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Jasper Philipsen won his third stage of the Tour de France in Bordeaux on Friday, overtaking a bitterly disappointed Mark Cavendish in a last-gasp effort after a see-saw struggle to the line.
Sixteen years to the day after his Tour de France debut in London, Britain’s Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) came so close to an historic 35th stage win on the world’s biggest bike race. On a hectic finale alongside the Garonne river in Bordeaux, the road opened up for Cavendish, who came from deep with one of his trademark turns of pace and was able to get the jump on the in-form Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck).
BORDEAUX, France :Belgian Jasper Philipsen denied Mark Cavendish a record-breaking victory on the Tour de France to claim his third stage win in this year's race on Friday, taking his fifth bunch sprint in succession since last year.
The 38-year-old Cavendish, looking for a record-breaking 35th career stage win on the Tour de France, took the lead, but Philipsen burst past him to win while Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay came third.
The Super Eagles have been drawn in Pot 1 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup African qualifiers, which draw will hold in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on July 13, 2023.
As Biniam Girmay prepares to ride the Tour de France for the first time, the Eritrean trailblazer has told Eurosport he grew up thinking cycling’s biggest race was “just for white or European people”. Girmay became the first African cyclist to win a one-day classic at Gent-Wevelgem in March 2022, then followed it up with a historic win at the Giro d’Italia two months later – the first time a Black African had won a stage at a Grand Tour. Ad Cycling has been accused of not doing enough to address diversity.
The race for one of the African tickets to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup continues today with Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets tackling their Moroccan counterparts in their second game of the competition. A win for Nigeria in today’s game in Constantine will guarantee the Golden Eaglets passage to the quarterfinals, which is a game close to the U-17 World Cup. Nigeria defeated Zambia 1-0 in Group B’s opening game, while Morocco beat South Africa 2-0. So the battle is also for the leadership of the group. As a 12-nation tournament, the first two top-placed teams in each of the three groups will advance to the quarterfinals, alongside the best two third-placed teams. The quarterfinal matches will produce the four semifinalists, who will also automatically qualify as Africa’s representatives at this year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup finals. In charge of the match is Malian referee, Ousmane Diakate, who will be assisted by Queency Clodia Victoire from Mauritius and Cape Verde’s Djêry Gomes Lopes, while Ben Amisy Tsimanohitsy from Madagascar will serve as fourth official. Eritrea’s Negash Teklit Negassi is the match commissioner with Raphael Evehe Divine from Cameroun as referee assessor, while Gabonese Eric Otogo Castane will be general coordinator.
Biniam Girmay (Intermarche–Circus–Wanty) was accidentally run over by a number of riders in a terrible crash at the Tour of Flanders. The Eritrean, who sat up shortly after the incident, was among half a dozen riders to hit the deck after a touch of wheels in the peloton with 71km remaining of the cobbled Monument.