Cycling Remco Evenepoel debuted last week in the Tour of San Juan with the pros. Our 19-year-old compatriot won immediately the young rider classification;, thanks to his handsome third place in the individual time trial. “He is the best I have ever seen at the youth, but give him time,” Tom Boonen said in an interview with Humo.
“When I was on my 19th debuted among the pros, hear no cock crow. The intimates knew me, but the outside world? It will be the zeitgeist, you know?”, “Boonen said. “But all that attention is not healthy. Or I get a kickback from Remco fear? I am sure of. That little man is 19: if it is less, it will be that harsh. Though I doubt no second to his qualities.”
“For the classics, I expect more of Jasper philipsen is admitted. Someone who in his debut year, a competition at a high level in Australia to win (philipsen is admitted took hold in the fifth stage of the Tour Down Under his first WorldTour victory, after Caleb Ewan was disqualified, eds.). Strong! That is now somewhat lost in the hype around Remco.”
“Not a fan of ” Tommeke, Tommeke, Tommeke, what do you do now?’”
Monday is on Canvas Belga Sport on the world CHAMPIONSHIPS in Madrid broadcast. In the Spanish capital conquered Boonen in 2005, his first and only world title. And that world cup we owe the memorable oneliner of Michel Wuyts: “Tommeke, Tommeke, Tommeke, what do you do now?”
“That’s a good stick, eh?”, laughs Boonen. “I’m not a fan of. ‘Tommeke’ I hear anyway, don’t like, I measure 1 meter 94. But it is what it is. I’ve resigned that I’m never more from touch. And Belga Sport is Monday? Oops, I am in Brazil. Now, I have the méégemaakt, that’s the main thing.”