Philipsen comes close at BinckBank Tour

Jasper Philipsen fell just short of claiming his second win of the week on stage 3 of the BinckBank Tour (WT) in Belgium.

The race, which was held in rainy conditions for much of the day, was decided in a hectic sprint over narrow twisty roads with Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) proving the fastest, finishing a bike length ahead of Philipsen who moves to second overall in the general classification.

 
Philipsen : “We rode well today. It was important to be at the front because of the bad weather and we managed to do that. In the end the guys put me in a good position to sprint for the win. I opened up on the left hand side and almost thought I had it but Pedersen came with speed at the last moment. I would have liked to have kept the leaders jersey but I’m happy with the result and glad we all finished safely in the wet conditions.”

Tomorrow stage 4 will be an 8.1km individual time-trial in Riemst-Kanne.

 
Stage 3 Results

Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) 3:26:11
Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) s.t
Pascal Ackermann (Bora- hansgrohe) s.t

 
General Classification after stage 3

Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) 6:25:21
Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) s.t
Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Fenix) +7