2023 Tour de France Stage 7 Results & Recap
Stage 7 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 three
Jasper Philipsen (ADC) took his third win of the 2023 Tour de France after outsprinting Mark Cavendish (AST) in Bordeaux. Biniam Girmay (ICW) took third after 170km of flat racing. Philipsen denied Cav's strong bid toward breaking Eddy Merckx's record of 34 stage victories at the tour.
“We can be proud of our team’s achievement," Philipsen said. "Without them, it would have been impossible to get three stage wins. We worked together, found each other in the finale to organise the lead out. I’m proud and happy. I was lucky to have Jonas [Rickaert] and Mathieu [van der Poel] with me in the final kilometres. I didn’t have to do any big effort before my final sprint. So far, it’s a dream start of the Tour de France. We will try to go on, looking to Paris also. Mark [Cavendish] was strong. I would have loved to see him win, like everybody. For sure he will keep trying. He is in form and in good condition. From now on, keeping the green jersey all the way to Paris is another goal for me. Yet we will see: for now, we just enjoy the moment.”
Jonas Vingegaard (TJV) remains in yellow, just 25 seconds ahead of Tadej PogaÄŤar (UAD).
"It has been quite an easy stage, with only one man going in the breakaway," he said. "It has been a bit long, but I’m happy with the heat. I like the heat. In last year’s stages, my best stages were the warmest ones. I am feeling better after every stage and my morale is quite high. Had you told me before the Tour de France that I was going to be in the lead after seven stages, with a 25 second gap on Pogacar, I almost wouldn’t have believed it. I feel satisfied and happy that I am already in the yellow jersey. It’s always better to be at the front than behind. And the stages that suit me better are still to come…"
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