Soudal - Quick-Step have been torn up completely by the cobbled classics, where they thrived for years on end in the past.
Patrick Lefevere brings up the possibility that
Remco Evenepoel will be used in the spring classics next season and could even make his debut at the
Tour of Flanders.
“Our Flemish classics were a big disappointment. I can't be happy, that's for sure. I don't make excuses. Perhaps our potential no longer meets expectations," Lefevere said in words to l'Avenir. The team has completely sunk in the one-day races, being rather absent from the Ardennes except for some good rides from Mauri Vansevenant... Remco Evenepoel being injured, Julian Alaphilippe racing with a fracture in the leg, whilst the likes of Kasper Asgreen and Yves Lampaert did not reach their best form saw the Belgian team far away from any fight for victories over the cobbled classics or
Milano-Sanremo.
