A puncture at the worst possible time and poor position in the bunch sprint left Jasper Philipsen without a result in Gent-Wevelgem and frustrated after Alpecin-Deceuninck threw all of their riders into a futile chase of winner Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek).
Philipsen finished a distant 44th in the peloton which only managed to half the 90-second advantage that Pedersen had in the final 20 kilometres, and he was annoyed that other teams didn't put more into the pursuit.
