“He had finally surrounded himself with people who said to him yes”
Philippe Gilbert First explains the reasons for this transfer: “Remco is right to get out of his comfort zone. The financial means will be quite different. I am not talking about the salary he will receive here but the possibilities in research, development, internships, quality of the supervision, etc. He will have a technical, technological, more solid and rich basis, necessary for the progress he is looking for. I have the impression that in recent months, in Soudal-Quick Step, he was above all a bust of his skills. said yes, whatever the circumstances, the choices to make “.
He continues: “Now, I think he will meet a bit like at the start of his career, when he arrived at Quick-Step (2019) and that he was to deserve his place in our group. Next season, he will have to fight to exist in a collective intrinsically stronger than that in which he was evolving so far. It is decisive! If he had had to start from scratch on another bike, to find his perfect position, to find his perfect position This would have been a detrimental step back..
“His team members were too weak to assume a yellow jersey over three weeks”
He then evokes in detail the new formation of the Belgian: “Bora, tactically, it's very good. We have seen him in recent seasons in the Giro, with the success of Jai Hindley, or very recently on the Tour, with perfectly played shots. This tactical aspect developed, this was what was missing in Remco so far. He will face sporting patterns capable of imposing on him choices. This is exactly what he needs to cross a course. I was feeling well, I was in a bubble of confidence, I had solid team members, but I had chosen to go to Lotto (2009-2011)..
Finally, he explains that this decision is due to his ambitions on the Tour: “For Remco, this type of voluntary rupture can revive a career and open a new cycle. It is in difficulty, so much the better! There is no miracle: on the big towers, the strongest are essential. Today, beat Pogacar or Vingegaard on a three -week test, it is very complicated. Even with a tactical blow, doing better than third will be difficult when the two ogres are in good shape. Pied, Remco will be the first to take over..
