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"I had my doubts for a moment" - Jasper Philipsen relieved to survive Jumbo-Visma protest with stage win still intact
CyclingMonday, 03 July 2023 at 18:36
He was made to wait for it after a Jumbo-Visma complaint, but Jasper Philipsen is officially the winner of stage 3 at the 2023 Tour de France. Speaking afterwards, he admits it was a nervous wait.
"I had my doubts for a moment, but that's how they make it exciting," the Belgian sprinter laughed after the Race Jury took an age to mull over the decision of whether or not Philipsen had hindered Wout van Aert in the final sprint to the line.
"It was tense, but this is the Tour and no presents are handed out. Everyone goes all in. I am very proud of the team, Jonas and Mathieu did a perfect job. I'm glad I could keep it up," continues the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider, before praising the brilliant leadout by Mathieu van der Poel. "Mathieu is great. If he has room to go and can pick up speed, then no one can beat him. It was dangerous with that fence, so I took the fastest way to the finish. Luckily I was able to keep it up."
“There was a lot of stress, everyone is motivated for that first sprint opportunity. In the last seventy kilometres, it was nervous, but that's part of it," he concludes and Philipsen isn't done yet either. "We're going for another stage win, but we're also trying to fight for the green."
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- Nonsense Mistermaumau. Tom has noticeably more character and personality than Mathieu. Look at the photograph with this article - when was the last time you saw Mathieu crack a smile like that?RupertBear17-12-2024
- Get over yourself! Tom is fine, he's quite a character in his way - he's got a great sense of humour for a start. Watch him and Matt Stephens do one of their cafe rides, they're both a hoot. I don't mind Mathieu, but he's a bit of a cold fish in case you haven't noticed. You guys make me laugh, you get a unique rider like Tom appears on the scene and all you can do is bitch! By the way Senna, your use of a comma and then the lack of a space between words is usually an indicator of ASD. Now I'm being bitchy!RupertBear17-12-2024
- Whining isn’t a good look, Lance. Oh and doping or not, the GOAT is still Eddy Merckx imho - lance couldn’t t even come close when you compare resultsCrashjames16-12-2024
- * not taking anything away from the tireless sacrifices wout has made as a superstar. those are two extraordinary individuals.OCexile16-12-2024
- sadly true. mathieu is the bedrock AD was built on, and he’s always shouldered that role and always seen the bigger picture: took MUCH less money than he could have gotten while the team was growing, and has written them new book on what it means to be a completely selfless superstar, witness every ferocious leadout for jasper and what he did at MSR last year. yup, so far that’s not thomas.OCexile16-12-2024
- ...you could also add diminuer,etiquette,basic PR skills and respect all of which Pidcock lacks in abundance.Senna196016-12-2024
- Just like Remco should have ;-)Mistermaumau16-12-2024
- And you base that on which vast amount of knowledge you have on him please?Mistermaumau16-12-2024
- Not only that but what MVDP did at AD had a lot to do with a personality that TP will never have.Mistermaumau16-12-2024
- i mean, duh, the ONLY reason for pidcock to be at Q36.5 is freedom and autonomy. vande velde has kind of an art for the obvious. but as far as the “you should do what van der poel did” advice goes, well, I’LL state the obvious: doing what mathieu did KINDA depends on being ABLE to do what mathieu did. if it didn’t then yeah, that would really be some terrific advice.OCexile16-12-2024