Asked about his role in the final of the 9th stage between Chinon and Châteauroux this Sunday, July 13, the Belgian Olympic champion explained that there was no place for feelings.
We may be friends in life, things are very different once in the saddle. Sunday, when the tandem of the Alpecin Deceuninck team Mathieu Van der Poel Jonas Rickaert played with the nerves of the Sprinters teams, the Dutchman not resumed only 700 m from the line, Remco Evenepoel played a decisive role in the return of the peloton on the runner with which he maintains a friendly relationship.
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Olympic champion of the time-he won that of Caen last week-, the Belgian roller spent supported relays which helped to condemn the escape, and offer the massive sprint that everyone was waiting for, won by the European champion Tim Merlier, his compatriot and teammate at Soudal Quick-Step.
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“I run for Sudal Quick-Step and not for Alpecin,” he said. I told Tim that if he needed me, I was there to help him. ” A normal loyalty to his employer. And to apologize to the former world champion: “Sorry Mathieu, but not Copains on this one.”
