Jasper Philipsen

Belgian Jasper Philipsen claimed his maiden victory on the Tour de France when he won a bunch sprint in the 15th stage as overall leader Jonas Vingegaard ...

I was not thinking anymore." "It was not a memorable day. If we could have stayed together with Alexis maybe it would have been different," said Thomas. Tiesj crashed in front of me and I could not avoid him. I'm ok but it was a bad day." I came close a few times last year and our ambition was to win this year.

24-year-old Belgian takes his first Tour stage win on a hot and hectic day in the South of France.

Thomas and Alexis Gougeard (B&B Hotels-KTM) then managed to pull away off the front, and the pack settled back into chase mode. Trek-Segafredo led the way toward the line, and Pedersen opened up his sprint with some 300 meters to go, with Van Aert and Philipsen close behind. Crashes marred the afternoon, with Jumbo-Visma's day going from bad to worse. Roglič was among the riders who did not start the stage as he continues to recover from injuries sustained in a prior crash. Race leader Jonas Vingegaard finished in the bunch to retain his overall advantage, but only after a challenging day out. Trek-Segafredo led things out for Pedersen, but Philipsen expertly followed the Dane's wheel and then surged to the front inside the last hundred meters.

Jasper Philipsen won stage 15 of the Tour de France in Carcassonne at the end of a costly day for Jonas Vingegaard in the yellow jersey.

“I know what it’s like losing in the Tour de France, I’ve been close many many times but it worked out today, it’s incredible and I cannot believe it.” Van Aert tried to salvage the day with a stage win in the green jersey but was half a wheel short. For the second time in this Tour, protestors sought to block the road.

'I'm on a good level but there's not been many chances for us' says Alpecin-Deceuninck rider.

Apart from his encouraging results in the Tour, Philipsen has had a consistently good year in the sprints as well. "But waiting to win until that last day would make for even more stress." But it didn't work out."

After six podium finishes on the Tour last year, the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider claimed his maiden stage victory.

“New chances will come, that must be the motivation,” Philipsen said. I think last Friday was also a good opportunity, but a strong group went up the road. On stage 4 into Calais, Van Aert ambushed the peloton to claim a solo victory while on Friday’s stage 13, Pedersen won from a breakaway. “I think we had also a good opportunity in Calais, but then Wout decided differently. [With] Mathieu going home, it has not been an easy Tour for us, but I think today really showed the strength of the squad.” “The pressure is off, everybody, all the staff.

Jonas Vingegaard. Danish cyclist, born 1996 · Jasper Philipsen. Belgian cyclist · Wout van Aert. Belgian cyclist · Steven Kruijswijk. Dutch road bicycle racer.

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CARCASSONNE, France — Jasper Philipsen of Belgium braved a heat wave to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint on Sunday as Jonas Vingegaard ...

Roglič reset his own dislocated shoulder on the side of the road and had been racing in pain ever since. Two more riders, Magnus Cort and stage-six winner Simon Clarke, withdrew from the race after testing positive for the coronavirus. Vingegaard’s lead remains unchanged at 2 minutes, 22 seconds over 2020 and ‘21 Tour winner Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia after they both finished in the lead group.