2023-05-28 08:00:13
Laurens More et Ilan Van Wilder struggled to make the Belgian colors shine as best they might on the roads of the Giro 2023 following the shock abandonment of Remco Evenepoel. A mission that they carried out, in their register, obtaining excellent results.
Laurens De Plus, faithful team member of Geraint Thomas, did an enormous amount of work in the mountains to break up the peloton and protect its leader as well as possible in the passes. Apart from this grueling task, the 27-year-old climber has kept up the strength to climb into the Top 10 overall, 9:08 behind the winner. Primoz Roglic. Only one Belgian had managed to finish in the Top 10 of a Grand Tour in the last ten years: Remco Evenepoel, winner of the Vuelta last year.
The other good student is Ilan Van Wilder. Coming to the Italian roads to support Remco Evenepoel in the mountains, the young 23-year-old runner had to change his program on the evening of the 9th stage, fatal to an Evenepoel infected with Covid. He had until then preserved his strength to help his leader and his delay on the pink jersey was calculated at 12:52 following the 1st day of rest. Two weeks later, thanks to a breakaway and his very solid performances in the mountains, he reduced this gap to 11:58 to finish this Giro in 12th position. Too bad because the Top 10 was widely accessible.
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