Mads Pedersen was only 11th in the high-speed, aggressive Tour de France stage 11 sprint into Nevers but the results of the stage played out in the Lidl-Trek rider's favour. It was enough to cement his control on the green points jersey with only one flat stage left to race. The green jersey is now his to lose.
Pedersen leads the points classification with 317 points over Biniam Girmay (NSN), who has 272 points. With third place in Nevers, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) moved up to third with 255 points, while double stage winner Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quickstep) dropped to fifth with 223. Max Kanter (XDS-Astana), who has been fighting with Pedersen in the intermediate sprints, is fifth with 203, while Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) is a distant sixth with 160 points.
