Yves Lampaert talks Remco Evenepoel, Soudal - Quick-Step and ambitions for 2025: "I hope we'll be back on track this year"
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Yves Lampaert, the 33-year-old Belgian and 2022 Tour de France stage winner, is gearing up for his 11th season with Soudal - Quick-Step. Reflecting on his career and the upcoming season, Lampaert shared his thoughts in an interview with Sporza.
"I'm feeling good," Lampaert laughed as he looked ahead to another year with the team. "Such a long period, that is not given to many riders. I am proud of it and certainly with this team."
Acknowledging the challenges the team has faced recently, Lampaert spoke about the evolving dynamics in the classics. "You can see that in the performances of the last 2 years. Things are not going as smoothly in the classics as they used to, but thanks to a few young guys we can approach the classics with courage again."
He highlighted the potential of rising talents within the team, singling out Paul Magnier. "I think of Paul Magnier, who has a lot of substance. As a neo-pro he came 2nd in Plouay. Then you can also participate in Kuurne or Wevelgem. We should definitely play in those smaller classics."
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Looking to his own ambitions for the year, Lampaert expressed a strong desire to return to top form in the spring races. "I hope to ride finals again and I definitely want to compete again in Roubaix. Last year was a disappointment, but I hope we'll be back on track this year."
In addition to his goals in the classics, Lampaert emphasised his role within the team structure, particularly in support of key teammates. "I have my value in Tim's sprint train and in the middle mountains I can support Remco," he said, underlining his versatility and experience.
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- Interesting! Spill the tea, please
KerisVroom12-01-2025 - I wish him luck but he should remember what many cyclists know, you can often perform well when you don’t feel good and be disappointed on days you feel good. Also that GC one day racing statement isn’t so true, not all GC riders would beat one day specialists, one obvious example is Jonas, definitely among the best in GC but hardly likely to beat MVDP, WVA amongst many in classics. He may be biased by a current crop of GC riders who are just on a higher level in several domains.Mistermaumau12-01-2025
- There might be a psychological explanation for that ;-)Mistermaumau12-01-2025
- It’s certainly more interesting to watch than most men’s races.Mistermaumau12-01-2025
- magnier is “a lot faster than wout”? really? because i haven’t seen ANYONE who’s a LOT faster than wout. van der poel is a LITTLE faster than wout, sometimes. pogačar is a little faster then wout, sometimes. but magnier is just A LOT FASTER, apparently. ok, tim…OCexile12-01-2025
- There is a corelation between the amount of tattoo one has and drop of performance. Examples: Filippo Ganna and Caleb Ewan. More data is needed. Maybe Tadej should a few tattoos!KerisVroom12-01-2025
- yeah, good luck to mathieu and the rest of us.OCexile12-01-2025
- I much prefer a race where the riders are less like puppets whose movements are orchestrated by a puppetmaster in a Team Car watching the overall race. I like it when each rider has to figure out what to do on his or her own. Yes, opportunities will be missed as a result, but I rather like to see the results of individual's road racing intelligence as much as their physical prowess. Having all these communications and such between the puppetmasters and the riders eliminates all but the physical prowess.
WheelWoman12-01-2025 - Unfortunately his wish for 2025 is wishful thinking, I think (actually, I’m far more certain than of any cycling results) it will, maybe has to get worse before things can get better. Too many people still think they’ll be ok as long as they keep their head in the sand, it will take a few more big pushes before they realise they too need to make themselves heard. Frankly, a part from rich people probably getting richer, I cannot think of one thing that might improve for anyone in the next few years, those who do will probably look back in disappointment soon.Mistermaumau12-01-2025
- yeah you're 100% correct. Pogacar isn't that far away, on the starting grid. that is the only time this guy will be close to him. they are miles apart. at his age, Pogi was already winning big.mij12-01-2025