The two young star sprinters had differing views on the safety of a move used by Jakobsen in the finale of Stage 2, with the two clearly holding differing stances from an animated conversation that occurred just after the finish of the stage, which Philipsen won over Jakobsen by a slim margin.
Philipsen and Jakobsen's exchange was recorded ahead of a Vuelta organiser interview at the Deceuninck-QuickStep bus with Jakobsen, just catching the conversation midway through.
“I respect you, but that’s not the way I would do it in my eyes," said Philipsen. "If you have no opinion on it..."
“Then we have a different opinion, you also have brakes," responded Jakobsen.
“Hey come on, you went on my train…" said Philpsen, before Jakobsen jumped back in.
“I went through without trouble," said the Danish sprinter.
Philipsen made a dismissive gesture and pulled away after that, saying; “Ok. See you tomorrow.”
The relatively well-mannered conversation appeared to be about a coming together of the Deceuninck-QuickStep and Alpecin-Fenix trains with just over two kilometres remaining in the race. Philipsen was on the wheel of his leadout, but Zdenek Stybar (Deceuninck-QuickStep) slipped in front of Philipsen, with Jakobsen following.
There appeared to be a struggle for position, with Philipsen losing out and having to regroup, though ultimately he did that successfully enough to take the victory.
Jakobsen finished second after the pair sprinted down different sides of the road off the back of Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange), with the Danish fast man now looking at the top of his game again after a life-threatening crash last year at the Tour of Poland saw him with a prolonged stint out of competition.
The Vuelta a España continues with the first summit finish of this year's race, Stage 3 to Picon Blanco. Watch the race LIVE on SBS VICELAND and SBS ON Demand from 2300 AEST, with the TourTracker stream starting slightly earlier at 2250 AEST.
