Jasper Philipsen completed a hat trick of stage wins at this year’s Tour de France after Biniam Girmay — his main rival for the best sprinter’s green jersey — crashed near the finish on Tuesday.There was no major change in the general classification with two-time champion Tadej Pogacar keeping the overall lead.

Tour de France points classification leader Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) crashed in a roundabout in the final kilometre of stage 16 in what was one of the last opportunities for the sprinters in this year's race.

Mark Cavendish had passed this road before as a callow young man and won, beating Robbie McEwen to the line to win his fourth stage of the 2008 Tour de France. Now, sixteen years and 31 victories later,