the Belgian Wout Van Aertgreen jersey of the Tour de France and one of the top favorites for World Cup on the go taking place on the 25th in Wollongong (Australia), the Belgian team has warned “coming out this year with two leaders”referring to the fact that he will share the team’s stripes Remco Evenepoelrecent winner of the Vuelta.
Wout van Aert made it clear that the Belgian team noticed the disappointment in 2021, when he lost the rainbow jersey in favor of Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe.
“We learned from that. Now, as a team, we will go with two leaders to Wollongong”Van Aert explained to Velonews.
The 2021 World Cup has sparked controversy and complaints in Belgian cycling due to an alleged lack of collaboration between team members, especially between Van Aert and Evenepoel, behavior that the cycling legend has also criticized that is Eddy Merckx.
“I’d like to hope, and I think it’s enough to say that we’ve learned from that and we’re going to do it differently.. This year the others have to see two Belgians and not just one”, stressed Van Aert.
Details of Herentas cyclist: “Last year I was the sole leader and with someone as strong as Remco, it’s better to come along as co-leader and race., that’s what we learned as a team. We will do something different this year.”
Van Aert said that Evenepoel now clearly deserved co-leader status, something that was less clear since the young Belgian was coming off an injury in a crash at Il Lombardia in 2020.
“We could have acted differently in the last period last year, but there are still many questions about his status after a difficult summer for him. Now it’s obvious how strong he is”, said Van Aert about Evenepoel, who was proclaimed the winner of the Vuelta a España on Sunday.
“It was not wise to use his power from the beginning. The first time he was on the attack had 200km to go, I think. That’s not what I should have done,” he said. “I think I can handle the pressure of being the only leader, that’s not the problem.”
For Van Aert, sharing leadership duties with Evenepoel doesn’t change much for him.
“With Remco in the lead, others will have to catch up, and that could be a very good situation for me. The course is interesting for the team, a 1km climb at 7 percent on the circuit is familiar to us Belgians,” said Van Aert.
Source: La Verdad
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