Jasper Philipsen

Jasper Philipsen
Philipsen, Gent. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2023.
Personal information
Full nameJasper Philipsen
NicknameJasper Disaster[1] • Jasper the Master[2]
Born (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998 (age 26)
Mol, Flanders, Belgium
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)[3]
Team information
Current teamAlpecin–Deceuninck[3]
DisciplineRoad
RoleSprinter
Amateur team
2017BMC Development Team
Professional teams
2018Hagens Berman Axeon[4]
2019–2020UAE Team Emirates[5][6]
2021–Alpecin–Fenix
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (2023)
9 individual stages (2022, 2023, 2024)
Vuelta a España
3 individual stages (2020, 2021)

One-day races and Classics

Milan–San Remo (2024)
Classic Brugge–De Panne (2023, 2024)
Eschborn–Frankfurt (2021)
Scheldeprijs (2021, 2023)
GP de Denain (2021)
Münsterland Giro (2024)

Jasper Philipsen (born 2 March 1998) is a Belgian professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.[7][8] Specialising as a sprinter, he has won nine stages in the Tour de France and three in the Vuelta a España, and the points classification in the 2023 Tour de France.

  1. ^ Fotheringham, William (15 July 2023). "No more 'Jasper disaster': Philipsen is now sprint king in a fast-moving business". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ Parker, Ian (12 July 2023). "Jasper Philipsen sprints to fourth stage victory at this year's Tour de France". yahoo!sport. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Jasper Philipsen | WorldTour Team | Alpecin-Deceuninck Cycling Team 2022". Alpecin–Deceuninck. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  4. ^ "UCI approves Axeon Pro Continental status". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018. The team has announced eight riders so far for the 2018 roster, including João Almeida from Portugal, William Barta from the US, U23 time trial world champion Mikkel Bjerg from Denmark, Cole Davis from the US, Zeke Mostov from the US, Jasper Philipsen from Belgium, Thomas Revard from the US and Maikel Zijlaard from the Netherlands.
  5. ^ "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. ^ "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Alpecin-Fenix". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  8. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (9 September 2020). "Jasper Philipsen signs for Alpecin-Fenix". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 9 September 2020.