniam Jermay is also on Mark Cavendish’s rear wheel. There is no contact, but Beniam Jermay has to do it,” explained the Austrian.

As Cavendish pointed out, his team and Girmay’s team wanted to protest Phillipsen’s winning record. However, the jury rejected this objection.

The sprint in Bordeaux wasn’t the first to have Philipsen looked critically at this Tour by opponents. Already on the third stage in Bayonne, Wout van Aert (Jumbo – Visma) left no place on the boards, so he had to interrupt the sprint.

Then, Philipsen had to wait several minutes before the jury confirmed him as the winner because she wanted to check the TV pictures for herself.

Fabio Jacobsen (Soudal – Quick-Step), who raced behind the two in Bayonne, slammed in there: “You don’t have to close the door like that.”