the Belgian Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin Deceuninck) He took victory among the sprinters in the 71st edition of the classic Paris Bourges, contested over a distance of 198 kms.
Groupama runners tried to facilitate the victory of their sprinters, Arnaud DeMare, but in the finishing straight, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) held on to win, closing the path to glory for the Frenchman and his French compatriot BRyan Coquard (Cofidis).
The main group’s time was 4:19:28, at an average of 45.7 km/hour on the almost 200 km journey between Gien and Bourges.
Many escaped at all times, the first of them including the Swiss Stefan Bissegger (EF Education EasyPost), Frenchman Jonathan Couanon (Nice Métropole Côte d’Azur) and Belgian Otto Vergaerde (Trek Segafredo), who were ahead by 5.30 minutes, but the peloton neutralized the goal away from them.
Gilbert, Rolland and Jonas Rutsch then tried, but the peloton decided not to give more permissions for breakaways and took control under the direction of Lotto Soudal, Groupama-FDJ and Cofidis, teams that were more interested in sprinting.
Near Bourges the great arrival was already felt, and so it was. Jasper Philipsen (Ham, 24 years old), winner of 3 stages of the Vuelta and 2 of the Tour de France, including Paris this season, signs his eleventh stage of the course and the 23rd of his career.
Source: La Verdad
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