Costaud but above all daring. Tim Wellens Allied Force and Intelligence to adorn himself with the black-yellow-red jersey on Sunday on the Belgian cycling championship in Binche. A consecration for the UAE runner, necessarily very happy after having crossed the finish line.
“It is my best victory. The Belgian national jersey, everyone wants to wear it. I will be lucky to wear it a year and show it on the next round, the biggest race in the world. I am super proud “reacted to an ultra-wrinkle Wellens at the microphone of Quentin Volvert.
If he was not worried about the duo Evenepoel-Philipsen in pursuit, Tim Wellens had to wait for the last hectometers to understand that he had victory in hand. “”I was not sure to win until the last kilometer. I already heard ‘congratulations’ in the last 20 minutes but I was suffering and I was not sure to win. I have never suffered like that in my life. I was not the strongest, everyone saw that Remco was above. Because of that, everyone was looking at him and I was able to take advantage of that. “
At the end of the interview, Wellens said he had hesitated for a long time before taking the start of this Belgian championship. “”I decided at the last moment. I decided on Wednesday evening. I was on an altitude course with the team and I did not feel my legs (Editor’s note: in the sense that he pedaled ‘easy’). I told myself that I had to take advantage of this form because in the Belgian championship you never know. “