Phil Bauhaus powered Team Bahrain Victorious to fourth overall yesterday on the sixth stage of the Tour de France 2024.
The German was amongst the leading group in the sprint finish and was originally fifth on the road at the end of the 163.5-kilometre leg. But after Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck team was relegated from second for shifting his line with just over a hundred metres remaining, Bauhaus was promoted one position as he narrowly missed out on the podium.
Ahead of him on the classification were stage winner Dylan Groenewegen of Team Jayco AlUla, Biniam Girmay of Intermarche-Wanty who climbed to the runner-up spot, and Fernando Gaviria of Movistar Team who rose to third. They were all amongst a bunch of riders with a finishing time of three hours 31 minutes 55 seconds on the stage ranking.
It was a welcome result yesterday for Bauhaus, who, in the fifth stage on Wednesday, was demoted from 16th on the classification to 171st for deviating from his line.
His fourth-placed ranking was the best so far from Bahrain Victorious in this year’s Tour de France, and it was the fourth time a team’s rider was in the top 10. Spaniard Pello Bilbao came ninth in the opening stage, Bauhaus was sixth in stage three, and Colombian Santiago Buitrago finished 10th in stage four.
Buitrago was the team’s second-best rider yesterday in 46th place overall, while Australian Jack Haig followed in 58th. Bilbao came 64th, German Nikias Arndt was 111th, Briton Fred Wright came 119th, Dutchman Wout Poels was classified 126th, and Slovenian Matej Mohoric finished 139th.
On the race’s general classification (GC), Buitrago remained as the team’s top man in 15th more than four minutes behind yellow jersey holder and current leader Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates. Bilbao is just two places behind his teammate after six stages.
On the points rankings for the green jersey, Bauhaus jumped a massive 49 places and is now in 31st with 19 points. Girmay leads on 149 points.
Buitrago stayed fifth on the best young rider classification for the white jersey. He is over three minutes behind ranking leader Remco Evenepoel of Soudal Quick-Step.
The Tour de France continues today with an individual time trial seventh stage, covering 25.3km. The course departs from the French commune of Nuits-Saint-Georges and arrives at Gevrey-Chambertin.
This year’s race is the second Grand Tour event of the 2024 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Tour calendar. The first was the Giro d’Italia in May, and the third will be the Vuelta a Espana, scheduled for August and September.
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