Tour de France Stage 6 Analysis: Jasper Philipsen relegated to 107th place in sprint at Stage 6 🇫🇷

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[@Tourist6342]

Finally he got what deserve

[@davess61]

my thoughts exactly

[@williamwallaceg2627]

100%!! Bloke.

[@Mike-rm1lb]

🥳👍👏

[@marciomvp9458]

Yes, the guy did this danger moves in 2023 and TdF failed in penalizing him back them.

[@2557claudio]

If he had won would he have been downgraded? I'm not sure. last year he made much worse sprints

[@Hoolitank]

Dirty Jasper

[@user-tt8sx8pn9c]

Jasper Disaster

[@sillypuddystl2907]

He did the same thing twice last year.

[@rejijai9120]

high time

[@brunovilhena133]

Dirty Jasper Disaster

[@jaysondulay5968]

3x​@@sillypuddystl2907

[@TesJr1997]

Justice served at last

[@Danon157]

TDF judges have finally woken up.

[@sylvainswift3234]

Yes, but Van Aert has lost too.

[@rayrussell6258]

@@sylvainswift3234 right, the officials left him in 7th for the Stage, he did not get his position back in the finishing order.

[@bettyjones8363]

Finally justice. He rides dirty and he is arrogant. He said he was better than Marc Cavendish. Wrong.

[@Krunch2020]

😂

[@mebunzing]

Betty you are a hater

[@sylvainswift3234]

Justice for Philipsen, but not for Van Aert. Who can pretend he wouldn't have won?

[@triathleteover5030]

Lets see after 10 years if he is still a strong sprinter as Cav

[@jaybobd]

Most sprinters are arrogant. But Jasper is dangerous.

[@geothunder1971]

About time! He's been unchecked for too long!

[@NativeNewYorker66]

I believe he did the exact same thing to Van Aert last year and got away with it. They said, "Not today!"

[@barneyklingenberg4078]

Well yes and no if I recall correctly. It was also a very stupidly made parcours with a bend and narrowing barriers. Making it hard to judge back then. This is a 100% relegation. I don’t understand these pundits. The rules state deviation + endangering. And for good reason look at Jakobsen. Wout was still half alongside. Yes he was out of steam. Yes he had no chance to win. But that doesn’t give Jasper the right to drive him either into the barrier or brake off. That’s endangering that’s a relegation. Good decision.

[@thisishowthetruthdies684]

Last stage Cavendish can clearly be seen checking behind him to see if anyone is in that space before moving left. Philpsen on the other hand just followed him blindly at least partly contributing to Pedersen's crash. Guy's a constant menace. He should be thankful that he was only relegated.

[@trentvlak]

Cav used to be as bad. Imagine Cav, Farrar, Jasper, and Groene all in their prime going for a sprint. Would be like MMA.

[@hugostiglitz1109]

Good observation. I rewatched it and Cav clearly checked his left before moving over. Jasper just blindly dived left and didn't care less if he blocked anyone. Reckless AF.

[@rodiyelight]

Jasper disaster, last year he did that to our Bini in the 7th stage nothing was done, so this penalty was long overdue 😊

[@aminburke2459]

Yep yep, you remember, he definitely did. Humph

[@StarryNightGazing]

Finally! He's been playing dirty for years now! He robbed the green jersey last year

[@Priogen]

Absolutely hated his sprints last year, took them long enough to punish him.

[@dreimer2112]

Jasper has been guilty of worse violations without relegation, so even if this one was a marginal violation it's about time that the commissaires send a message to him.

[@sasharazifard]

Jsper Blocksen! STOP playing dirty Jasper!

[@Juancha232]

GOOD!!! I CALLED IT when it happened and glad something came out of it. Jasper always does this

[@ssiowi]

Thanks for this coverage. Long overdue for this relegation. Thanks again.

[@philipp-rt8mt]

Philipsen really tries everything to make Groenewegen look like a great sportsman!

[@barneyklingenberg4078]

And he is succeeding in that.

[@mebunzing]

You are a hater

[@philipp-rt8mt]

​@@barneyklingenberg4078I totally agree with you!

[@brg8960]

And that's quite a feat, considering Groenewegen.

[@chrisj5443]

He was NOT past WvA. Wout had to back off to avoid contact. Relegation was correct.

[@BrewsGamesRides]

This! Same thing disaster did last year to Wout. Kick him out already!

[@derekvanhoose6815]

I disagree. He was clearly accelerating faster than Wout.

[@zvabl]

@@derekvanhoose6815 Who said that he did not?

[@sylvainswift3234]

​@@derekvanhoose6815 maybe Van Aert would have accelerated in the end of the sprint. That's the fact: Philipsen has a penalty, but Van Aert won't get nothing in the end.

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

Totally obvious he was barely half a bike ahead and just intentionally cut out wva

[@milazbenecka]

Finally, but with one year overdue... Look back at finish of TdF 23 stage 3. Same situation Philipsen vs Wout, but no relegation that time.

[@potsdam521]

He did this all the time in the 2023 Tour

[@charliedillon1400]

They should hit him with a cash fine, as well. Not the team, but Philipsen himself. Make it consequential.

[@steweymacaroon7815]

I'd imagine the team would just pay it anyway. To hurt him they have to keep relegating him and dock him green jersey points

[@MrMatraiv]

They should hit him, with an Abus (sponsor) U-lock

[@ilinaacharya2738]

Green jersey suits bini more than it ever did jasper

[@Squaler1265]

Finally the spotlight is fully on Jasper and we should thank Tour de France Unchained series for it. Only took two years for his dirty tactics to be penalized.

[@jehoiadaelyahsiv9447]

He is dirty and deserves to be relegated, Period! He did it the same 2023, not clean win.

[@JingsWorld]

Did it before and it’s the same scenario, time for the hammer to go down against Philipsen😬.

[@nigeljohnston1148]

He keeps doing it and last year got away with it so many times. The crazy part is when you watch the Netflix series, it’s like he feels he’s untouchable- actually, his DS was similar. At last the commissaires have grown a backbone.

[@user-bx9wm3kb4n]

Finally fair play❤❤❤😂😂😂 jasper master of blocker..remember last year TDF 3 STAGES UNFAIR WON

[@max_coast]

This guy saying "he's already in front" ... bruh, they're still overlapping by about 50%. Crossing like that is how you crash if the person you're cutting off doesn't stop pedaling. My man has an exaggerated sense of "in front"

[@scottmandel20]

All sprinters do - look at Robbie McEwen defending him.

[@zxtsf]

Vs Wout van art 2nd incident and vs Bini 2nd incident YASPER BLOCKSEN BLOCKSTER DIRTY TRICKS What about the whole road zigzagging in last year tour de FRANCE

[@StarryNightGazing]

Do you guys remember last year when he basically threatened a fellow rider when he tried to attack his green jersey?

[@BrewsGamesRides]

THIS!

[@rjzeph6199]

who did he threaten?

[@parallelsuns1]

​@@rjzeph6199Eenkhoorn

[@MarkRadcliffe]

He's called "Jasper the Disaster" for a reason, folks. (And you should have mentioned that, commentators.) This is the only way he sprints--with utter disregard for the rules, and for others. He's an absolute narcissist. He will never, ever, ever care about another human being in his entire life, Glad the UCI is finally holding him accountable.

[@elizabethjones5576]

He clearly deviated. WVA had to stop pedaling to avoid a crash. Wout had a great chance to place, you can’t say #jasperthedisasterous would have gotten second ahead of Wout without that move.

[@maetsuen]

+1

[@Stevenafoe]

Certainly not with 100% confidence. Wout saw or felt him closing in before we see on camera. Wout is not crazy, he already commented on the last kms being a mess. And he’s just back !

[@katiehirsche1640]

He cut Van Wert (his countrymate) off last year too- it's about time he gets consequences for it.

[@abbykeyzer]

As a Belgian i never heard of Van Wert i must check him. 😊

[@Stevenafoe]

@@abbykeyzeraert van wout i think it should be?

[@katiehirsche1640]

Van Aert*

[@abbykeyzer]

@@katiehirsche1640 I know it was a mistake .

[@ffskierdune6226]

Finally, about time.

[@1rafciu]

it is nice to see he got a penalty otherwise he will sprint again like this the next stages.

[@faio5186]

I hope he will go home without winning a stage

[@Sbee233]

He did the same to Bini last year, he deserves it🤔

[@lazslostpierre9951]

Congrats to Orla on her recent sponsorship deal with Bacofoil.

[@jehoiadaelyahsiv9447]

I believe Biniam Ghirmay will win green jersey 2024! Who is with me?

[@barneyklingenberg4078]

Oofff that is way too soon. So many still have a shot. But he is surely in the mix. And honestly why not? Rather him then Jasper. Bini is usually riding clean sprints. And he is doing it without the best leadouts too. Good luck for that fine lad!

[@lazlo2511]

Would be great but it’s a tight battle

[@tedrosmedhane2874]

All Eritreans❤❤❤😂😂😂

[@tonyg3091]

Entirely possible

[@aminburke2459]

I definitely agree bro definitely 💯

[@abdurahmanjembel7107]

Last year against Biniam Germay Today against WVA Dirty rider

[@BrewsGamesRides]

He did it to Wout last year as well, dirty jasper blockinson strikes again, they need to make a statement and suspend him for a long while.

[@mambawatts]

Great job!!

[@marciomvp9458]

Jasper Philipsen has done this in 2023. Tour de France failed back them in penalizing him. Now justice is made.

[@theglowie]

He got away with it last year because he was the favorite. This year, we have Bini in green which is great for PR.

[@charleneo1934]

Don’t think he was the favourite, more like it was harder to do anything if he came in first. Will be interesting to see if they will relegate him further if he does win a stage

[@tomtomtombossa]

Not great for PR Per se. you see they didn’t even mentioned the holder of the green jersey for the second day while talking about the green jersey.

[@christiangunne8646]

Well deserved

[@breznic1070]

How does this situation differ from the one on last years tdf in one of the first stages also with WVA then? Seems like he should have been relegated back then too for me

[@wildly_heather]

I don’t think many people disagree with you that he should have been relegated last year as well…

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Phillipsen is the Max Verstappen of cycling

[@Opressed]

this

[@erson4107]

Wassup mate I was actually look this kind of comment #F1 Crashtappen

[@stevenfreeman7798]

Jasper is dangerous full stop!!.

[@hugopiteira405]

He's such a bully, just look at his sprints from last year TdF.

[@user-ix9fs4gb1g]

from jasper disaster to dirty jasper

[@rzlin]

Good

[@jerrynewman1474]

Cavendish should have been relegated in Stage 5 for almost causing a crash at 550 meters to go!

[@PentonKTM]

I like Orla's space blanket pants!

[@jjashik7]

Com'on Robbie, a wily veteran like you knows exactly what happened here, Jasper shut the door on Wout, pretty much like you'd have done (per your words). He knew exactly what he was doing, walking on tight rope - my donkey. Had Wout not backed off, it would have been carnage with skin and blood all over.

[@dimsunny9725]

Yeah, Robbe is so out of it… it is embasassing that he stands up for this type of behavior. If I was riding in the same situation, I would push Jasper off - if we both crash then so be it, but no way in hell would I allow anyone to bully me

[@jjashik7]

@@dimsunny9725 so the question is, was Jasper always reckless and a bully, or did the jersey last year create a green monster? I'm thinking the latter, especially his behavior last year chasing a rider down for attempting to join the breakaway.

[@atomizedart411]

Couldn't have happened to a better contestant... bravo

[@lazlo2511]

I could to see this coming… only a matter of time.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@nizam_mr]

dude has been doing it so many times n got away. now DESERVED

[@suTornado]

I have to confirm I am watching TDF 24 instead of 23 when he “shut the door”. Dangerous move again and again

[@lindsaynewell6319]

If he deviates a relatively small amount like that in the middle of the road where other riders can adjust and keep sprinting then he probably doesn’t get relegated. Because it was against the barriers and WVA had to stop pedaling or crash, that’s enough for the relegation. He’s got away with worse in the past. Happy for Jayco and Dylan. Most happy for Bini and his green jersey pursuit.

[@cosmicrancher2169]

The left side crash in the final sprint in stage 5 occured after Jasper got on Cav's wheel on the left barrier.

[@tomalexander9140]

Watch back the whole Alpecin team yesterday at the last few km's they all moved across the road like the avengers. Fianlly Jasper the Disaster has got the relegation thats long been awaiting him

[@TBE_15]

Thank you for covering this. I saw it happen & was surprised it wasn’t mentioned in the coverage. This is how Jasper rolls 🤷🏻‍♀️.

[@vivienrajz798]

FINALLY! He's been doing it for years.

[@skinthekat0530]

He got away with this last TDF, but this year Girmay gains more points over him.

[@gjones5258]

About time!!

[@CFCMahomet]

Philipsen is so talented, but he isn’t willing to play by any rules other than his ow, and his rules will really hurt someone. If Wout wasn’t dialed in he could have had quite a crash.

[@tonyg3091]

About bloody time. He did that to Wout and Grimay in 2023 and got away with it.

[@renehyrupolsen]

Hope @eurosport will give this some more focus…. He have been such a danger in the sprint last couple of years, but gets away with it 99% of time

[@pal6445]

The moment i saw the finish i was like hmm philipsen does not change

[@lynnleonard1436]

About time. Last year's lack of action against his dangerous sprinting was a travesty and a serious risk for anyone in the peleton with him!

[@LaRhdevu]

Absolutely right decision, he did this already last year, without any consequences. 👍

[@dunz93]

Van Art must be really happy

[@SimonAfc-qb3gf]

Hope this gives him a lesson. 😊 JP's name always tops the list when it comes to dangerous sprints. It's no coincidence😂

[@AbudYusuf]

Last year he did it twice to Bini

[@kalani707]

‘bout time!!

[@anavarvara9098]

Jasper did it to Wout last year at least one time as well.

[@martinobyrne9129]

It’s about time. Not the 1st time he’s done this

[@jdcphoto]

All tour last year, its about time!

[@triathleteover5030]

He has been doing this in the past and gets away with it. Good job TDF for not letting this pass thru 👏

[@Baykbasic]

Finally!!!!!!! Let's go!!!!

[@Daveyboyroy]

Glad this guy is finally seeing repercussions for this sort of thing!

[@PrunyDJ]

Can we take a moment for those trousers

[@rayrussell6258]

I disagree with the analyst assessment who said Philipsen was "moving in front" and therefore analyst felt moving over was "borderline"; Wout saw that JP was pinching him, and backed off pedaling ....... THEN Philipsen completed the pinch over to barrier, as he has done in the past. Wout immediately complained in a post race interview about Philipsen's repeated tactic in that situation, meaning Wout saw early what was coming and was forced to slow up. If the path had remained clear, Wout would have likely completed the pass and maybe even won the stage. Wout is normally generous to competitors in post race interviews. The fact that he outwardly complained about it in this case shows that something (like a penalty) had to be done.

[@maximusvk19]

Justice served.

[@somyrab]

So the deviation of half the road yesterday which may have caused the crash in the Bunch was ok?

[@NINdustrie]

Same as last year Jasper did this again. Fortunately this has been stopped.

[@milhouse53]

Cav pushed 2 guys out of the way and crossed the entire road from right to left. There are rules but they need to be enfirced on everyone at all times. Last year Jasper got two wins with queationable sprints, this year Cav got one. WVA- zero

[@marcdaniels9079]

Orla’s pants straight out of Space 1999 😅❤❤❤

[@Tuggers1986]

Personally I think they knew they should have taken action against him last year. So they have waited for the very first thing he does wrong this year to make a point that riding like this wont be accepted

[@db.5811]

In a moment of confusion I had to recheck the titile to make sure I wasn’t watching the 2023 tour… that tells you how often this happened. I’m glad the judges are watching more diligently this year. I hate to see these guys crash.

[@Timtimzi]

He doesn’t know how to win in a fair sprint without boxing out the other riders . Not the first time

[@TanteLeonieCombray]

Why 107th?

[@awotmehari5564]

He deserves what he needs he play like a dirty all the time I see him I’m so happy for bini let’s 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷

[@biskit7]

Tired of the judges penalizing some, but not others. I see so much fighting for position and nobody gets penalized... also they use the cars to get back to the pelaton but nobody gets penalized... are we following the rules or not?

[@wildly_heather]

Cav and Lutsenko were relegated for following the cars on stage six today as well. So, they did penalize people who use the cars to get back to the peloton.

[@germanXII1]

justice at last. he is dirty for the last years and somewhat it was accepted , very frustrating.

[@TheTrailRabbit]

He does it every time

[@MM-kt5dv]

I think the difference is, yesterday Cav looked first before he went left, whereas Philipsen KNEW Van Aert was there but deliberately cut him off anyway, which is a dangerous move and should be penalized.

[@brysimm404]

It’s about damn time! Jasper deviated worse last year on 2 of his stage wins, but the judges let him slide. I bet Wout said, “Finally!”

[@isitrachelorj3953]

Both the sprinters on the show said that was to close to call for relegation, that they'd be pissed if they were relegated for that.

[@beryl8285]

Hold your line, hold your line, hold your line.

[@ronieclemente8597]

He did that too last year to wout

[@derekvanhoose6815]

Girmay did the same thing when he won...what about Cav's HUGE deviation?

[@dualcrocadile]

Those pants!

[@2BiTeddy]

Right? Bedazzling

[@chunhaylee]

need to be relegated to 1975

[@dickieblench5001]

Moon landing