Philipsen hopes for a Milan-San Remo sprint after double Tirreno-Adriatico wins

Tirreno-Adriatico: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) sprays the champagne on the podium after winning stage 7
Tirreno-Adriatico: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) sprays the champagne on the podium after winning stage 7 (Image credit: Getty Images)

Jasper Philipsen and his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammates will stay in Italy before Saturday's Milan-San Remo and ride the Poggio climb several times during a midweek reconnaissance ride of the route, with the Dutch sprinter hoping he can have a shot at a sprint victory in the Via Roma finish.

Philipsen won two of the sprint finishes in Tirreno-Adriatico and was a close second to Fabio Jakobsen in the other. He won in San Benedetto del Tronto on Sunday after a week of hard racing and three hilly stages but played down suggestions he was currently the best sprinter in the world.

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