The 180-kilometer Stage 11 of the Tour de France was flat and built for the sprinters. Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck capitalized and blew by everyone again, this time in a box sprint after a curvy final three kilometers to win his fourth stage and tighten his grip on the green points jersey.

Team Jumbo-Visma, meanwhile, kept leader Jonas Vingegaard near the front of the peloton until the final few kilometers. Then the team let Christophe Laporte give Wout van Aert a lead in to battle for the stage win with the sprint teams.

Van Aert, however, got boxed in and finished in ninth.

“Unfortunately, I was never able to start the sprint,” Van Aert said. “We knew we had to be in position early with all the corners in the last few kilometers. It worked perfectly until the final kilometer. Riders passed me from behind, and I got boxed in.”

Lidl-Trek also fought for the stage win and Mads Pedersen crossed third, behind runner-up Bryan Coquard of Confidis.

Vingegaard finished 18th, only seven seconds behind the winning time, to hold on the general classification leader’s yellow jersey. Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates finished just behind Vingegaard in 20th to remain 17 seconds behind him in the GC.

Durangoan Sepp Kuss of Jumbo-Visma finished 46th on the stage in the same time as Vingegaard. With the finish, Kuss stayed in 10th overall in the GC, just 6 minutes and 45 seconds out of the lead.

“The team did a great job again today,” Vingegaard said. “They kept me safe until the last three kilometers. Then, of course, you must be careful and ensure you don't lose any time. We did that well today. Tomorrow we have another difficult hilly stage on the program. We will have to start out on top of things.”