'There's a pitbull in him', says Evenepoel's teammate pre-Dauphiné
Remco Evenepoel and some of his Soudal-QuickStep teammates have been preparing at altitude in Sierra Nevada for a huge block of racing, starting with the Critérium du Dauphiné, ahead of which, key domestique Pieter Serry has heaped praise on his leader.
"The whole team is good, the leader too," Serry told Het Laatste Nieuws. "You feel that as a teammate. When you are making a serious effort uphill and he passes you smoothly, then you know. He often did a block more than the rest of us, or trained an hour longer. He has also lost a lot of weight ... Remco is flying again. I don't think he had a bad day in those three weeks."
Serry also referred back to this time last year when there was a lot of stress in the build-up to Evenepoel's Tour debut after his Itzulia crash. This year, though, it's a different story
"Last year it was stressful during the training camp. That was a race against time ... [This time] he was calm, I saw more focus. Of course he has lost his temper at times, but that’s the way he is. There’s still a pitbull in him: that’s also why he’s so good."
