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Opinion: Philipsen Easily Won the Škoda Green Jersey – But…

July 25, 2023 at 10:54 am4 min reading

Road cycling

It took 17 stages to decide the yellow jersey winner of the 2023 Tour de France. The battle for the Škoda Green Jersey was effectively over after stage 11 in which Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Jasper Philipsen won his fourth bunch sprint (out of five runs) in this…

Vingegaard on Winning the Tour: ‘It’s been a long journey but it also went by so fast’

July 23, 2023 at 8:07 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

For the second consecutive year, Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard emerged victorious as the overall champion in the Tour de France.

Philipsen Defies Trolls and Rivals to Dominate Tour Sprints

July 13, 2023 at 1:21 pm3 min reading

Road cycling

Jasper Philipsen had the perfect response to the threats and other messages of hate he has received because of his string of victories in the Tour de France: he won again. Since his victory in stage 7, his third bunch sprint win in succession in…

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The Battle for the Škoda Green Jersey: Philipsen (and van der Poel) Seize the Lead

July 7, 2023 at 8:49 am4 min reading

Road cycling

Just to be different, I’ll open this blog about the race for the Tour de France Škoda Green Jersey with a video, courtesy of Eurosport (the pertinent footage begins at 2 minutes). It shows Mathieu van der Poel leading out his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Jasper Philipsen…

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Two Farewells + Strong Contenders = Hot Škoda Green Jersey Race at the Tour

June 29, 2023 at 5:02 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

It would be crass to begin this preview of the race for this year’s Tour de France Škoda Green Jersey with anyone other than Mark Cavendish, though he has only a slim chance of winning. The greatest sprinter of them all has won 57 Grand…

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Vingegaard Loses Roglič and Kruijswijk: ‘It was quite a bad day for us’

July 18, 2022 at 9:00 am4 min reading

Road cycling

The Dane himself crashed but managed to get to the finish line safely. Unfortunately, for the Jumbo-Visma team, that was not the case with Kruijswijk and Roglič.

The Race for the Škoda Green Jersey

July 7, 2022 at 1:00 pm6 min reading

Road cycling

It’s no secret that we love Wout van Aert. Though he will never win the Tour de France yellow jersey, he is, simply put, the most talented all-around road racer in the world. After five stages of the 2022 Tour de France, the 27-year-old Belgian…

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Škoda Green Jersey Overview: Fabio Jakobsen Nears Green Jersey Win in Vuelta

August 27, 2021 at 10:46 am5 min reading

Road cycling

As it has been from the start of this year’s Vuelta, the race for the green jersey continues to be defined by the riders who are not in the race. With both Peter Sagan and Caleb Ewan absent because of injuries they suffered in the…

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Škoda Green Jersey Overview: Sprinters Are Favoured to Win – for a Change

August 20, 2021 at 11:07 am6 min reading

Road cycling

If you look up the winners of the green jersey in the last 10 editions of the Vuelta a España, you will notice something remarkable. Only one of the 10 riders to win the green jersey over that decade was a pure sprinter, John Degenkolb,…