Jasper Philipsen was the sprint bomb of the
Tour de France last year with four stage victories and the green jersey. Philipsen experienced one of his glory days in Bordeaux, although the Belgian said in Vrede op Aarde that even his
Alpecin-Deceuninck team could not always keep up with the fast sprinter.
On July 7, Jasper Philipsen won the stage 7 of last year's Tour de France after a tough battle with Mark Cavendish. For the green Philipsen, that success in Bordeaux was his third stage victory at that point.