Jasper Philipsen plays second Tour de France green jersey as ‘5% chance of success’

Following his Tour de France stage 16 win, sprinter Jasper Philipsen recognised that he now had a small chance of conquering the green jersey for a second year running. But with only hilly or mountainous stages and a time trial left in this year’s Tour, the Belgian star was definitely not counting his ‘points chickens’ before they were hatched.

“About 5%,” Philipsen responded when asked how great his chances were of wearing green on the final podium of the Tour de France, which will now hinge on points won and lost in the four remaining intermediate sprints between Nîmes and Nice.