At the Giro d'Italia the award seemed to have a clear favourite but at the Tour de France the super-combative award was a tight battle. In the end the race organizers have awarded it to Victor Campenaerts who will be climbing onto the podium on the Champs-Elysées this afternoon.
Campenaerts is known for his aggressive style of racing and he has put it on full display throughout these three weeks. He's not been in contention to win a stage, but the Lotto Dstny rider has featured in five breakaways throughout the race - stages 5, 9, 12, 18 and 19. Furthermore he has been on the attack in other days, including yesterday's start in Belfort where he tried to escape the peloton despite the hard mountainous terrain.
After the departure of Caleb Ewan - but even before - the team was on the hunt for success via breakaways and Campenaerts often featured in the front on stages that were too difficult for him. For this reason his best result out of this Tour, until today, was a 10th spot on stage 12 into Belleville-en-Beaujolais.
On stage 18 he formed part of the winning breakaway, being absolutely key in the group's survival off the front as he assisted teammate Pascal Eenkhoorn, although Kasper Asgreen snatched the victory. On stage 19 he was again on the attack in the breakaway, and after being caught he attacked off the front of the large group once again as he searched victory.
🇧🇪 @VCampenaerts is the Super-combative of the #TDF2023! 👏 After the addition of the votes of the jury and the voice of the public, the Belgian is elected Super-combative of the #TDF2023, with @Century21fr! 🇧🇪 @VCampenaerts est le Super-combatif du #TDF2023 ! 👏 Après…
