Wout van Aert was unable to defend his probabilities on the sixth stage of the Tour de France. Hampered within the ultimate dash by a harmful maneuver by Jasper Philipsenthe Visma l Lease a Bike rider needed to minimize his effort earlier than getting going once more, which value him a whole lot of pace.
Seventh on the end, van Aert is lastly sixth following the demotion of Jasper Philipsen, however that doesn’t change a lot, the Belgian was very upset together with his compatriot to Sporza’s microphone : “I obtained trapped once more within the dash by Jasper Philipsen, everybody noticed it. It is considered one of his dangerous habits“.
Though he didn’t actually really feel at risk, van Aert however regrets Philipsen’s gesture, which he considers disloyal: “It wasn’t essentially tremendous harmful, as a result of I might nonetheless brake simply in time, however I used to be sprinting at his stage after which I do not perceive why we’re nonetheless making gaps in the direction of the obstacles. It is not closing the door professionally. He will need to have felt that I used to be subsequent to him. However he already did it final 12 months on the Tour and now he is doing it once more like that.“.
Offended with Philipsen, van Aert hoped that the Belgian could be downgraded, in any other case it could open the door to different harmful conduct: “If they do not punish severely, everybody thinks that something goes. It will solely make the issue worse.“. Wout van Aert received his case as Jasper Philipsen was downgraded and penalized 13 factors from the inexperienced jersey.
