“They wanted to screw the peloton, but in the end they mainly screwed themselves" - Louis Vervaeke slams UAE Team Emirates antics at La Fleche Wallonne

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Friday, 19 April 2024 at 11:01
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With a strong team on paper, UAE Team Emirates held some lofty ambitions ahead of La Fleche Wallonne 2024. Sadly for them though, it turned into a disaster day with none of their seven-man team even finishing.
The likes of Juan Ayuso, Joao Almeida, Brandon McNulty, Marc Hirschi and more all succumbed to the conditions on a bitterly cold and wet day in the Ardennes. One man who has no sympathy for the UAE Team Emirates roster however, is Soudal - Quick-Step's Louis Vervaeke, also a DNF on the day.
“Just when it started to rain, they attacked. So you didn't have time to go to the car to get clothes. I immediately rode to the front, but in the chaos that followed I never got another jacket,” Vervaeke explains in conversation with Het Nieuwsblad. 
“It's a tactic like any other,” the experienced, 30-year-old Belgian adds. “They wanted to screw the peloton, but in the end they mainly screwed themselves. At the moment of their attack I thought: they must have rain gear, but apparently, that was not the case.”
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StardustDragon 19 April 2024 at 21:50+ 1653

Isn't he was the one who claim that lightweight riders *cannot* tolerate cold weather races well?

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StardustDragon 18 April 2024 at 19:19+ 1653

Is that necessary?

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santiagobenites 19 April 2024 at 23:08+ 1736

The fact that none of them finished the race speaks volumes about their useless tactics.

Mistermaumau 19 April 2024 at 21:27+ 3501

Ah, so now we start to understand a little better why they were all so unsuitably dressed.

Not eloquent but pretty clear.

I would have called it Karma

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