Lampaert starts with yellow on his shoulders in Roskilde: “Only fell asleep at 2 o’clock”

As if he had been under a truck: that is how team manager Patrick Lefevere described his jersey wearer Yves Lampaert on Saturday morning, the day after his triumph. “I didn’t sleep very well,” the West Fleming agrees. “The adrenaline lingered in my body for a long time. And you are not very tired from that short effort. I think I only fell asleep around 2 am. It was actually a fairly short night.”

special evening

How Lampaert celebrated his stage win and yellow jersey? “It was a special evening. The hugs with everyone on the staff. A glass of champagne. And then we started to relax a bit in our room, but it didn’t go so smoothly. I also received some special congratulations. Jan Vertonghen wished good luck for today, I also saw something from ‘Uncle Willy’ Rik Verheye. I have to take a good look at everything again, but there were many.”

On Saturday, Lampaert can start in the first stage in line over 202 kilometers between Roskilde and Nyborg for the first time in his career in the yellow leader’s jersey of the most important stage race in the world. “It remains difficult to grasp. I am now here in yellow, the most important jersey in the Tour. We want to try to get to the sprint with Fabio Jakobsen. Hopefully we can book another stage win. I think we can get close to that.” And if all goes well, it should be possible to keep yellow too. If our plan works out, we will have achieved our two goals tonight.”