![]() Philipsen, Gent. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2023. | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Jasper Philipsen |
Nickname | Jasper Disaster[1] • Jasper the Master[2] |
Born | Mol, Flanders, Belgium | 2 March 1998
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)[3] |
Team information | |
Current team | Alpecin–Deceuninck[3] |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Sprinter |
Amateur team | |
2017 | BMC Development Team |
Professional teams | |
2018 | Hagens Berman Axeon[4] |
2019–2020 | UAE Team Emirates[5][6] |
2021– | Alpecin–Fenix |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Jasper Philipsen (born 2 March 1998) is a Belgian professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.[7][8] Specialising as a sprinter, he has won nine stages in the Tour de France and three in the Vuelta a España, and the points classification in the 2023 Tour de France.
The team has announced eight riders so far for the 2018 roster, including João Almeida from Portugal, William Barta from the US, U23 time trial world champion Mikkel Bjerg from Denmark, Cole Davis from the US, Zeke Mostov from the US, Jasper Philipsen from Belgium, Thomas Revard from the US and Maikel Zijlaard from the Netherlands.