The Belgian Jasper Philipsenwho after two second places and a disqualification on Tuesday achieved his first victory in this Tour de France, assured that in a race like this “You can’t lower your arms.”
“I had to keep trying. I regretted every time I was close to victory, because it is an opportunity that you let go forever, but in the Tour there are not so many opportunities for sprinting and you have to try them all. ,” said of Alpecin riders. .
The 25-year-old Belgian admitted that the first week was “not very good” for him, but insisted that he conspired with the team to change his luck in the second.
“In a Tour sprint everything has to go well. This time, we made a good train and we were able to achieve the goal,” he explained.
He especially appreciated the work of his teammate Mathieu van der Poel, his last pitcher.
“When you have a world champion as a thrower it is something extraordinary. He is a cyclist with great talent, you just have to look at his record,” he commented.
Source: La Verdad
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