Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel fears consequential falls at the beginning of the Tour de France.
“We will try to survive and survive the first ten days without any problems”, the Belgian captain of the Soudal Quick-Step team announced in front of the Grand Départ on Saturday in Lille.
“I’m looking forward to it? No, but I have to drive you”said Evenepoel with a view to the first stages, which are probably largely decided in the mass sprint: “In the end we will see who left the battlefield without fall or injury.”
Schachmann’s teammate does not want to put pressure on after an accident
Only then does the favorites fight for the yellow jersey go, according to Evenepoel: “Everyone knows that the actual tour for the overall ranking begins with the Pyrenees in the second week”said the team -mate of Berliner Maximilian Schachmann, who, after three in his debut in his debut last year, targeted the podium again.
After his serious training accident, even pressure does not make pressure in early December. “I had no real winter preparation, it is annoying. We have to see and accept from day to day how the tour will go”said the 25-year-old. During a training trip in his home country, the time trial world champion collided with a post-bus, several fractures, a lung bruise and a dislocation of the keybeat were the result. Evenepoel only gave his comeback at the end of April.