Whether it is the Lance Armstrong-Johan Bruyneel duo from their podcast in the United States, or Cyrille Guimard during his column on cyclismactu.net, many people doubt the ability of Remco Evenepoel to fight for a victory in the Tour de France. . Enough to question certain choices made by the Soudal-Quickstep team. Analysis.
On the occasion of a podcast hosted by Lance Armstrongtitled The Move, Johan Bruyneelthe former sporting director of theUS Postalvery clearly stated that he doubted the chances of Remco Evenepoel to win the Tour de France next year, the Belgian champion having set himself the objective of bringing the yellow jersey back to Belgium: “ This will be his first Tour de France. OK, he already won the Vuelta. But the Tour is completely different. I don’t think we can expect him to challenge for the podium. He still has to learn the ropes of the Tour. Winning the Vuelta is one thing, but there is still a big difference with the Tour. Especially if these three guys, Vingegaard, Pogacar and Roglic, are fit and have no problems. Evenepoel will not be able to compete with them in my opinion ».
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“He will not be able to compete with Vingegaard, Pogacar and Roglic on the Tour”
In the process, Lance Armstrong added that there were many of them, beyond the trio Vingegaard-Pogacar-Roglicto aim for the podium: “ There’s a long list of guys who want to get on it, like Carlos Rodriguez or Richard Carapaz “. Asked by cyclismactu.net in his column, Cyrille Guimard validates the doubts expressed by the duo Bruyneel-Armstrong : « Johan Bruyneel and Lance Armstrong’s statement is not stupid, they know a little about cycling ».
The “All Evenepoel” strategy fatally called into doubt
Whether it is the duo of Ex-US Postal or Cyrille Guimardformer sports director of Bernard Hinault, Greg Lemond et Laurent Fignonall agree that Remco Evenepoel does not offer enough guarantee to aim for victory in the Tour de France, which has not often displayed great reliability in high mountains over three weeks, like the last Tour of Spain. Consequently, everyone tends to question – without saying it but we can deduce it from their words – the strategy of “All Evenepoel » set up by the Soudal-Quickstepeven if it means putting runners of the caliber of Julian Alaphilippe.
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