{"id":174657,"date":"2019-07-16T15:14:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T15:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=174657"},"modified":"2019-07-16T15:14:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T15:14:07","slug":"andy-schleck-on-the-tour-de-france-it-was-sad-to-see-fuglsang-lose-time-just-because-of-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2019\/07\/16\/andy-schleck-on-the-tour-de-france-it-was-sad-to-see-fuglsang-lose-time-just-because-of-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Schleck on the Tour de France: \u201cIt Was Sad to See Fuglsang Lose Time Just Because of the Wind\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Raymond Schleck is a former pro-cyclist, a Luxembourg native, the 2010 Tour de France winner and has cycling running in his family. Currently, he functions as a chairman of the \u0160koda Tour de Luxembourg and as an ambassador at the Tour de France\u2019s \u0160koda Hospitality Programme so we reached out to him to get both his insider and expert overview of this year\u2019s Le Grande Boucle.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Van Aert\u2019s windswept victory<\/strong><\/h2>\n

With today\u2019s rest day after stage 10, the whole Tour de France crowd takes a deep breath and recapitulates, makes preparations, and ponders the future. Especially after the extremely strong crosswinds threw a little wrench in the works for several teams. As we mentioned before, the Jumbo-Visma team already made a strong appearance this season and stage 10 added a fourth Le Tour stage win under their belts, as Wout Van Aert edged out Elia Viviani. In our last recap, Andy didn\u2019t think that, albeit successful so far, the team does have a chance for the GC but Steven Kruijswik is fourth on the general classification right now and apparently on the roll. So, how about now?<\/p>\n

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Wout Van Aert of team Jumbo Visma sprints to win the 10th stage of the Tour de France. \u00a9 Profimedia, TEMP EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWell, I think Steven Kruijswik is their main guy for the general classification so I believe the team will focus on his result for the end of the Tour but I also don\u2019t think that the team will jump right ahead. I think they\u2019re meant to win one or more stages from this point until Paris because of how they did so far, no one expected them to do so well,\u201d commented Andy, adding that the team\u2019s progress is one of the biggest surprises of the 2019 Tour for him.<\/p>\n

The successful soloist<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) soloed to a sensational victory in a gruelling stage 8. De Gendt had been part of the day\u2019s early breakaway and managed to hold off the attacking GC leader Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) who finished ahead of the other main contenders. According to Andy, this De Gendt\u2019s feat didn\u2019t catch him off guard and he\u2019s confident there\u2019s more in store.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t surprised by his performance because I\u2019ve known him for a long time and what he did the other day was really, really amazing. He\u2019s probably the only one in the peloton who can do that. So, for me, personally, it wasn\u2019t a big surprise and I\u2019m happy that we\u2019ve seen a breakaway going for the finish for so far and for so long.<\/p>\n

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Tim Wellens and Thomas De Gendt of Lotto Soudal. \u00a9 Profimedia, Zuma Press – News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Additionally, Andy noted that he doesn\u2019t consider this to be a one-time thing for De Gendt. \u201cI think we will see more of him in this Tour because he wants to win more than just one stage. I think he will be comfortable tomorrow [stage 11] when there will be more breakaways so we\u2019ll see more victories like this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Movistar\u2019s questionable tactics<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After their impressive Giro d\u2019Italia victory, the team was given the benefit of doubt for selecting all of their GC co-leaders for one Grand Tour but, as it turned out, the worries were justified. Several of their domestiques were called off from Nairo Quintana in the front group and relocated to the chasing Mikel Landa instead \u2013 who then crashed, unfortunately. Quintana did just fine for himself but in case he got into trouble, he would have no teammates to look after him. But Andy doesn\u2019t think their strategy should be judged so harshly.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see, there was nothing they could really do about it. Landa was in the back, Quintana in the front where he really needed to do just one thing \u2013 to hang in there with the best guys of the peloton. He did so very well yesterday, didn\u2019t lose any time and I really think he\u2019s here to win the Tour, not to finish second, so the [team\u2019s] leader position in the Tour is quite clear.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Colombia’s Nairo Quintana (R) and cyclists battle the strong crosswinds at the stage 10 of the Tour de France. \u00a9 Profimedia, AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI think there was maybe a misunderstanding about the tactics but Quintana, the leader, was in front and did well, so all is good,\u201d Andy elaborated.<\/p>\n

Treacherous winds mixed up the score<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To end on a personal note, Andy shared with us one more observation, one that made him a bit regretful.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tour de France is finished for Pinot and Fuglsang as they lost too much time and it\u2019s quite sad. To see GC riders losing time on a stage for a reason they were not prepared for, like the strong wind in this case, it a sad sight, really.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for more Andy Schleck commentary!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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