Junior world street race champion and junior European time trial champion, 17-year-old Albert Philipsen is already being chased by prime WorldTour groups forward of his bounce to the professional ranks in 2025.
The Dane, who final month soloed to the rainbow jersey by 1:19 in Glasgow and earlier this week blitzed the TT course in Emmen to say one other main title, is needed by the likes of Jumbo-Visma, Ineos Grenadiers, and UAE Staff Emirates.
Groups together with Lidl-Trek, Bahrain Victorious, and Alpecin-Deceuninck are additionally monitoring Philipsen, his agent Alex Carera advised Ekstra Bladet.
Carera runs the A&J All Sports activities company along with his brother Jonny which represents main professional riders together with Tadej Pogačar, Biniam Girmay, and Giulio Ciccone. Philipsen, who turned 17 earlier this month can be on the company’s roster forward of what is going to be his ultimate season as a junior in 2024.
Philipsen has additionally been topped as world junior mountain bike champion this 12 months, in addition to profitable a title at European degree, the Danish street title and the factors jersey on the Course de la Paix. He can sit up for a listing of groups queuing for his signature for 2025.
“The necessary factor for us just isn’t how huge the cash is, however that the workforce is the best undertaking for Albert,” Carera advised Ekstra Bladet.
Philipsen at present races for the Danish Tscherning Biking Academy and rounded off his season with Sunday’s UEC Highway European Championships street race on the Col du VAM, the place he completed in seventeenth place.
He seems set to turn out to be the subsequent junior sensation to instantly swap to the world of professional racing, skipping the U23 ranks completely. It is an occasionally made transfer, however has occurred with extra regularity lately.
Remco Evenepoel did the identical in 2019, profitable the European time trial title and the Clásica San Sebastián throughout his first 12 months as a professional, whereas Quinn Simmons in 2020 and newly topped European time trial champion Josh Tarling have additionally taken the identical fast-track path.
