2023 Tour de France Stage 4 Results & Recap
Stage 4 of the 2023 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Philipsen makes it a double
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) did it again. The Belgian speedster capitalized on an incredible lead out from Mathieu van der Poel and took his second victory of the Tour de France ahead of Caleb Ewan (Lotto Dstny) and Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain - Victorious) in Nogaro. The sleeper stage took a turn in the last 10km when the sprinters' teams vied for prime positioning into Circuit Paul-Armagnac race track.
"Caleb [Ewan] was right next to me," Philipsen said after the 181km flat stage. "I wasn't too confident. He almost caught up with me at the end, it was really nerve-wracking. I'm extremely proud to have won twice in a row. The finish was super fast, we felt like race cars. There were wide turns that sometimes tightened, it was extremely fast, but we had some grip with the tyres. I'm really glad I didn't hit the deck. I saw there were a lot of falls. I hope the guys are okay. This morning, we had a briefing and looked at the course in detail. Our goal was to do our best. The sprint stages are our top priority, so we dot all the Is and cross all the Ts. You also need some luck, but when you have someone like Mathieu with you, even in a difficult situation where everything is on a razor edge, he manages to bring us back to the front. My goal in this Tour was to win a stage. We already ticked that box yesterday. Now, we want more. And we want to go for the points. [The green jersey] will be a target in this Tour."
Adam Yates (UAE) successfully dodged a series of crashes in the hectic finale to retain his lead in the overall competition.
"Today was quite straightforward until the finale," Yates said. "Nobody wanted to go in the breakaway. The sprinters were happy to stay in the bunch, but the end was tricky, with all those crashes. We'll see how it plays out tomorrow. I think it's the very first chance for a breakaway, so all hell will break loose at the start. Then, there are the bonuses on the last climb, so it's going to be a bit difficult for me [to keep the yellow jersey]. But we're lucky to have Tadej on our team! We'll see tomorrow."\n
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