Nokere Koerse 2025, Bad Fall for Philipsen. Eekhoff Wins Ahead of Moschetti

Rome, 19 March 2025 - The first twist is the Milan-Sanremo 2025 risks seeing it before departure, scheduled Saturday March 22: Jasper Phillipsen, the winner of last year's edition, was the victim of a very bad fall at Nokere Koerse 2025.

Philipsen's Conditions

 The runner ofAlpecin-Deceuninck He was the protagonist of the whole day with several attacks, demonstrating his excellent legs, before launching himself into the final sprint and falling, immediately suffering serious consequences on the right side of his body. The Belgian remained on the ground for a long time before being rescued by ambulance while the party was taking place. Nils Eekhoff, good at mocking Matteo Moschetti. From the celebration to the concern of an entire team for the fate of their captain, called on Saturday to try to confirm the success of a year ago. Net of the more in-depth tests that will be carried out in the next few hours, the first sensations are not totally negative: the most serious injuries (and typical after a fall) seem to have been averted, but the strong pain felt by Philipsen however, it risks putting a question mark on his participation in the Very classic Saturday or, in the event of a green light, to limit his chances of victory in a context that already promises to be complicated for the sprinters. Between weather warnings and the tough, if not very tough, race that theUAE Team Emirates-XRG wants to do for Tadej pogacar starting from the Cipressa, there are already those who tend to exclude a sprint, even with reduced ranks, among the fast wheels of a group in which the absence of potential protagonists (if not even winners) such as Arnaud De Lie e Christophe Laporte.

Spring at risk for Laporte?

 The Frenchman's conditions are actually much more complex, to the point of risking putting his entire season at risk. Classics: to give information on the situation of the former European champion was Maarten Wynants, sports director of Visma-Lease a Bike intercepted by the microphones of CyclingFlits. " Christophe he is not yet ready to run and we don't actually have a date for his return. We hope this will happen as soon as possible, but it also depends a lot on the awareness acquired by the person concerned. Today we only know that he is not fit enough and that he must continue to train properly". On the causes of these ailments that have afflicted for some time The door a certain mystery continues to reign, apparently desired by all parties involved, who have always spoken of an 'illness' whose contours are never well defined. "For privacy reasons we are not allowed to delve into the medical situation. Let's put it this way: he is in a difficult period and his problem has not yet been resolved".

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