"I remain convinced that having selected
Victor Lafay at the last minute, without having contractualized his future, is the key to success. It was the same when he won the Giro, he had a special clause, if he won a stage his salary was no longer the same. Victor is a rider who constantly needs a carrot. We said to ourselves 'ok, if Victor wins and he signs for another team, at least he will have won with the Cofidis jersey.'"
Lastly, Vasseur talks about the new recruits, that raised questions among some fans. "What we can hope for is to succeed in our challenge of relaunching certain riders that we have recruited like Alexis Gougeard, Ben Hermans or Kenny Elissonde. Just like the sprinter Stanislaw Aniolkowski, who could be one of the revelations of the year 2024. I think that will be our challenge, trying to quickly restore confidence in all these riders so that they can reach their best level and the others will follow. Necessarily."