“And I do not forget that I had taken the jersey of best climber on the Tour de France, in 2019, on a stage that had started from this city (Editor’s note: in the direction of Epernay)“adds, smiling, the runner of the UAE Emirates training.
His victory over the cobblestones overheated by the heat and the Binchoise atmosphere, he had time to savor it in the last kilometers. With this success conquered after a solo of around forty kilometers. “”I’m proud of ithe adds. Get this Belgian champion jersey, each runner in our country in a dream. I would have liked to get it faster in my career, it would have allowed me to then ride all the time with the champion border at the level of the cuffs. “
My new colors will go well with it, I hope, the yellow jersey of my Pogacar teammate.
In the interview area, we felt the particularly moved trudonnaire. “”It is one of the most beautiful victories of my career. And I will be able to enjoy it, with this jersey. Directly on the Tour de France. It will be something to compete in this tunic! And I think that my new colors will go well with it, I also hope so, the yellow jersey of my teammate Tadej Pogacar. “
The Slovenian, who very much appreciates the calm and the solidity of the Belgian, was undoubtedly happy to learn the news of the victory of his teammate (just like she of Rafal Majka in Poland). Tim Wellens, who had decided not to line up on Friday at Brasschaat to defend his title of Belgian champion of the time trial, gave the impression of being particularly sharp, both fluid and powerful in his pedal. And confident, so much so that he had allowed himself the luxury of smiling on the camera 18 kilometers from the finish. While Remco Evenepoel and Jasper Philipsen were in pursuit behind him, at 48 seconds … “I was fine, really good. I knew it, but it was confirmed in the race. In this championship, always special, I have long saved myself. And I waited for the right time to produce my effort. “
With a perfect timing, when he had seen, in the good breakaway, that Remco Evenepoel had lost a few meters, when Tim Wellens ended up with a little ahead of Victor Campenaerts, Arjen Livins and Dries of Bondt.
“I knew it was still far away, but I wanted to take this opportunity and leave alone. Remco was clearly the strongest of the race. But he was quite nervous. He also attacked a lot and then put everyone on a block. It was still looking at a little. I felt that it was the moment. I did not attacked in a super strong way when I left. You have to be a little successful. Be careful not to go beyond my limit. end.
With the feat, in a team of two runners, only to have felt the blow, as is his teammate Florian Vermeersch.
Justine Ghekiere’s tricolor smile
