The Belgian Jasper Philipsen won the Bruges-La Panne race in a sprint for the second year in a row on Wednesday in his country, three days after winning Milan-Sanremo.
The Alpecin team rider beat his Belgian rival Tim Merlier (Soudal) and the Dutchman Danny Van Poppel (Bora) in this race which started the Flandrian classics.
Ranking of the Classic Bruges-La Panne cycling classic run on Wednesday:
1. Jasper Philipsen (BEL/ADC) 198.8 km at 4 h 22:22. (moyenne: 45.5 km/h)
2. Tim Merlier (BEL/SOQ) at 0.
3. Danny van Poppel (NED/BOH) 0.
4. Jason Tesson (FRA/TEN) 0.
5. Simone Consonni (ITA/LTK) 0.
6. Stian Edvardsen-Fredheim (NOR/UXT) 0.
7. Sebastian Molano (COL/UAD)
8. Phil Bauhaus (GER/TBV) 0.
9. Emilien Jeannière (FRA/TEN) 0.
10. Luca Mozzato (ITA/ARK) 0.