Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen are convinced they can combine perfectly to win sprint stages at the Tour de France, with Van der Poel also ready to fight to survive on the hilly opening stage around Bilbao and try to take the first yellow jersey of this year's race.
Van der Poel is arguably the most versatile Classics rider in the peloton after his victory at Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix but he is ready to be Philipsen's lead-out man.
