The first rest day was followed by a flat stage over 187.3 kilometres between Orleans and Saint-Amand-Montrond. There were no climbs on this section. And the riders took this as an opportunity to take an extended rest day on this stage. It was only in the last ten kilometres that a real bike race took place. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin - Deceuninck) finally secured victory in the bunch sprint ahead of Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty) and Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech).
Three German riders in the top ten
After two second places, Philipsen's knot burst at the Tour de France 2024. "We had a lot of bad luck last week, but now we're relieved. We've now achieved what we set out to do here. The team has done a great job. Our tour didn't get off to an ideal start, there were five sprints and no wins for us. But the team always believed in me and today we were able to play to our strengths. It was a well-deserved victory," said the day's winner at the finish.
The Belgian was given an outstanding lead in the sprint by his team-mates, who started the final kilometres from the front. Ackermann was in a good position behind Philipsen at this point, but the German was unable to counter Philipsen's attack from the slipstream of his team-mate Mathieu van der Poel. With third place, however, Ackermann confirmed his positive trend at this Tour.
With seventh and eighth place, two more German riders, John Degenkolb (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) and Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious), reached the top 10 of the stage. There were no changes in the overall standings. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) defended the yellow jersey. Girmay remains ahead in the points classification with his second place on the stage, while Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) continues to wear the mountain jersey. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) leads the junior classification.
Tour de France 2024 - Results: the top 10 of stage 10
- Jasper Philpsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 4:20:06
- Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty) +0:00
- Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech) +0:00
- Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike) +0:00
- Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) +0:00
- Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)+0:00
- John Degenkolb (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +0:00
- Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:00
- Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jayco-AlUla) +0:00
- Axel Zingle (Cofidis) +0:00
The current standings in the overall standings
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 40:02:48
- Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:33
- Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) +1:15
- Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +1:36
- Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) +2:16
- Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) +2:17
- Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +2:31
- Mikel Landa (Soudal - Quick Step) +3:35
- Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) +4:02
- Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike) +4:03
How the 10th stage of the Tour de France 2024 went
This stage clearly offered no incentive for breakaways. After the start of the stage in Orleans, there were no of the usual attacks for the day's group. The peloton covered the first few kilometres as one. The additional onset of rain is unlikely to have increased the desire to attack. The average speed in the first hour of the race was 37.2 kilometres per hour.
After 45 kilometres, a three-man lead group formed around Maxim van Gils and Brent van Moer (both Lotto-Dstny) and Kobe Goosens (Intermarche-Wanty), from which van Gils soon dropped back. However, van Moer and Goosens also only pulled away to a limited extent, their lead was 1:30 minutes at one point.
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Breakaway attempt abandoned after 66 kilometres
Goosens then secured the intermediate sprint after 57.1 kilometres. Jasper Philipsen came out of the peloton to win the sprint for third place ahead of Biniam Girmay. In the leading group, van Moer took off shortly afterwards and dropped back, while Goosens initially continued the escape as a soloist with a lead of around a minute. After 66 kilometres, however, he also gave up.
Afterwards, the stage was not very eventful. A defect briefly threw Jonas Vingegaard back, but otherwise the peloton rolled towards the finish in a united front. As the wind did not play a serious role on this day, the several changes of direction in the last 30 kilometres did not cause any unrest in the peloton.
Ten kilometres before the finish, the sprinter teams began to take over the race. EF Education EasyPost and Israel-Premier Tech for Pascal Ackermann were particularly active at the front from then on. However, the victory went to Philipsen.
