Stage three sees the Tour de France cross the border from Spain into France
Monday's route travels 187.4km from Amorebieta Etxano to Bayonne
Bunch sprint expected at the finish
Britain's Mark Cavendish would break Eddy Merckx's record for Tour stage wins with victory
Cavendish and Merckx currently tied on 34 wins each
Britain's Adam Yates in the leader's yellow jersey
Chris Bevan
That's me done for the day... more of the same tomorrow, and another sprint finish, when stage four takes us 181.8km from Dax to Nogaro.
Will Mark Cavendish break Eddy Merkx's record and claim his 35th stage win? I don't know, but it is going to be a lot of fun finding out.
You can relive the exciting finish to stage three by scrolling back through this live page or switching over to our Tour report.
Jasper Philipsen, after his win on stage three of the 2023 Tour de France was confirmed: “It was a bit of a doubt, but they make it really exciting in the end.
“It was tense but it’s the Tour de France and there are no presents. We can be really happy with the team performance. It was a great leadout with Jonas (Rickaert) and then Mathieu (van der Poel) did a fantastic job and I’m really happy to keep it to the finish line.
“I tried to take the shortest route to the finish and I’m really happy to be first over the line.”
Jasper Philipsen must be a fan of VAR right now. I think the key to that result standing is that he did not deviate from his racing line. Wout van Aert ran out of road because of the barriers in that closing section of the race, not Philipsen.
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There was a question mark over Philipsen's victory while the race jury reviewed the end of the race, and the way Wout van Aert was crowded out - but Philipsen's win is now confirmed.
This is Jasper Philipsen's first stage win of this year's Tour, and the third of his career.
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Britain's Adam Yates, who will be in the race leader's yellow jersey for a third day on Tuesday: "It was a nice day - for us it was more about recovering a little bit, as much as possible. It's not an easy thing to do in the Tour de France so every chance we get to recover we will, and today was one of those days.
"So we took it easy and even in the sprint at the end we tried to stay back, stay out of the crashes and all the carnage and I think we did a good job.
"The first sprint day is always tense but actually it's quite nice, the roads the last few days have been really nice - wide roads, not a crazy amount of furniture, and it definitely helps to limit the crashes and the carnage."
The top of the General Classification isn't affected by that result by the way... Britain's Adam Yates stays in the leader's yellow jersey for another day.
Mark Cavendish won't have to wait long to have another go at a record-breaking 35th Tour stage win by the way - his next chance will be tomorrow.
1. Jasper Philipsen
2. Phil Bauhaus
3. Caleb Ewan
4. Fabio Jakobsen
5. Wout van Aert
6. Mark Cavendish
Mathieu van der Poel's lead out was the key there, launching Jasper Philipsen to the line at precisely the perfect time. Wout van Aert was left looking frustrated - again - but Mark Cavendish was all smiles at the line.
Phil Bauhaus was second over the line, just ahead of Caleb Ewan. Wout van Aert ran out of room in the final few minutes.
Mark Cavendish was in the top six... sixth in fact
Jasper Philipsen was led out superbly by Van der Poel there, enough to see off Caleb Ewan by half a wheel on the line, and hold off Wout van Aert. Wow. No joy for Cavendish.
300m to go
Philipsen is up there, so is Caleb Ewan
500m to go
Mathieu van der Poel leads Philipsen out...
1km to go
Alpecin-Deceuninck are trying to lead Philipsen out...
1.7km to go
The road heads upwards. Peter Sagan is in the mix. Cav is there, on the wheel of team-mate Kees Bol now.
1.9km to go
Whoah what a tight turn... Wout Van Aert is up there too.
2.5km to go
Cavendish is up there, in the top 15.
2.7km to go
The roundabouts aren't causing any problems at the front of the race... the pace continues to rise.