A number of the top teams are very interested in Philipsen including the likes of
BORA - hansgrohe,
INEOS Grenadiers,
Lidl-Trek and
UAE Team Emirates. But what kind of rider would they be getting? “My favourite are the road races, it’s more fun," he admits. "Right now I would say that I'm better at time trialling because it is more about steady pace and not so tactical, and my tactical skills are something that I'm really working on as I got into road cycling a bit late.”
“Coming from mountain biking, the races I dream to win are always the Olympics and the World Champs, that’s probably some of my goals that I have for the future," he concludes. “I would say I look a lot to the guys who mix a lot in the disciplines, like
Mathieu van der Poel,
Wout van Aert and
Tom Pidcock, but my favourite guy in the road side is Tadej Pogačar, and today is the first time I met him in person, so that also pretty wild for me.”