,,It is an advantage for Pogacar that yesterday was a rest day. Vingegaard was stronger last year, but that was at the end of the third week,” says Mathieu Heijboer about the chances of Pogacar and Vingegaard at NOS. “You have to know very well what’s coming and how steep it is. don’t stop, because all the seconds you gain on the steep part you lose afterwards.Only in the last three kilometers is full speed towards the finish.
The man who has ensured the time trial successes at Jumbo-Visma in recent years says about Van Aert: ,,He will come close, yes, but this is more for the real climbers. The Yates brothers, Pidcock, those are more the names I think of. But he can today. Wout can go for a top ranking here. It is important for us to have a target time. And he is Belgian champion, then you don’t drive calmly.”