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"Dylan is right," says Verhoeven. "He did very well all around the tour, he did not get sick, so this form will come back."
Groenewegen, winner last year of the last stage of the Tour in Paris, sprinted Saturday at Fontenay-le – A sixth behind Fernando Gaviria, Peter Sagan, Marcel Kittel, Alexander Kristoff and Christophe Laporte. He then indicated that he lacked "power" in his legs.
"It may be different on Sunday," says Verhoeven. "It happens more often that there are fewer legs on the first day of the Tour, that you have to enter as a runner, but in the second stage we will see how we defend it."
Analyze
The team leader did not think that the disappointment should be very great at Lotto-Jumbo, although a stage win also gave the yellow jersey bonus. "If you do not have legs, if you are physically unable to do what you want to do, then you must be at peace with him, and then it can never be the case that the disappointment l? wins. "
"If you are unlucky, for example with a fall, and you feel that you have legs to gain, then you must be disappointed, but one day you do not have legs, that 's it. is possible by cycling. "
Loto -Jumbo visited the hotel on Saturday during the one-hour bus trip to the hotel, as always the images of the sprint. "But there is not much to analyze if you were not good enough," says Verhoeven. "It does not matter if you have made a bad choice."
Kruijswijk
Lotto-Jumbo not only experienced bad news in the first stage Kruijswijk and Primoz Roglic finished safely in the peloton. They saw rivals Chris Froome, Adam Yates, Richie Porte (every 51 seconds) and Nairo Quintana (1 minute and 15 seconds).
"It's never wrong that four possible top ten drivers have lost time," says Verhoeven. "But we also know it could happen to us on Sunday." In fact, you have to be lucky in the tour that we slip between them. "
The Tour continues on Sunday with the 182km second leg of Mouilleron-Saint -Germain in La Roche-sur-Yon, which is expected to end with a mass sprint. [19659013] By: NU.nl/Daan of Ridder
