Soudal Quick-Step’s Belgian took his ninth white jersey at the end of Tuesday’s stage.
After eleven years, the Tour de France returned to Saint-Amand-Montrond, the birthplace of two-time World Champion Julian Alaphilippe. Back in 2013, our team produced what went down as a true masterpiece, ripping the peloton apart in the crosswinds and taking an unforgettable victory, at that time, our 19th in the Grande Boucle.
Now, as the peloton took again on those long roads, there was a small threat of echelons, but it failed to materialise, so the 187.3km stage 10 came down to a bunch sprint, won by Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) after a hectic and rather technical final kilometer.
Remco Evenepoel enjoyed a pretty quiet day in the peloton, and concluded in the same time as the winner, successfully retaining the lead in the youth classification, which he has been topping since the end of the second stage. By doing this, Remco became the first Belgian rider in the last 44 years to rack up nine white jerseys at a single edition of the Tour de France.
The race continues with a tricky stage through the Massif Central, which will see the bunch take on a total of six classified climbs, before an uphill finish in Le Lioran.
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