Remco Evenepoel discusses those who will surround him on the Grande Boucle: “The team for the Tour de France is well balanced”

The closer we get to the Grand Départ in Florence, the majestic city which has already dressed in yellow to host the Grande Boucle, the more the teams reveal their plans. This Wednesday morning, the Visma | Lease a Bike, definitely really bad guys this year, announced the package of Sepp Kuss, not quite recovered from Covid (well, well!) contracted during the Dauphiné. A few minutes earlier, Soudal Quick-Step had lifted the veil on the squad which will accompany Remco Evenepoel for his big debut at the Tour. The close guard of the winner of the 2022 Vuelta obviously does not have the flashiness of the one who will support Tadej Pogacar, the huge favorite for the final victory, but it holds up… if everyone is level.

Mikel Landa: “I find Remco very calm in view of the Tour”

”Casper (Pedersen), Gianni (Moscon) and Yves (Lampaert) are heavy rollers. They are there to help me on the plainsexplique Remco Evenepoel. Jan (Hirt), Louis (Vervaeke), Ilan (From Wilder) and Mikel (Land) will have to help me in the mountains.” We hope for Evenepoel that his close guard will be more lively than on the roads of Dauphiné at the beginning of the month. Only Landa was really able to lend a hand to the world time trial champion. But Jan Hirt, 8th in the last Giro, and Louis Vervaeke, Evenepoel’s roommate, were not there.

Cattaneo, ill and forfeit

”I think our training is well balanced, poursuit Evenepoel. It’s just a shame Mattia Cattaneo isn’t here.” It was forced and forced that the staff of the Belgian team had to leave the Italian on the sidelines. “He is illspecifies the double winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. He should have been an essential part of the group, but I have confidence in everyone to make life as difficult as possible for the big teams in the peloton.”

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