For his last Tour de France with the Team Visma | Lease a Bike – he will join the football club ofAZ Alkmaar at the end of the year – Merijn Zeeman obviously hopes that these three weeks will be crowned with success. The main sporting director of the Dutch team will already have a good indication of the state of form of his stars Jonas Vingegaard et Wout van Aert at the end of the 1st stage, very difficult and which could already create gaps. “We know what to expect and what we have to do. We are prepared for a difficult day, with lots of climbs and high elevation gain. Anything can happen, it will be fast from the start”explains the Batavian this Saturday afternoon.
Video – Merijn Zeeman before the 1st stage of the Tour de France 2024
A first stage already dangerous for Jonas Vingegaard
This 1st step of Tour de France 2024 could already see the favorites for the general classification battling it out, and everyone can’t wait to see how Jonas Vingegaardback in competition after three months of absence, will behave and if he will be able to hang on to the best, and in particular his great rival Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). “Of course, this is not what we want, but if it has to happen this way, it will happen this way.”answers Merijn Zeeeman when asked if the double title holder can already lose seconds this Saturday.
