Today at 11 am, national coach Sven Vanthourenhout will announce the eight-man selection for the World Cup. The captain, everyone knows him. Wout van Aert emphasized that again yesterday in the Tour of Britain.
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Yves Lampaert, Tim Declercq, Jasper Stuyven and Tiesj Benoot have also known for a while that they are certitudes. The first two warm up this week in the Tour of Great Britain, the last two showed their excellent form in the final weekend of the Benelux Tour. Stuyven boxed above his weight in the Ardennes stage, but still finished third. Benoot spoke of his “best feeling ever” on the Wall on Sunday. Remco Evenepoel is the joker of the selection and the third pawn of Deceuninck – Quick-Step.
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Nobody from Lotto-Soudal?
For the first time in years, there is a real chance that Lotto-Soudal – Lotto is, however, a sponsor of the national team – will not have an envoy. Tim Wellens finished fourth in the Benelux Tour and looks stronger than teammates Tosh Van Der Sande and Philippe Gilbert, but is still in balance with Dylan Teuns, who raced very attractively in the Tour of Germany. According to our information, Teuns is one step higher than Wellens.
The last man seems to be Victor Campenaerts. The Qhubeka-Assos rider was the Belgian benchmark in the Benelux Tour and accepts a role as a helper. He takes advantage of the lesser form with Greg Van Avermaet and Oliver Naesen. With the third place of Campenaerts in the Benelux Tour, Nathan Van Hooydonck would be the child of the bill. Van Aert’s teammate at Jumbo-Visma nevertheless drove a great Vuelta.
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Campenaerts does not ride a time trial, but does participate in the Mixed Team Relay, in which Belgium is aiming for a medal. Lotte Kopecky, Jolien D’hoore and Shari Bossuyt have already committed to the ladies.
With the promises, Thibau Nys seems to be preparing for his first World Championship on the road. In any case, there are no crosses on his calendar until the first weekend of October.
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