He added a few classics now for the month of September. Despite his claim of modest form, he still rode to a fourth place yesterday at the
GP de Wallonie where he was a headliner. "Oh I never expected to win again," he responded after his result. "Don't forget that the
Mountain Bike World Championship would normally be my last race of the season. I'll just add everything I've ridden since then. But I notice that I will no longer be in top shape, both physically and mentally."
Hence some of the races he added to his calendar will likely be removed, but not before he races the Paris Olympics MTB test event, where he'll discover the route of a major goal for 2024 on the 23rd and 24th of September. "I definitely want to do the Olympic mountain bike test event. Just to have the feeling on that bike again and because I definitely want to know the route towards the Olympic Games. That's why I continued to race here all day. I hope I can get a little better. But I already know that I won't get my best form ther," he concluded.
