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Jasper Philipsen on first win of the year: "I almost didn't have to sprint anymore because of Mathieu's lead-out"
CyclingWednesday, 08 March 2023 at 17:44
Jasper Philipsen started his season late at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, however it didn't take too long for him to succeed as he won today's stage of Tirreno-Adriatico.
"My teammate Gianni Vermeersch already told us in the meeting this morning that it could possibly turn out to be echelons. It no longer looked like it was going to happen, but Jumbo-Visma was very strong and still threw it aside," the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider said in a post-race interview. "I was a bit too far behind, but I was able to grab Filippo Ganna's wheel. He completely closed the gap to the first group, although in the end everything came together again."
Philipsen was in the leading group when the peloton split towards the end together with Mathieu van der Poel and he was not shy of hitting the wind at the time. However as the peloton came back together some kilometers later there were questions on whether too many matches had been burnt. As it turned out, that wasn't the case.
The Belgian team put in a very strong leadout, with Mathieu van der Poel himself sprinting all the way until the point where the finish line was visible. With most main sprinters struggling for positioning, Philipsen had a comfortable win, beating Phil Bauhaus who was the only rider who managed to stay in his wheel.
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"It's always nice to win, especially after such a team effort as today. Oscar Riesebeek worked all day at the front and at the end I almost didn't have to sprint anymore because of Mathieu's lead-out. The start of the season did not go as we had hoped, but it is still early in the year. I knew we had to stay calm and then the victories would come naturally," Philipsen concluded. He should have another opportunity to fight for a win later in the week on the final day, before he targets Milano-Sanremo.
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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