Jasper Philipsen showcased his talent by moving from third in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad to winning Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, drawing parallels to Wout van Aert’s past performance. After finishing 94th in the same race last year, Philipsen demonstrated his improvement in both climbing and sprinting. On Sunday, he benefitted from an exceptional leadout by his team, including disqualified rider Kaden Groves. Philipsen expressed the importance of team support and displayed confidence in preparing for the upcoming Milan-San Remo.
I tried to stay focus and go for the win, visualizing a little bit, but of course it' it's difficult for our opponents to beat when you have a team and support like this from guys like Jonas [Rickaert] and Kaden...it was a perfect leadout,
Yesterday [Saturday] I felt a bit stronger on the climbs to be honest but it was clear it was going to be a bunch sprint, there were no big splits. I tried to focus pretty quickly on the sprint [on Sunday] and also the legs weren't the best any more, but nobody had good legs after a hard day like this.
We just needed to have the confidence on the flat part that we could do something in the last kilometre.
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