Former Tour de France inexperienced jersey winner Jasper Philipsen has stated that he sees “seven or eight” probabilities for sprints within the 2025 Tour following its route unveiling on Tuesday.
The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider has taken 9 dash stage wins within the final three editions of the Tour and can as soon as once more be a factors classification contender subsequent summer season. He’ll even have the uncommon alternative to go for the yellow jersey on the opening day in Lille.
Talking on the presentation in Paris, Philipsen known as the primary stage, a largely flat 185km run which begins and ends within the northern metropolis, a “large objective” for him.
“This generally is a Tour de France that provides perspective for our group. I’m already fascinated by the beginning in Lille. An opportunity to seize each the stage and the yellow jersey. A novel alternative and instantly an enormous objective, I believe.
“The remainder of the Tour additionally seems to be good for me as a sprinter with possibly seven or eight dash alternatives in complete. These levels are usually not at all times the flattest, however that is not unhealthy for us. I will have to have a look at the whole lot in additional element, however for now, I am proud of it.”
Philipsen took 9 wins in 2024, with three Tour levels coming alongside Milan-San Remo and the Traditional Brugge-De Panne as his stand-out outcomes as he completed the yr as the highest sprinter within the UCI rankings, behind solely Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel.
He was current in Paris alongside reigning inexperienced jersey winner Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) and stage win report holder Mark Cavendish, who is about to retire this winter.
Philipsen advised Het Nieuwsblad that “usually I am comfortable” with the route, which has additional flat levels in Dunkerque, Laval, Châteauroux, Toulouse, Valence and Paris.
“The true mountain levels, to La Plagne for instance, appear actually robust to me, however usually I am comfortable,” he stated. “The Tour is generally on the programme for me, however for the time being everybody remains to be having fun with their trip. So, we’ll have to attend and see what the planning will seem like precisely.”
