It’s hard to argue with Alpecin-Deceuninck team manager Christoph Roodhooft’s pronouncement that “Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen are probably the best sprint combo in the world right now”.
In Nogaro, just as they did in Bayonne, Van der Poel and Philipsen combined to give Alpecin-Deceuninck two sprint wins from two in the 2023 Tour de France. Philipsen is actually four from four, having won the last two sprint finishes of the 2022 Tour de France.
