Jasper Philipsen snatches stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico in Foligno after Mathieu van der Poel heroics
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) timed his late attack to perfection to emerge victorious from a bunch sprint on stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico.
Philipsen had team-mate Mathieu van der Poel to thank for a fantastic lead-out to pave the way for the Belgian’s victory with 125 metres to go.
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Filippo Ganna remains the overall race leader. “Always nice to win,” said Philipsen afterwards. “After a team effort like this, to win is even more nice. “The start of the season didn’t go like we all hoped with the team but it’s still early and I knew we just had to stay calm and do like we did in previous years and the wins would come. “A team effort like today with Oscar [Riesebeek] pulling the peloton all day and the team keeping me in a good position. “And in the end with Mathieu, I didn’t really have to make a long sprint because his lead-out was so strong and that makes it so nice.” Bernal to return to racing at end of March, could feature at Tour de France — 'Door wide open' 'A shame we still have inequality in sport' — Kenny on IWD With the first 170km of the stage resembling more of a leisurely afternoon ride, there was very little action to report as the peloton seemed content to take in the Tuscan scenery.