Vorige week at one of those Belgian funfair races where the top teams don’t usually show up: Jonasutsch stretches himself in front of the field and makes sure that the breakaway group is caught up again. Shortly thereafter, the next attempt to escape – the fast slide parries this one too. The game repeats itself a third time. A competitor, whose withdrawal movement has now been thwarted three times, snaps atrutsch: “Hey, why don’t you just go with us in an escape group?”
The short answer of the professional cyclist from the Odenwald: “I’m not allowed.” The other asked: “Because of the points?” Sliding: “Yes.” Because – and now it’s getting a bit complicated – only the ten riders in a team with the best points are counted. traction is 12th internally in his EF Education-Easypost formation. As a result, he is sent to every race, no matter how small, to hunt for points. But not to win, but to “give the wind catcher in front from 0 to 160 km”, asrutsch describes to the FAS. To catch up with breakaway groups that don’t have a teammate in them.
