In the preview of the classics, Soudal seems prepared
Week before the first classics, the “Opening weekend”, Het Nieuwsblad, on Saturday, and Kuurne the next day, and Soudal, Patrick Lefevere’s team, is ready.
I don’t know if to enter into combat face to face with the Visma, with Van der Poel’s entourage, with those who cut the cod and decant the large spring ones, but yes to be protagonists.
The Volta ao Algarve was from the bloc of vueltómaniacs, with Remco at the helm, that’s how it is, but at the same time it is evidence that the team is fueled, that it is on fire.
Soudal is not included in the club of the greatsdoes not fit into the select duo of Visma and UAE, nor does it seem to be at the level of Ineos and Trek, not even at Bora, but there they are, with seven wins in a month or so of the season, showing that the names pass, but the counter doesn’t stop.
The team’s entry and exit sheet for this year is a poem, twelve games for eleven additions.
Among those who left, true banners of the team who made fortunes in the structure since we heard about them, namely Floria Sénéchal, Rémi Cavagna and Fabio Jakobsen, they are joined by people as valuable as Michael Morkov, at the service of Cav in Astana and I don’t know if with the Olympic gold in Madison in the retina, and others like Tim Declerq, a symbol for Lefevere and now at Lidl Trek.
Andrea Bagioli and Davide Ballerini did not follow eitherand the same thing happened with Ethan Vernon, who already gives Israel victories.
They compensated for the departures, with Mikel Landa, as a great banner, perhaps Gianni Moscon, but the loss of muscle is a fact,
However, the results are coming, the team has the winning gene in its core.
Remco Evenpoel is already on board, Tim Merlier has opened the account, including the UAE Tour, and Paul Magnier, a newcomer, is doing his part.
For the spring, they will rely on Kasper Asgreen, a winner from Flanders surrounded by Lampaert, Cattaneo and perhaps Alaphilippe.
They don’t instill the fear of yesteryear, when they crushed names, but it’s still there.
And let’s not forget that for three months we thought they would end up integrated into Visma.
2024-02-22 19:00:37
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