Newly crowned Milan-San Remo champion Jasper Philipsen sprinted to victory in the Classic Brugge-De Panne one-day race in Belgium on Wednesday afternoon.
The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider’s second win in four days came at the end of a chaotic run-in to De Panne, with the whole bunch contesting the final kilometres over narrow farm roads and tight bends in the final kilometre of the 198km race.
Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick Step) came in second and Danny Van Poppel (Bora-Hansgrohe) third, despite having a close call with a drainage ditch with six kilometres remaining.
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