2023-12-15 10:14:09
With a contract broken on December 1st, Cian therefore surprised. Especially since his 2024 program was already complete with the German team. But voices are being raised to claim that the 8th in the last round of Spain was the victim of mistreatment and harassment by his teammates and sports directors. “Because he was fanatical regarding certain things, he was treated as a kind of geek by the other runners, but also the sports directors“, explains Algemeen Dagblad’s diary this week in the podcast In het Wiel.
However, his sports director saw this rather positive side in this perfectionist approach of the Belgian runner: “He doesn’t call to talk regarding the weather, but he always comes with very specific questions. It challenges team directors and other riders, taking them out of their comfort zone. Some like it, others less. As a 30-year-old, it is sometimes difficult to accept that a 20-year-old suddenly becomes the reference.“
A contract is a contract. If commitments suddenly no longer have any value, then we have a problem in cycling.
Aldag also returned to the two other subjects which drove a wedge between Uijtdebroeks and BORA: the altercation with Alexander Vlasov for the classification of the Vuelta and the debacle in the Chrono des Nations. “JI don’t see where an error would have occurred in the Vuelta. There was someone designated with Jonas Koch to protect Cian. So he always had someone with him. For the Chrono des Nations, it was not part of our program. We went there to train with Cian. As a team, we can say that nothing happened that we didn’t anticipate. Cian used the same time trial bike as Remco Evenepoel. I think he didn’t do too badly. We cannot therefore say that the bike or our equipment would not be competitive“, adds Rolf Aldag.
One thing is certain, the case is not yet closed as Rolf Aldag confirms: “A contract is a contract. If commitments suddenly no longer have any value, then we have a problem in cycling. We will see what comes out of this trial.“
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