Philippe Gilbert (BMC) was welcomed by his home crowds
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Belgian assures that he is back on an interesting level
Philippe Gilbert’s lack of success this year may still be a mystery to some given the superiority the Belgian showed last season, but the BMC rider has insisted that he is back on track for the second half of the season and his two big objectives: the London Olympics and the World Championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands.
Having raced the Tour de France as a domestique for Cadel Evans and Tejay Van Garderen, Gilbert didn’t get much freedom to go for his own chances, but this may have been beneficial in view of his recent level of form.
“The Tour was very difficult, but I also worked a lot for Van Garderen and Evans. When you have to protect them from the wind every day, it does take up a lot of energy, which is why I haven’t been much at the front in the stage finishes. But that was my role at this Tour,” he told Cyclingnews after three weeks of racing, admitting that the team’s result at the race this year hasn’t been what they had hoped for.
“There is of course a small feeling of disappointment at BMC, but I think we can still be happy with the race’s outcome. We haven’t won a stage and we missed out on the top three of GC, but we still got onto the podium in Paris [with Van Garderen taking the white jersey - ed.]. But Sky was just on another level,” he explained.
Gilbert’s best chance for a stage victory came on stage 14 to Foix, as he had been part of the breakaway which led Rabobank’s Luis Leon Sanchez to the win. But the 30-year-old was still happy with his shape in view of the London Olympics, where he will be racing the road event as well as the time trial.
“I feel really well, actually. The crash [on stage 18, caused by a running dog - ed.] was a little bit of a setback. But I was very lucky, as I
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Philippe Gilbert (BMC) was welcomed by his home crowds
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Belgian assures that he is back on an interesting level
Philippe Gilbert’s lack of success this year may still be a mystery to some given the superiority the Belgian showed last season, but the BMC rider has insisted that he is back on track for the second half of the season and his two big objectives: the London Olympics and the World Championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands.
Having raced the Tour de France as a domestique for Cadel Evans and Tejay Van Garderen, Gilbert didn’t get much freedom to go for his own chances, but this may have been beneficial in view of his recent level of form.
“The Tour was very difficult, but I also worked a lot for Van Garderen and Evans. When you have to protect them from the wind every day, it does take up a lot of energy, which is why I haven’t been much at the front in the stage finishes. But that was my role at this Tour,” he told Cyclingnews after three weeks of racing, admitting that the team’s result at the race this year hasn’t been what they had hoped for.
“There is of course a small feeling of disappointment at BMC, but I think we can still be happy with the race’s outcome. We haven’t won a stage and we missed out on the top three of GC, but we still got onto the podium in Paris [with Van Garderen taking the white jersey - ed.]. But Sky was just on another level,” he explained.
Gilbert’s best chance for a stage victory came on stage 14 to Foix, as he had been part of the breakaway which led Rabobank’s Luis Leon Sanchez to the win. But the 30-year-old was still happy with his shape in view of the London Olympics, where he will be racing the road event as well as the time trial.
“I feel really well, actually. The crash [on stage 18, caused by a running dog - ed.] was a little bit of a setback. But I was very lucky, as I
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Philippe Gilbert (BMC) was welcomed by his home crowds
view thumbnail gallery
Belgian assures that he is back on an interesting level
Philippe Gilbert’s lack of success this year may still be a mystery to some given the superiority the Belgian showed last season, but the BMC rider has insisted that he is back on track for the second half of the season and his two big objectives: the London Olympics and the World Championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands.
Having raced the Tour de France as a domestique for Cadel Evans and Tejay Van Garderen, Gilbert didn’t get much freedom to go for his own chances, but this may have been beneficial in view of his recent level of form.
“The Tour was very difficult, but I also worked a lot for Van Garderen and Evans. When you have to protect them from the wind every day, it does take up a lot of energy, which is why I haven’t been much at the front in the stage finishes. But that was my role at this Tour,” he told Cyclingnews after three weeks of racing, admitting that the team’s result at the race this year hasn’t been what they had hoped for.
“There is of course a small feeling of disappointment at BMC, but I think we can still be happy with the race’s outcome. We haven’t won a stage and we missed out on the top three of GC, but we still got onto the podium in Paris [with Van Garderen taking the white jersey - ed.]. But Sky was just on another level,” he explained.
Gilbert’s best chance for a stage victory came on stage 14 to Foix, as he had been part of the breakaway which led Rabobank’s Luis Leon Sanchez to the win. But the 30-year-old was still happy with his shape in view of the London Olympics, where he will be racing the road event as well as the time trial.
“I feel really well, actually. The crash [on stage 18, caused by a running dog - ed.] was a little bit of a setback. But I was very lucky, as I
To read the whole story, visit here: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cyclingnews/news/~3/F8heyWmjbKQ/story01.htm
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