Perhaps even more hopes were put into the sprinter Arnaud Démare, but on that one occasion where he came close to winning a stage, the experienced Frenchman was subsequently
relegated and so Arkéa's Tour will be defined by Vauquelin's success. And it's the 23-year-old with whom Hubert makes the plans into future. "We want to try to continue with guys like Kevin. By ticking certain boxes, we can perhaps hope that Kevin will appear in the general classification. Afterwards, by debriefing this Tour, we will try to see things a little more clearly and see where we can classify him."
Finally, Emmanuel Hubert spoke about the final podium and mainly the absolute winner of this year's edition -
Tadej Pogacar. "It's a very nice podium. Pogacar crushed the Tour de France, and it was beautiful to see. Winning six stages puts him in a class of his own, and I think he's one of the greats like Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Jacques Anquetil," he concluded.