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Girmay triumphed in what was a close bunch sprint to the line in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, pipping Wout van Aert (Visma Lease-a-Bike) and Arnaud Demare (Arkea-B&B Hotels), the Eritrean holding up three fingers in celebration of his third win at the Tour de France.
Demare was later relegated after a dangerous move in the chaotic finale almost put van Aert into the barriers, his 3rd place given to Pascal Ackermann (Israel Premier-Tech). Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) initially finished fifth but was also relegated for a huge deviation as he tried to open up his sprint.
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But the day once again belonged to the 24-year-old Girmay, who in his very first French Grand Tour has now amassed three stage wins with a stranglehold on the points classification to boot, leading second-placed Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) by a massive 107 points.
“I want to thank my teammates and my team, because without them I wouldn’t be able show that I’m the fastest," Girmay said after the stage, the only rider to have won multiple stages so far at the race.
"Since the start of this Tour de France, I knew that I could win. I’ve proved now in three sprints that if I’m well positioned, I’m capable of finishing.
"The green jersey gives me wings. I feel super fast. It's in the head. I've had my ups and downs in recent seasons, but I changed things this year and it's working."
In what was mostly a relatively relaxed day, everything changed at the 11 kilometres to go mark as a traffic island in the middle of the road caused a huge crash within the peloton, splitting the bunch in two.
Fourth overall coming into the day, Primoz Roglic (Red Bull BORA-Hansgrohe) was the biggest casualty, his second crash in as many days as he went on to concede a catastrophic two minutes and 27 seconds in the general classification.
The Slovenian now slips to sixth overall at four minutes and 42 seconds down on the yellow jersey in a massive blow to his podium hopes, with Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) moving up into fourth and Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) into fifth.
Australian Jarrad Drizners (Lotto-DSTNY) was also heavily affected, appearing seriously injured and requiring treatment as he lay on the ground, but later managed to get back on his bike and finish the stage.
The Tour de France continues tonight with another flat stage set for a breakaway or the sprinters, as the peloton travel 165.3km from Agen to Pau. Watch the action from 9:20pm (AEST) on SBS On Demand and the Tour Tracker app, before coverage on SBS starts at 9:30pm.
