Jasper Philipsen faces
Milano-Sanremo 2024 in a very different way than the great sprinters of a decade ago. Long gone are the days when riders like Erik Zabel or Oscar Freire dominated the race. The Belgian is aware that the main asset of
Alpecin-Deceuninck is not him, it is Mathieu van der Poel, but that does not stop him from dreaming of winning.
"I will try to survive the attacks on Cipressa and Poggio and see how far I can go. I have few options but I'll try to have a chance," Philipsen told CyclingPro.net yesterday during the team presentations. "There can only be one winner and if I'm at the right time in the right place, why not." The Belgian will be a protected rider, and hopefully for him a sprint scenario would come to be where he'd be able to fight for the win.
