Tour de France 2021: Cavendish takes 33rd, Pogacar stays in yellow

image: Cor VosMark Cavendish outsprints Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen to take his 33rd stage win at Le Tour, while Tadej Pogacar stays in the yellow jersey. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 10th stage Tour de France 2021

1. Mark Cavendish (gbr)
2. Wout van Aert (bel) s.t.
3. Jasper Philipsen (bel) s.t.
4. Nacer Bouhanni (fra) s.t.
5. Michael Matthews (aus) s.t.
6. Michael Mørkøv (den) s.t.
7. André Greipel (ger) s.t.
8. Peter Sagan (svk) s.t.
9. Anthony Turgis (fra) s.t.
10. Cees Bol (nld) s.t.

GC after stage 10
1. Tadej Pogacar (slo)
2. Ben O’Connor (aus) + 2.01
3. Rigoberto Uran (col) + 5.18
4. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 5.32
5. Richard Carapaz (ecu) + 5.33
6. Enric Mas (spa) + 5.47
7. Wilco Kelderman (nld) + 5.58
8. Alexey Lutsenko (kaz) + 6.12
9. Guillaume Martin (fra) + 7.02
10. David Gaudu (fra) + 7.22

Race report
Tosh Van der Sande and Hugo Houle jump clear early on to carve out a gap of almost 6 minutes. They are brought back with 37 kilometres remaining.

The peloton breaks on the exposed roads 12 kilometres ahead of Valence. Bol is the only sprinter to miss the move, but he returns with 7 kilometres out.

In the ensuing bunch sprint Cavendish rounds out yet another perfect lead-out by Deceuninck-QuickStep. Van Aert sits in his wheel, but he can’t come across, while Philipsen launches his sprint from too far behind.

Pogacar retains the yellow jersey.

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