Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) claimed a chaotic victory at the second edition of the Copenhagen Sprint, in a race that saw multiple crashes on the final circuit, causing splits in the peloton, and a furious chase to reconnect with a breakaway, which was caught just a few hundred metres from the finish line.
Somehow avoiding the incidents that cut the peloton in half, the Belgian sprinter relied heavily on his teammates to keep him in position on the final straight away, where, once the break was caught, he jumped onto the wheel of Tobias Lund Andresen (Decathlon CMA CGM), making his final kick with just 150 metres remaining to surge past the Dane and take the win.
