“Tim Wellens is a truly deserving Belgian champion “, estimated Bulens, during our traditional post-race debrief. “Wellens was perhaps not the strongest but probably intelligent. He said it himself. He placed a sharp start at a time when everyone was a little limited. He took advantage of the rivalry between his opponents, especially that between Remco Evenepoel et Jasper Philipsen And have this ability to hold your gap to the end. We have a very beautiful Belgian champion. “
Regarding Evenepoel, Gérard Bulens does not throw the stone for him but underlines that the Olympic champion may have done a little too much. “He fought a little by showing all his strength”he explained at the end of live. A concept he repeated during our debrief. “”Remco has made the race he had to do. He showed that he was the strongest. Wellens also said it. When you show all your power, all your strength, others tend not to help you when necessary. This is a bit of what happened. I understand his disappointment at the end of the race “, Analysis Bulens.
Finally 3rd place returned to a Jasper Philipsen who ran with Panache but was too short to play the victory. “I have the feeling that he was in block, he himself recognized it after the race. He was also distant in the last ascent. I therefore think that he could not have won on this course in the conditions that were proposed were perhaps a little too difficult for him. In his discharge, he is the only truckers to have entered this group. He therefore deserved this 3rd place.”
