Analyst responds to rumours of Jasper Philipsen's transfer: "I don't think any other team is better for him in terms of sport"

Mathieu van der Poel was worth gold for his teammate Jasper Philipsen in Milano-Sanremo on Saturday. The Dutchman controlled the action on and after Poggio and then provided a nice lead-out for the eventual winner. But it was not his achievements that were most remarkable, according to Bobbie Traksel who spoke about the first Monument of this year in Kop over Kop podcast.

"Mathieu van der Poel is a gentlemen towards his team, with the emphasis on his. This is also evident from his first reaction afterwards in which he immediately says that he hopes that Philipsen will now also stay. That was the most striking thing for me Milano-Sanremo."

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Traksel continues his story. "If Van der Poel had not been there, Philipsen probably would not have won. It feels like his team and he also feels that responsibility to do this for his teammate. And that makes sense, because Philipsen is also important for the Dutchman. He takes some of the pressure off Van der Poel."

Jeroen Vanbelleghem agrees with his colleague and also thinks that Philipsen should stay at Alpecin-Deceuninck. "Philipsen will make a decision after the classics. But I don't think any other team is better for him in terms of sport. Only financially he would benefit from another team."

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