After the abandonment of Remco Evenepoel During the 14th stage, we wondered what was going to look like the end of Tour de France training Soudal-Quick Step. Finally, the Wolfpack did not go too bad since Valentin Paretrereinitially a teammate for the Olympic champion, went to seek a prestigious victory this Tuesday at the top of Mont Ventoux. This 16th stage was therefore an opportunity for Belgian training to hit the table on the table, as what Ilan van Wilder and the manager of this team, Jurgen drilled.
“Valentin is very pleasant in the group”
Overrepresented in the breakaway group behind Enric Mas (Movistar Team), the team Soudal Quick-Step has perfectly maneuvered to return to the final and win, as explained here Jurgen drilled : “Pascal Eenkhoorn has worked a lot, so as not to let the escapes take too long. Ilan continued to fight to come back, to make this effort in the last kilometer. The grinta of Parentre, it was incredible, it feels good.” After his victory over the Italian Tour Last year, Valentin Paretrere confirms all its potential, already widely glimpsed: “With Valentin, we have a promising young Frenchman, but also with Paul Magnier. I think he also dreams of the Tour de France, his time will come. Valentin convinced me because he won a step, and he was really important during the Giro. But also on the Vuelta for Ben O'Connor. There, we saw that he had an engine big enough to fight for a leader in the GC. “
“The tests that we did with him show that he is very thin, but that he has a lot of grinta, he knows how to position himself, he is very good on his bike and he is quite punchy in a sprint. He is very pleasant in the group, he speaks very well English. In January, after two weeks in the group, he said to me:” I am really happy to have come here because it is an international group, I will be very happy. In the last three kilometers, he was calm, he was cool. I think the car also helped him a little bit, but he was really very intelligent. He does not weigh much, but he has the grinta of a large wolf. Congratulations to him but also to the whole team who turned in mind and who has shown that we also have good runners here ” Concluded the manager of the Belgian training, which is likely to review before this last week of racing.
