Yves Lampaert praises world champion Evenepoel: “Gie is still a bit ne driver”

“Mo vint still, mo vint still, mo gie is still a bit of a driver”it sounded at Lampaert in juicy West Flemish.

Lampaert was thrilled after the rainbow jersey for his young teammate at Quick-Step. “You rarely see that, such a year. He was so strong. He was also okay before the time trial, but the fatigue of the Vuelta and the journey still played its part. His values ​​were still very strong, too. in that time trial. Now for the road race he was all set.”

Tactics perfectly executed

“Our tactics were executed perfectly. Serry was part of the flight and drove a fantastic race. A real punishment from ‘Serrytje’. Then Remco, Stan and Quinten moved along in the flight and that was also perfect for us. I didn’t really understand it well, in our group they reacted very calmly, there was no hunting, while the French or other countries didn’t really have anyone with them who could finish it and we had Remco and also Quinten,” explained Lampaert. “Everything went perfectly. And then at the end we heard that Remco was gone alone. Ideal. The only pity is that we did not know that we could sprint for silver in that group. Otherwise Wout might have taken second place. That would have been nice too.”

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“A perfect day, really unbelievable. Finally we have a world champion again”, Lampaert emphasized. “And yes, this is really good, also for Wout van Aert. I believe in it, especially now after that jersey for Remco. He may become world champion in the future. You now see that they can ride together and Wout will still have his chance.”