News | Bruxelles Cycling Classic • September 7, 2019
Philipsen third in Brussels Classic
A sprint that came down to the wire in Belgium, with two UAE Team Emirates men in the Top Ten
The young Belgian, Jasper Philipsen, from UAE Team Emirates took third place in the final sprint which decided the Brussels Classic. Top Ten also for the Norwegian Alexander Kristoff who finished in seventh place in the sprint won by Australian Caleb Ewan of Lotto Soudal.
Second place went to Pascal Ackermann (Bora Hansgrohe).
“Today I had good legs and with the team we raced really well, always in the front and ready for any moves happening in the race” says Jasper Philipsen “The goal here was to try to win with me or with Alex and we went very close, it only came down to a matter of a few centimeters.
We hope that next time luck will be on our side”.
Results:
1 Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto-Soudal 4:25:35
2 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora Hansgrohe s.t.
3 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates s.t.
7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates s.t.
