It wasn't only Kim Le Court Pienaar who was introduced to Lefevere. Also noted is a first meeting with one of
AG Insurance - Soudal's newest signings, four-time Slovenian national champion
Urska Zigart from the recent women's UAE Tour. "I gave Urska Zigart advice about echelon riding. After the race she came to me: 'Patrick, you saved my life!'" recalls Lefevere. "She is Pogacar's girlfriend, but she doesn't act like it at all. Although she apparently feels that pressure herself when racing."
As seen by his trip to the UAE recently, Lefevere's retirement doesn't neccesarily mean a complete cut back from his duties with the Soudal - Quick-Step and AG Insurance Soudal teams. "I am still on the Board of Advisors, which meets four times a year. In the women's team, I sit on a full-fledged Board of Directors together with Jolien D'hoore, Jurgen Foré and Rob Maes and Jan Heyvaert from AG Insurance," he concludes. "Since the announcement of my departure, I have been to the office in Wevelgem twice in total. I am allowed to keep my desk there, but I recently received a phone call from Geert Coeman asking if they could use it for certain meetings. I will go by soon to really clear my desk."