Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Remco Evenepoel showed yesterday that he is ready to fight for the Tour podium, by finishing second in the Alpine stage to Valloire. The 24-year-old Belgian was also well surrounded by his teammates from Soudal Quick-Step on the Col du Galibier. One of his teammates, Ilan Van Wilder, got his revenge afterwards.
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Van Wilder thinks that the Tour team of Soudal Quick-Step has received too much criticism in recent months. “I’m going to take a moment to express my disappointment to the media,” he begins in conversation with The newspapaer. “There is always criticism about the team and that is not nice to hear.”
“I’ll say it like it is: we really feel like shit sometimes,” Van Wilder doesn’t mince his words. “People forget that we’re young and that for many it’s the first Tour.”
Comparison with UAE Emirates
“Sorry, but teams like UAE Emirates. They are not domestiques, but all leaders who ride for at least two million euros. That says it all. I always hear the same thing: they are not going to do it with those guys. They do not have the team for it. I am a bit fed up with it.”
