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'It's clear that he hesitated after not winning yesterday' – Alpecin say no need for panic yet at Tour de France despite another sprint loss for Jasper Philipsen

Jasper Philipsen Alpecin Philip Roodhooft Tour Tim Merlier Tour de France Biniam Girmay Cyclingnews Mathieu van der Poel van der Poel
Stage winner Tim Merlier of Belgium and Team Soudal Quick-Step, Biniam Girmay of Eritrea and Team NSN Cycling, Pascal Ackermann of Germany and Team Jayco AlUla and Pavel Bittner of Czech Republic and Team Picnic PostNL sprint at finish line during the 113th Tour de France 2026, Stage 8.

Despite another strong lead-out from Mathieu van der Poel, Jasper Philipsen was once again unable to finish off the job on stage 8 of the Tour de France, losing out in the final sprint due to "hesitating", according to his team.

Heading into the last 400 metres in Bergerac, Philipsen was perfectly positioned on the Dutchman's wheel, but as the rush came from behind him, the Belgian got swamped and was beaten by Tim Merlier, Biniam Girmay, and Olav Kooij.

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