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From the Tour to Tokyo: “If Wout doesn’t win the road race,…

The Tour has barely been digested when the new big race date is already lurking around the corner. Wout van Aert, Greg Van Avermaet and Tiesj Benoot flew from Paris to Tokyo on Sunday evening. The other Tour riders with Olympic medal dreams also follow in their wake. We gauged the form of the Belgian and foreign contenders in the peloton: “Nibali and Fuglsang are not good enough. No one is happy to drive a 25-minute drive.”

The top favourite: Tadej Pogacar

Wout van Aert makes no bones about it: “Tadej Pogacar is the top favorite for me for the Olympic road race, even after such a tough Tour. He was so strong on the cols. Who him…

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