At the Tour de France, the Philipsen case has erupted: first the disqualification, then the jury's reversal, thanks to the timely intervention of Philip Roodhooft, team manager of Alpecin–Premier Tech. For a few minutes, Jasper Philipsen went from the satisfaction of a recovered podium to the disappointment of a disqualification that seemed to erase everything. Then came the sensational plot twist: the Tour de France jury reconsidered its decision, restoring third place to the Alpecin-Premier Tech sprinter, which he had won at Nevers behind winner Søren Wærenskjold and Olav Kooij.

At the end of the sprint on the eleventh stage, Philipsen had initially been relegated for an alleged irregularity in the sprint, also receiving a yellow card. A decision that provoked an immediate reaction from Alpecin-Premier Tech, convinced that their rider had committed no infraction.

The first to take a stand was team manager Philip Roodhooft, who made no attempt to hide his surprise and immediately went to protest, asking to review the footage. «We reviewed the images, but in our opinion there was no explanation for this disqualification and the yellow card. We thought this decision was really very strange».

According to the Belgian manager, Philipsen found himself caught up in an extremely confusing situation in the final meters, but the fault was not his.

«It was difficult for Jasper to see the Picnic PostNL rider coming. When he learned of the disqualification he was very disappointed and above all couldn't understand the reason for the decision».

Alpecin didn't stop at words. Philip Roodhooft immediately presented himself before the jury to request a review of the footage.

The protest had an effect. After a new examination of the finish, the commissaries decided to completely overturn the verdict: no relegation, no yellow card, and the podium restored to Philipsen.

A reversal that avoided an even more sensational case, although it left many questions about how the matter was handled.

While satisfied with the final outcome, Roodhooft preferred not to further fuel the controversy: «Better to stop here, otherwise we risk saying the wrong things», he explained.

The manager, however, reconstructed the dynamics of the sprint, arguing that his rider had simply reacted to the movements of his opponents.

«There was talk of two maneuvers by Jasper, but from the images you can see that these are normal racing situations or reactions to what others do. It was Olav Kooij who pushed him toward the center of the road and only then was there contact with Pavel Bittner. There was contact, but it wasn't caused by Jasper».