{"id":195274,"date":"2024-03-22T13:08:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=195274"},"modified":"2024-03-22T13:14:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:14:54","slug":"wheels-roundup-philipsen-bullies-to-win-classic-brugge-de-panne-concern-over-cavendish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2024\/03\/22\/wheels-roundup-philipsen-bullies-to-win-classic-brugge-de-panne-concern-over-cavendish\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheels Roundup: Concern Over Cavendish, Philipsen Bullies to Win Classic Brugge-De Panne"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four days after his sensational Milan\u2013San Remo victory, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin Deceuninck) elbowed his way to a controversial win in the Classic Brugge-De Panne.\u00a0The race was run over a mostly flat 198.9 km course that favoured a bunch sprint finish and in the end, it came down to a mano a mano between the two best sprinters on the road currently, Philipsen and Soudal Quick-Step\u2019s Tim Merlier who already had six wins under his belt.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But Philipsen\u2019s win was far from easy and not without incident. When the sprint kicked off, with BORA-hansgrohe\u2019s Danny van Poppel in the lead, Philipsen came up on Merlier\u2019s left and appeared to lean into his fellow Belgian just as he was building up speed. That appeared to halt Merlier\u2019s momentum as Philipsen surged past him and held on to a narrow victory. After the finish, Merlier was visibly angry and appeared to make his feelings known to his rival [see the video of the finish HERE<\/a>].<\/p>\n

In a post-race interview<\/a>, Philipsen said, \u201cI see a gap on the left side. Tim wanted to take this gap but, of course, there\u2019s space for only one guy in this gap and I\u2019m happy we stayed upright.\u201d<\/p>\n

Understandably, Merlier was less calm. \u201cJasper was coming and I felt something in my back and at that moment I stopped pedalling,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m blocked behind the wheel of Danny [van Poppel] and my sprint was done. I was in a good position, the team did a great job. I wanted to do a good sprint today but I didn\u2019t do a sprint so, of course, I\u2019m disappointed.\u201d He went on to say that he and Philipsen shook hands after the race.<\/p>\n

It looks like we are building up to a very hot sprint season.<\/p>\n

\"Jasper<\/a>
Four days after his sensational Milan\u2013San Remo victory, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin Deceuninck) elbowed his way to a controversial win in the Classic Brugge-De Panne. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cavendish\u2019s season thrown into doubt by fitness questions<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mark Cavendish\u2019s quest<\/a> to become the first rider to win 35 Tour de France stages was thrown into doubt this week as his Astana Qazaqstan team said there was no known timeline for his return to racing. The 38-year-old Briton had been scheduled to start the Classic Brugge-De Panne this week but was scratched at the last minute due to illness.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s sick, so it was not possible to take to the start,\u201d Astana Qazaqstan director Stefano Zanini told\u00a0GCN\u00a0<\/a>in Bruges. \u201cIt\u2019s not easy riding Milano-Torino when you are sick but here it\u2019s impossible. The Belgian races are very different. They are hard when you are in 100% condition. For sure, it was impossible to take the start here.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a disappointing spring, with only a stage victory in the Tour Colombia in February, Cavendish pulled out midway through the Milano-Torino because he felt ill. Since then his best finish was 17th place in stage 5 of the UAE Tour, a race he did not finish. He then failed to make the time cutoff of stage 5 of the Tirreno-Adriatico before he abandoned the Milano-Torino.<\/p>\n

Confusion surrounds the exact nature of his illness. The team said at the Milano-Torino that he was suffering from \u201cgastrointestinal discomfort\u201d but Cavendish said at the start of that race that he was coming down with a cold. This week, at the Classic Brugge-De Panne, Zanini said that it was a respiratory problem but \u201cnothing special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cavendish unretired this year to try again to break the Tour\u2019s stage victories record, which he holds jointly with Eddy Merckx. The race is still more than three months away, but Cavendish will be 39 when the Tour kicks off and the race will be loaded with young, hungry and in-form sprinters, so it will be an uphill battle for the rider considered the GOAT. Fingers crossed.<\/p>\n

[GOAT = greatest of all time]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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