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. Ad The win is both Philipsen's and Alpecin-Deceuninck’s first of 2023.

PostNord Danmark RundtKooij wins opening crash-marred stage of the Tour of Denmark16/08/2022 AT 17:46 Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) was second with Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Circus-Wanty) completing the podium. 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. An early break of four riders was eventually reeled in at 70km to go in the most noteworthy action of the day ahead of the finish. Davide Bais (Eolo–Kometa) extended his King of the Mountains classification lead as well as taking the