Having already come into the race with a bit of pain, probably the last thing Van Gils needed was a cold, wet and just generally miserable day weather wise. “Yeah, I was cold. But it was mostly my legs that hurt during the race. Every time I got out of the saddle, I felt pain in my tailbone. I tried to change my pedalling a bit, but... yeah,” he sighs glumly. “I just don’t know right now.”
“Yesterday, the plan was to just sign in and not actually ride. I ended up finishing the race, but last year I was third, and now I’m one of the last. That’s tough to swallow,” he explains, and with Liege-Bastogne-Liege this Sunday, could the
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe star's hopes be diminished on the weekend? “Look, I can feel some improvement compared to yesterday, but a lot still needs to happen between now and Sunday,” the Belgian concludes.